By Ryan
There is place which
attracts almost every automobile enthusiast, every time when car manufactures
have a new car, they will test their products on the track. This is Nurburgring, a legendary race track that has special meaning to the car manufactures and fans.
Nürburgring is a 150,000-capacity motorsports complex located
in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix
race track built in 1984, and a much longer old "North loop" track
which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg
in the Eifel Mountains. The north loop is 20.8 km (12.9 mi) long and has more
than 300 metres (1,000 feet) of elevation change from its lowest to highest
points. People nicknamed the old track "The Green Hell".
Originally, the track featured four configurations: the
28.265 km (17.563 mi)-long Gesamtstrecke ("Whole Course"), which in
turn consisted of the 22.810 km (14.173 mi) Nordschleife ("North
Loop"), and the 7.747 km (4.814 mi) Südschleife ("South Loop").
There also was a 2.281 km (1.417 mi) warm-up loop called Zielschleife
("Finish Loop") or Betonschleife ("Concrete Loop"), around
the pit area.[1]
Between 1982 and 1983 the start/finish area was demolished to
create a new GP-Strecke, and this is used for all major and international
racing events. However, the shortened Nordschleife is still in use for racing,
testing and public access.
Sources
Nürburgring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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