Amateurs at The Nürburgring - The Lounge https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/ Diecast Zone Discussion Board en-US Tue, 19 May 2026 10:59:27 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Amateurs at The Nürburgring https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22879 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 17:30:27 +0000 People even "do" the Ring with their RVs as a friend told me.

]]> The Lounge Joop https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22879 RE: Amateurs at The Nürburgring https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22303 Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:23:07 +0000 Just when you think you've seen it all, you realize you haven't.

]]> The Lounge Jeff G https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22303 RE: Amateurs at The Nürburgring https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22276 Fri, 09 Apr 2021 01:27:16 +0000 I'm so glad that I already took my B.P. meds.

I'll be driving to San Diego tomorrow..lol.

]]> The Lounge Steve Jacobs https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22276 RE: Amateurs at The Nürburgring https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22237 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 19:08:46 +0000 The insurance risk is greater than most think. If you wreck, you have to pay salvage expenses to get the wreckage off the road, which may take a crew and special equipment, for any damages to the road, guardrails, etc, and for any clean-up expenses. While the Nurburgring is technically a public road, few insurance companies will cover damages incurred there.

]]> The Lounge John Kuvakas https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22237 RE: Amateurs at The Nürburgring https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22227 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 18:26:07 +0000 yep, no insurance...

But then again, most Germans don't know that their insurance won't cover anything when they speed the Autobahn....

]]> The Lounge Joop https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22227 RE: Amateurs at The Nürburgring https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22201 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:25:42 +0000 I assume that if you crash your car at this facility in this manner your insurance is void?

]]> The Lounge Jack Dodds https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22201 RE: Amateurs at The Nürburgring https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22200 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:16:22 +0000
Posted by: @kocour

" . . . there were 81 accidents last year involving tourists who were racing around the Nürburgring. Two people died, 18 were seriously injured and 43 suffered minor injuries. Already in this year, there have been 29 accidents, with one fatality and eight seriously injured. And the season has only begun."

I'm surprised that there haven't been more deaths at that track.  Horrendous crashes.

I'm absolutely amazed that they allow people of limited racing abilities to put themselves at jeopardy like this.  Many of the crashes display drivers losing control by vastly overdriving the road profile encountered and also then failing to regain control; not remotely close to that of a skilled amateur racing enthusiast.

]]> The Lounge Jack Dodds https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22200 RE: Amateurs at The Nürburgring https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22194 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:44:15 +0000 " . . . there were 81 accidents last year involving tourists who were racing around the Nürburgring. Two people died, 18 were seriously injured and 43 suffered minor injuries. Already in this year, there have been 29 accidents, with one fatality and eight seriously injured. And the season has only begun."

I'm surprised that there haven't been more deaths at that track.  Horrendous crashes.

]]> The Lounge Frank Kocour https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22194 RE: Amateurs at The Nürburgring https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22190 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:07:42 +0000 Thanks, David. You can spend hours on YouTube watching these clips. Not all the vehicles that challenge The Ring are sports cars. 

https://youtu.be/3ECq1l_iwZo

]]> The Lounge John Kuvakas https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22190 Amateurs at The Nürburgring https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22187 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:52:35 +0000  

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The Nürburgring race track in Germany is opened to the public at selected times during the year. They have between 2 and 12 deaths each year. Your vehicle needs only to be "road qualified" to enter the course. No extraordinary safety requirements need to be followed. Amateurs can drive their personal road cars on the Nürburgring race track. As usual mayhem follows! There is a compilation.

 

]]> The Lounge David Green https://diecast.org/community/lounge/amateurs-at-the-nurburgring/#post-22187