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ApexOversteer
03-30-2011, 6:41pm
YouTube - Nurburgring Nordschleife Crashes 1970 at Adenauer Forst. NEW ! More crashes
Hoog
03-30-2011, 6:49pm
They got behind on their steerin'.
VatorMan
03-30-2011, 6:52pm
My memories of Nurburgring.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/Germany%202010/226.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/Germany%202010/237.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/Germany%202010/239.jpg


needless to say-I need to go back when there's not 2 ft. of snow on the track.
OddBall
03-30-2011, 6:52pm
Seat belt? I don't need no stinkin' seat belt.
high desert
03-30-2011, 6:55pm
A lot of stupid in that vid.
khblair
03-30-2011, 7:04pm
seems to be a theme... porsche, bug or box car. are those the only cars they made in the 70s? :lol:
C5Nate
03-30-2011, 7:06pm
Lots of ugly azz Opels :ack:


Did a single VW make it through? :lol:
Blademaker
03-30-2011, 7:14pm
Wholelottadumbassinthatvid.
Bingo Fuel
03-30-2011, 8:20pm
Most of the Bugs landed back on all fours.
Although, it would have been messy for the folks in the convertible.
They were lucky.
Knooger
03-30-2011, 8:54pm
YouTube - Killed Myself When I Was Young
Y2Kvert4me
03-30-2011, 9:15pm
:cool1: video.

The one at the 3:00 mark impressed me. Still carrying enough speed while sliding on the roof to blow through the next corner too.

:cheers:
snide
03-30-2011, 9:34pm
My memories of Nurburgring.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/Germany%202010/226.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/Germany%202010/237.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y21/vatorman/Germany%202010/239.jpg


needless to say-I need to go back when there's not 2 ft. of snow on the track.
Pu$$y.
joecaver
03-31-2011, 4:11am
Seat belt? I don't need no stinkin' seat belt.

or helmets
GS Ragtop
03-31-2011, 4:14am
Jeez, what is it about that corner at the 'Ring that's causing all the problems with overshoot and over-corrections?

I wonder if the corner remains unchanged...
khblair
03-31-2011, 5:32am
Jeez, what is it about that corner at the 'Ring that's causing all the problems with overshoot and over-corrections?

I wonder if the corner remains unchanged...

:waiting:

can you rent a car to drive on that?
jaxgator
03-31-2011, 5:48am
Seat belt? I don't need no stinkin' seat belt.

No shit. Lotta bodies flying out of cars.

A lot of people looked like they didn't even try to turn and went right off the side. That motorcycle. :rofl:
RedLS1GTO
03-31-2011, 7:11am
Love the one at 1:36. Dust himself off and try again. :willy:
thkauffman
03-31-2011, 8:36am
Jeez, what is it about that corner at the 'Ring that's causing all the problems with overshoot and over-corrections?

I wonder if the corner remains unchanged...

I've never driven it in real life but I've driven it probably 400 times on GT4. I think I know which corner that is. It's very tricky because it's a blind corner at the top of a rise that cambers away. You're doing a terrific speed before you come up to it and it catches me off guard almost every time.
Omega Man
03-31-2011, 10:07am
I am amazed at the amount of shit that was flying out of the cars (drivers included).

The P Cars lower center of gravity seems to help, but you could tell the "snap steer" from lifting the throttle.

It might scare the hell out of you, but once committed, you can not lift the throttle mid turn.
Z06David
03-31-2011, 10:23am
:rofl::rofl: some had 4 people in the car
ApexOversteer
03-31-2011, 11:11am
Jeez, what is it about that corner at the 'Ring that's causing all the problems with overshoot and over-corrections?

I wonder if the corner remains unchanged...

This was 1970. Earlier in the year the Grand Prix Driver's Association had voted to refuse to race at the 'ring, due to it being unsafe, with no barriers.

The track was resurfaced, barriers added and certain corners changed.

I'm betting that, the freshness of the asphault in this film is the clue, and along with some over-exuberant driving by the locals, it's the bitumen curing out of the surface, making it slick, causing these wrecks.
Kevin_73
03-31-2011, 11:16am
It appears that in 1970 it was not a good idea to drive a car who's manufacturer's name started with a "V".

Volkswagens and Volvos didn't fare well at all around that corner. :willy:
ApexOversteer
03-31-2011, 11:31am
:waiting:

can you rent a car to drive on that?

Anyone can take any road-legal car on the old 'ring, after buying a ticket, or you can take the "'ring taxi" and have a local 'ring runner take you around in a BMW M3...
clutchdust
03-31-2011, 11:49am
Amazing how many were thrown (not so) clear!!! :eek:
Seat belts are your friend.
themonk
03-31-2011, 12:03pm
Here's an updated look at the corner in question. The first time I raced it, I went offroading, too much understeer.

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/monk1822/0495.jpg
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r290/monk1822/0428-Copy.jpg
onedef92
03-31-2011, 12:21pm
"The Ring" is a mofo!
onedef92
03-31-2011, 12:47pm
It appears that in 1970 it was not a good idea to drive a car who's manufacturer's name started with a "V".

Volkswagens and Volvos didn't fare well at all around that corner. :willy:

Those ghetto-assed, Fiat 125's didn't do too hot, either.
ptindall
03-31-2011, 12:48pm
http://mrkpop.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/butthead-butt-head.jpg

"This is from back when people were stupid"
GS Ragtop
03-31-2011, 12:53pm
Here's an updated look at the corner in question. The first time I raced it, I went offroading, too much understeer.

Cool.

Is it still an off-camber corner that pops up at the top of a rise?
onedef92
03-31-2011, 1:40pm
Wouldn't mind havin' one of those 2002 Bimmers, either.