Record Motorcycle Lap Around Nurburgring

This is the on-board footage of Andy Carlile, a 33 year old Englishmen who lives in Germany, setting the record Bridge to Gantry Nurburgring lap time on a motorcycle. He’s not part of a massive factory backed effort or professional race team. He’s riding his personal street legal 2005 Yamaha R1. The bike is mostly stock outside of wheels, tires and shocks. His lap time? 7 minutes 10 seconds with a couple of seconds lost to traffic. To put that in perspective, a Dodge Viper ACR runs a 7:12, the Lexus LFA Nurburgring package runs a 7:14 and the Corvette ZR-1 runs a 7:19. Carlile thinks he could go faster, but not so fast that he could break the 6 minute mark.


Sources: BridgeToGantry.com via Asphalt and Rubber

Nissan GT-R’s at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring

Nissan put together this video highlighting the experience of all of the teams that ran Nissan GT-R’s at the 24 hours of Nurburgring. Interviews include the head of the GT-R project, professional race drivers and a couple of drivers who made it to the professional level from the Gran Turismo Academy. They also talk a lot about how the things they learned during the brutal conditions of racing go into building a better road car for their customers.


Source: Nissan Newsroom on YouTube

Ford F-150 SVT Raptor on the Nurburgring

This is Tanner Foust on the Nurburgring in a Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. I’m guessing this is a factory backed effort since Foust drives a Ford Fiesta rally/gymkhana car. That’s gotta take some balls to drive an offroad vehicle on the world’s most difficult road racing track much less drift it through Schwalbenschwanz.


Source: YouTube user Wouto Motive