Saturday was a closed session on the track for the RCN
Circuit Challenge and not wanting to miss the action we headed back to the
viewing area at Brunnchen which unlike on Friday was much busier for this
touring car series. We set up for some track side action with loads of locals,
some of which had arrived for the day looking at the BBQ's and beer!! We
were not disappointed as a whole mix of cars drove by, from your basic Ring fare
of BMW 3 series and 911's both new and old, too VW Golf's both MK1, 2's and 3's, VW
Polo's, Vauxhall Nova's, Citroen AX's, Porsche 924/944/928's, Honda Civic,
MGB GT's and even a Renault Alpine.
Viewing these cars passing by couldn’t be better with
sections cut into the fencing for getting the best picture opportunities.
Around the track are footways leading all over, heading
round from Brunnchen, about a 15minute walk takes you to the inside of the
Karussel where you can really appreciate the camber on the lower section and an
awesome viewing point to see the cars powering through.
The short walk also lets you see a little of the scenery
that the track rises and fall through. The change in level you just don’t feel
when you’re driving around but the track rises 300m in some section, the
picture below demonstrates the run up to the Karussel.
After watching the awesome procession till early afternoon
we headed over to the awesome Nurburgring/Arean centre behind the main stand of the
Formula 1 track. On the weekend we had arrived there was some track action from
what you could see from the main gantry that lead in to the centre, it
looked like Le Man style cars with the sound echoing round the complex.
Out the other end your met with the Paddock Shop selling everything Nurburgring related, t-shirts, nch needed stickers, jackets, models and maybe not, like the toaster that puts a map of the track on to your breakfast!!!!
The one thing we didn’t have time to do on our "tourist" day was go round the museum, for two reasons, first it was far too late in the day when we got to it, and secondly it’s sold with a pass through the interactive kids area which pushes up the price to just shy of 19Euros!!!!!
With the day coming to an end we headed back to the track,
first to another viewing area at Pflanzgarten and then back again to Brunchenn
to see what else was on the track, but also to see the respect and good nature
that is given by the drivers to the marshals who had been around the track all
day keepign them safe, by doing a slow lap and giving a wave to them all. As well as the last
remaining spectators like us who were waving back and clapping them on for a
great days entertainment.
After a brief pit stop at the hotel we headed over to
Pistonklause in Nurburg for the evening.
The only way to describe it would be similar to what I see
the Cresta Run as i.e. a little bit of Britain in another country. The main
claim to fame about this place, apart from the fantastic food it the fact its
owned by the parents of Sabine Schmitz, Oh you know Top Gear, Transit, 10min
lap, there you go. Word of mouth must also have something to do with it being a
petrolhead Nirvana. At some point it was obviously a quaint restaurant but
today every wall is covered in racing memorabilia, photos and bits of cars. What’s
not covered in "official" memorabilia is covered in names and club
stickers from all those who have been there. This is a must if you ever visit
the Ring, but book early.
Hi bro, that huge orange nurburgring sign located inside or outside ring? If outside that sign can be found from the main road right?
ReplyDeleteIts on the main road that goes past the ring, on the side of the Arena. You see loads of cars parking up for a picture.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Heath