Nürburgring - Grand Prix F1 Race Track

[ViperGTS]

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http://www.viperclub.de/galerie.php?g=2007_N%FCrburgring

We have been invited by Chrysler Germany to attend a drivers school at the famous Nürburgring.

We had a blast! 1.5 days on the track. I did almost 300 miles on the race track in my stock RT/10 (except exhaust) and I learned (I knew that already but the real experience when the brakes are "gone" is different!) that the stock brakes are not good for a long time of racing, but I had a LOT OF FUN as we all had.

For example: going over 100 mph straight to a tight corner and braking hard, very hard 50-70 yard before the turn to come around isnt easy if you are not a race driver, but we learned to find our and the cars limit after the 1.5 days of training!
Over 1200 miles in 4 days and the weather was perfect. ICE COLD and SUNNY.

Enjoy the pictures!

 

[02 Graphite GTS]

Hey Markus,
I'll bet you guys had FUN !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great pictures. Did Aco make this event?
I sure hope you wore your SoCal T-shirt to the event....its good for at least a couple of seconds off your lap times !

 

[InjectTheVenom]

Damn! Would have loved to be there Looks like you guys had a great time though When I click the gallery pictures they won't work?

 

[ViperGTS]

Unfortunately, Aco was not there. But, I wore the SoCal T-shirt and other Viper-T-shirts and got the attention of a "visitor" from the US ...in the end he told me he is a friend of Paolo C. (TT Viper).

Its a small (Viper) world!

 

[JiPi]

Lucky you! Sounds like a great experience.
What's the story behind these two identical GTS?

 

[ViperGTS]

ViperJets! You can go as a passenger around the "green hell" in the two ViperJets:
http://www.zakspeed.com/the-motorsport-company/index.php?id=381

 

[Heysie]

That would have been some nice days.
Didn't you drove on the Nordschleife? I was there the 7th october. The track closed 9 times, because of the many accidents. The Viper ('94 RT/10) didn't felt very confidence on the bumpy track. Time to put some new custom made shocks on it.

 

[ViperGTS]

>>> Didn't you drove on the Nordschleife?<<<

This was a drivers training on a closed GP-race track (just us and all the security! Flag people, ambulance [just in case], ...) and not a suicide mission - "Freies Fahren" - you know what I mean!

 

[Neil - UK]

nice pics Marcus, let us know if it happens again as im sure some Brits would like that

one of our members did the Nordschleife a few months ago, and while he was there had the zacspeed fastlap in the passenger seat with the pro race driver, he said it was absolutely amazing

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Getting a red X. Thumbnails look good though.

 

[ViperGTS]

The red "X" must have to do with the "ü" in the name of Nürburgring.
For most people it works - character set issue installed on your pc?

 

[dave6666]

I am so beyond jealous.

 

[ViperGTS]

Meanwhile, I learned that the FireFox browser works and IE does not (pictures).

BTW, one of our instructors is a Viper race driver, Patrik Simon, he drove the Zakspeed-Viper during the 24h Race at the Nürburgring in 2007. Winner in class SP8.

 

[AviP]

We have been invited by Chrysler Germany to attend a drivers school at the famous Nürburgring.

I hate you.

 

[Nadine UK GTS]

Very cool, pics look fantastic, great track. If you go again please let us know.

 

[Camfab]

I've got the red X and the link does not work for me either.

 

[ViperGTS]

>>>If you go again please let us know.<<<

I would LOVE to see you all at the race track there! Especially since it is not possible to do it without the money/help from Chrysler/Dodge. Renting the track for 2 days costs a lot of money (6 digits and up). The ZAKSPEED team costs a lot of money.

However, when we - from the Viperclub Deutschland - Startseite - have been invited in the beginning of 2007 I asked immediately whether we can bring the Swiss Viper friends in the boat and the answer was back than: "no" - it is money from Chrysler Germany and it is for the German Viper owners.

Later I had to learn (too late) that other Viper owners are invited as well since the number of German viper owner attending was low - the basic fee was 1300 Euro. Plus 2 nights in the hotel plus food and plus >100 gallons of fuel!

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The problem with the IE should be fixed now! Pictures should show up.

 

[Paul S Lacey]

Marcus,

Where was my invite, I always let you come to Hockenheim !!!!!

 

[ViperGTS]

Viperclub Deutschland - Fotogalerie - 2007 Nuerburgring
This LINK should work!

Just in case there is another drivers training like this...language problem? I dont know whether the Zakspeed people/instructors do speak English and we all had radios in our cars to follow (or not ) the instructions - I couldnt hear anything above 50 mph in the open roadster...I would have told you Brits and the Swiss immediately "if..."!

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