We have all heard tales of the Nurburgring, have seen cars being tested or setting lap records. Sir Jackie Stewart labeled it “The Green Hell” for the toll it took on several lives. Over the years, modern safety standards and changes to the layout have improved safety, but the Nurburgring continues to be a cruel [...]
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A Special Trip to The Ring
Over the second weekend in September Jonner and Myself were given the opportunity to join some of our European S2000 friends and experience the S2000 as it was intended, on the world famous Nürburgring Nordschleife. This was suggested by Kotaro Yamamoto with the aim of experiencing the Ring as it should be. With over 1000 [...]
Raising Green Hell – joesnow describes his Nurburgring visit
I set off on Sunday from Derby to catch the Eurotunnel around lunchtime, and got to the circuit for registry before 7:00 PM. Once I got into France, the sun came out, so it was top down, music up and sunglasses on. Excellent start. As I entered Belgium the car had that lovely silky feeling [...]
Video of the week: Raising Green Hell in an S2000
The corkscrew, Toe of the boot, and the Tail of the Dragon are what we’d bring up in conversation when discussing driving experiences here in the US of A. Our cousins across the pond though, have access to something we’d give our right arm, leg and eye for – the Nordschleife (northern loop) at the [...]
Video of the Week: S2000 Prototype in Nurburgring
This is one special video that really makes us fall in love with our Honda S2000. No matter how many times we’ve seen it, we just can’t get enough of it. The S2000 prototype in Nurburgring’s old circuit was driven by Motoharu “Gan-san” Kurosawa, to the limit, revving up all the way to 10,000 rpm! [...]
