The highly revered automotive playground is seeing its days numbered, Yes we’re talking about the Nurburgring which is sadly at high risk without any sight of the EU jumping in to help bail it out. Rich in racing heritage yet after 85 years (since 1927) of automotive history having graced its tarmac, it’s almost considered a pauper today.
<!--more-->The ‘Green Hell’ or the ‘Ring’ as many have come to call it has been synonymous with motoring legends of current and late, having helped many of today’s well known marquees bring to you fantastic driving machines after having been blessed with the fires of the ‘Green Hell’.
After Kai Righter and Jörg Lindner took possession of the ‘Ring’ and added a rather large theme park, a new roller coaster ride, a 3,000 seat event-arena, a shopping mall and a huge hotel with an oversupply of rooms; they ran out of cash. The non-motorsports oriented duo had initially promised private financing which sadly never materialised.
That’s not all, it seems all is not transparent, with much political involvement that runs so deep you could call it a conspiracy with claimed visitor numbers that go as high as 2 million per annum. However, the truth always seems to find its way out with actual figures running around under 400,000 per annum instead.
The only way now is that the ‘Ring’ gets a 13 million Euro life-line, but it all seems rather bleak for the moment since the EU doesn’t want anything to do with it after pumping in well over half a billion Euros over the last two years thanks to those ‘wise-guys’. Either way, the risk of the ‘Ring’ possibly vanishing just like that in a puff of exhaust looms ever closer, at least till the end of this year that is.
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