Track Focus – Nürburgring

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

Having made a very successful first appearance on the Euro Offroad Series back in September when it hosted the Season #5 opener, the Nurburgring finds itself hosting the EOS much sooner than anticipated as it becomes the first venue to ever feature twice in the same season.  Following issues with the track build at the originally planned season finale in Austria, such was the public reaction to the first visit to the legend 1:1 racing circuit that when Uwe Rheinard asked about the possibility of return to the Nurburgring they welcomed the idea with open arms.  Again running alongside the EOS is a 1:1 race event, the VLN Championship attracting close to 200 cars which will be racing together in an endurance race on the legendary Nordschleife circuit.

In terms of the 24 X 30 metre track layout, drivers face a much more challenging track than the previous visit.  Pretty much a local event for EOS Round 3 2WD winner Marc Rheinard, the Yokomo driver headed up the track build but it was back to back EOS Champion Lee Martin who penned the layout which has so far being receiving positive feedback from racers.  Commenting on the layout, Martin described it as having ‘both technical and high speed sections’ adding ‘I think it’s a bit better than the tracks we normally use’.  Asked about the build he said, ‘I got a text from Marc on Wednesday with the dimensions asking me to design a track.  He gave me a good 20-minutes to come up with something’.  Sketching two designs, he said, ‘I think he (Marc) built it pretty close to the design and the layout works well’.

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