The green hell - 24h race

The Nürburgring, a racetrack, with a distance of almost 16 miles per lap is also called "The green hell", because of its more than 70 turns and shape like a rollercoaster.

During the 24h race more than 200 cars/teams compete with each other. Professionals and amateurs on the race track try to win or even finish the race - it is exhausting.

This car (number 43) is a continuation model of the famous Ford GT40 from 1966. Unfortunalety, after thrilling, leading laps a technical problem made it stop and a new Audi R8 won the race.

In this race you can find modern-, rare-, spectacular- or just cars that you know from the past and some have a special cliché. This car (number 120) for example is a Opel Manta which was a "sporty car" in the beginning of the 80th.
Every Manta driver/owner used to wear cowboy boots, had a blond hairdresser as girl-friend on the co-driver's seat and a fox tail on the antenna... Of course this kind of car has not chance to win the race anymore but it was a competitor of the winners between 1979 and 1982 (Ford Capri and Fort Escort).