The 'ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring' is an
endurance race for
sports cars held on the
Nürburgring in Germany and organized by the
ADAC since 1953.
History
On the traditional 22.8 km long ''Nordschleife'' ("Northern Loop") version, the competition took usually 44 laps and lasted about eight hours, later less than six hours.
The first event that counted towards the
World Sportscar Championship was won by
Alberto Ascari and
Giuseppe Farina on a
Ferrari. Due to disappointing attendance, the race was not held in the following two years. It became quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s though, and even more so after
Formula One decided to boycott the Nürburgring after 1976.
The last race on the ''Northern Loop'' in 1983 was won by a
Porsche 956. In that year, the track had been shorted to 20.8 km and provisional pits were used due to the ongoing construction work.
Since 1984, the 1000 km races were run on the new, much shorter ''Grand-Prix-Strecke'', while the
24 Hours Nürburgring stayed on the legendary long track. In 1991, the 1000 km races were first shortened to 480 km, then discontinued overall due to the demise of the
World Sportscar Championship.
In 2000, the 1000 km were resumed, with new competitive cars of BMW and Audi.
The race was held as a part of the
European Le Mans Series (
ELMS), the Euro version of the
American Le Mans Series (
ALMS). In a wet race, the unusual frontengine-powered
Panoz of
Jan Magnussen and
David Brabham won, ahead of a
BMW V12 LMR, an
Audi R8 and the second Panoz.
On
September 4 2005, the 1000 km was held as a part of the
Le Mans Endurance Series (LMES).
The 500 km Nürburgring was also similar event for smaller sportscars during the 1960s and 1970s.
VLN has also run four hour endurance races where distances of well over 500 km are covered by the winners.
Winners
† - Race stopped at 750km
‡ - Race stopped after 17 laps due to track damage
★ - Race stopped at 600km
External links
★
Official Website
★
Le Mans Series - 2007 1000km of Nürburgring
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Story and Photos 1966-1970 (German)
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Story and Photos of 2000 (German)
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Story and Photos of 2004 (German)
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