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Industry => Miscellaneous Discussions => Topic started by: Ogolo on November 15, 2008, 11:28:01 AM

Title: Nurburgring - Ring Racer
Post by: Ogolo on November 15, 2008, 11:28:01 AM
Hmm..Is this thing not going to take the record now?  120MPH in about 2.5 Seconds?

Nurburgring gets world?s fastest rollercoaster (http://msnukcars.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9147D27F85A04C56!5549.entry)

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We?ve already reported on this of course but earlier this week we met up with a couple of chaps from the Nurburgring to catch up on the latest developments. And with the existing grandstands now demolished the path for the rollercoaster has now been cleared alongside the start/finish straight. The idea is to give visitors a sense of what it?s like to drive round the track in a F1 car and part of this will include accelerating from 0-120mph or so in about 2.5 seconds. And the Ring Racer will pull 3.4g too, the maximum permitted by German law. Cool?

I suppose the record could just fall under the "or so".

Chuck seems to have picked the perfect time to be over in Germany!
Title: Re: Nurburgring - Ring Racer
Post by: WadeJ on November 15, 2008, 12:10:04 PM
I just read another article that officially pegged it at 135mph so who know.  I have a feeling Ka will no longer be the worlds fastest next season though.
Title: Re: Nurburgring - Ring Racer
Post by: ChuckR on November 15, 2008, 02:23:48 PM
Whenever it opens, I'll be there!
Title: Re: Nurburgring - Ring Racer
Post by: AV Matt on November 15, 2008, 02:33:43 PM
Unless it actually comes with a layout, who cares about how fast it is. ::)
Title: Re: Nurburgring - Ring Racer
Post by: Ogolo on June 08, 2011, 07:23:53 PM
Looks like wit a little more research it did have an incident:

Google Translate of "New explosion on the ring-Racer" (http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.general-anzeiger-bonn.de%2Findex.php%3Fk%3Dloka%26itemid%3D10001%26detailid%3D888600%26tw%3D1&act=url)
Title: Re: Nurburgring - Ring Racer
Post by: Steve on June 08, 2011, 07:54:51 PM
Quote from: WadeJ on November 15, 2008, 12:10:04 PM
I just read another article that officially pegged it at 135mph so who know.  I have a feeling Ka will no longer be the worlds fastest next season though.
It hasn't been since the end of last year.
Title: Re: Nurburgring - Ring Racer
Post by: Millennium Force 44 on June 08, 2011, 08:01:57 PM
^Wade said that in 2008 lol
Title: Re: Nurburgring - Ring Racer
Post by: Steve on June 08, 2011, 08:09:20 PM
Your right, I can't read dates. This is what happens when we bump old topics. It confuses me  :P
Title: Re: Nurburgring - Ring Racer
Post by: B-mac on June 08, 2011, 09:06:03 PM
Well Ka is technically still #2 since this ride will still be SBNO for a while longer.
Title: Re: Nurburgring - Ring Racer
Post by: ChuckR on June 09, 2011, 02:06:11 PM
(http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/247106_560760541219_199800778_31729426_6133692_a.jpg)

That's what it looked like this past weekend.
Title: Re: Nurburgring - Ring Racer
Post by: B-mac on June 09, 2011, 02:50:41 PM
IT'S DEAD!!!!