News from the VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring http://www.vln.de gb (c) VLN 15 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.vln.de/images/vln_rss.gif 120 50 http://www.vln.de Mon, 14 May 2012 16:23:36 GMT http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2986 http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2986 The ADAC Zurich 24h Race will celebrate its 40th jubilee with an ultimate event. More than 170 teams, most of them from amongst the regular competitors in the VLN endurance racing championship Nürburgring, will be at the start of the longest race of the year this weekend (17 to 20 May) at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The organisers expect about 200,000 spectators at the legendary race track to follow the world-wide biggest grid at an automobile race. The race will figure about 600 race drivers, an organisation with 2,000 marshals and officials and a full-speed show with a dozen of attractions, starting on Wednesday evening on and beside the track. The field of the more than 30 top teams includes the works and works supported crews, all with excellent drivers, of the favourite and premium manufacturers Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. Dream race cars such as Aston-Martin, Ferrari, Corvette and Ford GT will however take up the challenge and for the 40th edition of the long distance classical race, the experts expect an extremely tough and ultra exciting sprint competition over 24 hours. News Mon, 14 May 2012 16:23:36 +0200 http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2984 http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2984 Timbuli Racing has completed its preparations to the ADAC Zurich 24h Race at the Nürburgring (17 to 20 May). And if you believe in an old saying at the theatre, everything should turn out to be fine at this highlight of the season for the team from the Eifel region because the running at the rehearsal, the third round of the VLN endurance racing championship Nürburgring, was far from what they had expected. News Sat, 12 May 2012 11:07:06 +0200 http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2983 http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2983 Michael Schrey and Henry Walkenhorst have stopped the dominating performances of Mathol Racing and scored their first victory of the current season in class SP10 with the BMW M3 GT4. Looking into the other results of the racing team from Münster/ Germany achieved at this race, it seems that they had to pay a high price for this result. Clutch problems in one car and two accidents with other cars will provide a great deal of work for the team director during the coming weeks. News Sat, 12 May 2012 11:06:34 +0200 http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2982 http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2982 The third race of this year’s VLN endurance racing championship Nürburgring took place last weekend. The grid included the total of six race cars of the team Ring Racing. The crews of Ring Racing which is based in Boxberg/ Germany all showed a good performance in the race which figured more than 200 cars in total and two of the Ring Racing cars finished on the podium. News Sat, 12 May 2012 11:06:01 +0200 http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2981 http://www.vln.de/newsausgabe.de.php?id=2981 At the third round of the BLN endurance racing season, the MOTEC Wheels Team once again finished on the podium in class V5 of standard production cars. After their victory in the last race, the team now finished into second place and furthermore fulfilled the very special heart’s desire of a blind motor sport fan with a taxi ride. News Sat, 12 May 2012 11:05:37 +0200