News 2004

The sport committee scheduled next years race in its meeting of 05.11.2004 finally.

33. ADAC Zurich 24h-Race 2005 will take place at the Nuerburgring at

05th - 08th of May 2005.

Start of the 24h-Race will be at 07th of May presumably again around 3 p.m.

On the Motorshow Essen (26.11.-05.12.2004) the ADAC Nordrhein e.V. will present the... 

The legendary 24h race bait more than 220.000 fans to the circuit - record! No wonder, cause it is well known as the hardest long term race of the world and guarantees superlatives: works-teams with star-drivers like Klaus Ludwig, Roland Asch and Hans Joachim Stuck, 230 cars all kinds and typical "Nürburgring-weather" gives you a hard work at the... 

Four crashes in treacherous weather conditions did not stop a determined team of ten Cooper Car Co. mechanics from bringing both of their Works MINI Cooper S charges home against the odds, in the gruelling Nurburgring 24 Hrs race this weekend (June 12/13). Despite a promising start to the race for both cars, the succession of shunts soon took... 

„If you’re not quick enough you’ll get caught out“ – rarely has such an adage been more true than at the ADAC Zurich 24hr Race on the Nürburgring: The final entry list is comprised of 221 cars. This means that with a maximum of 220 competitors allowed according to track protocol, one team will be hit with non-qualification provided that no other... 

The hunt for the best start places has begun: the first official time practice on the Nürburgring for the 32nd Int. ADAC Zurich 24hr Race kicked off a weekend of superlatives on Friday (June 11). Uwe Alzen in a Porsche 996 Turbo (#2 Alzen / Alzen / Bartels / Ludwig) clocked the fastest time at the very onset of practice on the 24.358... 

The starting positions for the ADAC Zurich 24hr race have been allocated. Team Vitaphone Racing (#2 Alzen / Alzen / Bartels / Ludwig) will start in pole position in the long-distance classic on the legendary Nürburgring-Nordschleife. No team was able to beat the time of 8:19.288 minutes that had already been set in the morning session, meaning... 

One of the key questions before the start: which team will start with which type of tyre? The changeable weather conditions at the beginning of the starting grid line-up meant that practically all the top teams had every possible option on hand up until the last minute. Slicks? Cut slicks? Rain tyres? The top 10 teams decided on the following tyre... 

The ADAC Zurich 24hr Race got off to a cracking start on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife: the initial phase was reduced to a veritable game of chance amid changeable weather conditions. Only three of the top 10 teams from the starting grid line-up opted for rain tyres – which turned out to be the right decision in the first laps. The lead changed a... 

The sprint continues. And the weather gods in the Eifel have taken matters into their own hands. Driving rain, dried out parts of track – here the odd puddle, there a bone-dry ideal line: the second and third racing hours were marked by changeable weather conditions and their spectacular consequences. Amid this chaotic weather one team is... 

The weather remains highly changeable in the Eifel even after five completed hours of racing on the challenging circuit combination between Nürburgring-Nordschleife and the Grand-Prix short track layout. The constantly changing weather conditions on the 24.358 kilometre-long strip of asphalt in the Eifel are very demanding on both drivers and...