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Offline QD MBE

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Good read on the problems at the 'Ring.
« on: January 20, 2011, 07:22:47 am »
Good synopsis on the problems faced by the Nurburgring.  Some may think far fetched, but throw enough mud at the fan etc..........

http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=23035

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Re: Good read on the problems at the 'Ring.
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2011, 08:49:41 am »
Very interesting read! :happy2:

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Re: Good read on the problems at the 'Ring.
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2011, 09:59:37 am »
Yeh read that yesterday and it does make me wish I'd started going years ago!  :sad1:

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Re: Good read on the problems at the 'Ring.
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2011, 11:44:53 pm »
I'm glad I got the chance to go on it when I did, and in all the various machines that I did. The last couple of years it's been bought out by corporate types more concerned about making money than grass-roots motorsports and as a result the experience has been ruined. Last time I was there they were constructing that bloody hotel and themepark and I could tell it just did not feel right - too slick, too glitzy, and not enough of what the 'Ring was about. It's happened time and time again - someone looks at a good honest business, thinks that they can make a quick buck, files a fancy business plan and gets in there, makes a horrible mess of things because they don't understand*, and then leaves, with everything falling apart. Who loses out? The locals, and the people who love motorsports and cars.


*They don't understand cars, or the auto industry, and they don't care. They think they know how to run a business. But the car business - and in particular, grassroots motorsports -  is something very different, and very unique, and no amount of studying usage rates and track-hours-per-euro and so on will make someone who doesn't get it, get it.


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« Last Edit: January 21, 2011, 11:20:55 am by cmdrfire »

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Re: Good read on the problems at the 'Ring.
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2011, 09:26:23 am »
the ring was so much better before the built that crap that they have built  :fighting: :fighting: i hate that new bit it horrid and ruins the vibe of the place   :sad1:.

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: Good read on the problems at the 'Ring.
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2011, 09:02:26 am »
Have read something similar before. It's why I sometimes hate commercialism.

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