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Fatal accidents on the Nürburgring motorsport race track in Nürburg, Germany during national and international motor-sport events on the 28.265 kilometres (17.563 mi) Gesamtstrecke ("Whole Course"), the 22.810 km (14.173 mi) Nordschleife ("Northern Loop"), the 7.747 km (4.814 mi) Südschleife ("Southern Loop") and the 2.281 km (1.417 mi) warm-up loop Zielschleife ("Finish Loop") or ...
It features a Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long Nordschleife "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. The north loop is 20.830 km (12.943 mi) long and contains more than 300 metres (1,000 feet) of elevation change from its lowest to highest points.
Porsche 919 Evo - Overall record holder on the modern 20,832 m (12.944 mi) full layout with a time of 5:19.546 minutes Volkswagen I.D. R - Overall electric record holder on the modern 20,832 m (12.944 mi) full layout with a time of 6:05.336 minutes Porsche 956 - Former overall record holder with a time of 6:11.13 minutes set during a qualifying session in 1983
Nikola Koprivica was killed in a crash in his Mazda MX-5 on the Nürburgring Nordschleife during a public Touristenfahrtensession. His death has silenced a community of track regulars.
Nurburgring 22. DMV-250-Meilen-Rennen, Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring (Veedol-Cup), 9th round Race Heart attack [178] Ed Elisian (USA) 1959-08-30 Open wheel Travelon Trailer Special USAC Championship: Milwaukee Mile Milwaukee 200: Race Fuel cell ruptured in crash and he burned to death [179] John Engle (USA) 2007-08-19
In total, 104 riders have died from incidents that occurred at Grand Prix motorcycle racing events, with Ben Drinkwater being the first in 1949. Three riders died in the 1940s; twenty-nine in the 1950s; twenty-seven in the 1960s; twenty-four in the 1970s; fourteen in the 1980s; two in the 1990s; one in the 2000s; three in the 2010s; and one in ...
As a result, lap times have been set in racing events on numerous Nordschleife track variants ranging from less than the shortest 20.832 km (12.9 mi) to the current maximum of nearly 26 km (16.2 mi). An even longer approx. 28 km (17.4 mi) combined track that included the 7.7 km (4.8 mi) Südschleife was seldom used for major races since the 1930s.
Spectators along the track near Hatzenbach/Hocheichen. The Nürburgring 24 Hours is a 24-hour annual touring car and GT endurance racing event that takes place on a combination of the Nordschleife ("North Loop") and the GP-Strecke ("Grand Prix track") circuits of the Nürburgring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.