Track Focus – Nürburgring

Venue – Nürburgring
Race Hosts – ADAC
Country – Germany
Location – Nürburg (120 km northwest of Frankfurt)
Direction – Anti-Clockwise
Surface – Carpet

The Euro Offroad Series opens a fifth season this weekend by celebrating the running of its 15th championship event, round 1 could not happen at a more iconic motorsport venue as it brings RC drivers from around the globe to the world famous Nürburgring in Germany.  Situated in the impressive Ring Boulevard building, which runs parallel to the main straight of the 1:1 race track, the EOS event is part of the full size Nürburgring 1000KM race weekend.  Also adding to the racing atmosphere of the event is SimRacing Expo which is taking place next to the EOS.  The opportunity for RC Racing to be a part of the Nürburgring has come about thanks to German motoring association the ADAC which has an impressive membership of almost 20-million.  With EOS c0-founder Uwe Rheinard having successful arranged a touring car race at the venue last year, the ADAC, who are organisers of the 1:1 race meeting, invited him to return making the perfect opportunity for the opening round of the EOS.

New for Season #5 is the carpet. After the Hudy Racing Arena successfully debuted new black carpet for last season’s finale, this year the EOS organisers have acquired the same black carpet with drivers already giving it a huge thumbs up.  While the Hudy Racing Arena got their carpet in square tile sections, the EOS managed to acquire it in 4-metre rolls making it easier to transport to all rounds.  Having been in control of the EOS for the past four season as Race Director, Scotty Ernst is himself making his racing debut on the European style carpet track in the newly introduced Stadium Truck class this weekend.  An experienced dirt offroad racer, the American said the track was really fun and it presents its own unique offroad driving style.

Featuring the biggest jump yet to be included in an EOS, Gerd Strenge building the jumps and designing the track layout, the track is getting a positive reaction from drivers.  Double defending champion Lee Martin said the new carpet is proving very consistent and is already developing groove.  In terms of the layout he said while the big jump is easy the transition on the landing is tricky.  The Yokomo driver said the end of the straight is key to a good lap,  feeling it is ‘too tight’ he said it is ‘critical to not get it wrong rather than trying to get it right’.  Joern Neumann said the layout out is nice to drive and commenting on the new carpet said it was ‘very good’ pointing to the tyres on his Serpent, which had done three practice runs, saying they ‘look like new’. Like Martin, Neumann’s only negative of the track is the black piping against the black carpet which both drivers said makes it hard to clearly see the layout.

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