So, I figure that I should give my father a bit of a break and fly him over here for a trip to the Nurburgring next summer. I haven't been there before but I do know that I don't want to be there on an open day.

So the questions are... who are the more reputable organisers for club or closed days on the track? How far in advance are these things normally publicised? If the old man wants to hire a car to go around in, who are the best providers and how much should he expect to pay? How much does a track day on the beast cost? And finally, what sort of prep to the car and myself would be useful?

Thanks!

 

This months Redline magazine is a good buy, it has 30 page special on the ring and a voucher for a free lap valid until april 2011

http://www.redlinemag.com/page/redline?ent...he_nurburgring1

even has a few pages on Yum Yums S2000.

RSRNurburg, hire cars and do tuition.

 

This website is probably the best for information relating to the Ring

http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/

 

TouristFahrten, or TF as an open day is usually referred to, can be fine so don't rule them out.

However track days usually are better, and there's no bikes or buses. But they do cost more.

Track days are £300 and up, usually more like £400.

Hiring starts at the Rent4Ring swifts at 99Euro for 6 laps, all the way to 911 GT3RS from RSR at about £2500 for the day. There's also btgmotorsport who'll do Colt's, 350Z's Evo 10's and a GTR. All firms I'd use again. Beware of excesses though, they can be high. But you have the advantage of the barriers being insured beyond the excess.

Your car doesn't need any mods, just make sure you have plenty of meat on your brake pads, your tyres aren't too low and you're topped up with oil.

As for the calendar of dates, you probably won't find them for next summer until Feb. bookatrack, destinationnurburgring and RMA from the UK occasionally do track days there. There's some european TDO's as well, but I'm not up on them.

 

Fantastic. Thanks for this info folks. I would have thought it would be good stuff to have in the Trackday FAQ, but it's not there.

 

Haus Marvin has an s for hire .... close to ring too if you don't want to use yours

 

And it's left hand drive

Last time I was there some Japanese bloke smacked it up

 

Try these guys, I have dealt with them before. They have the contract to take new Nissan GTR owners round the North and South loop

http://www.rsrnurburg.com/

Quite a selection of vehicles, very close to the ring and well connected.

 

Also, watch video's before you go, they're better than games for learning the track.

Here's me in an RSR Megane earlier this year as an example
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwej9lEjy3I [/media]

 

In the Redline Mag I bought today there is an error in the date for the validity of the free lap . On my ticket it says 31-04-10 . I'm going to try and use it and see what the Germans say .