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Derek Hanbidge, Nordschleife, Nurburgring, Wayne Gardner
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Nordschleife
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at 10:27AM
I would hope that if you read my blog you know of the Nordschleife, the "green hell" built in the 1920's and one of the most famous tracks in the world. It was deemed unsafe and a new sanitized F1 track built to bear the name Nurburgring, and the Nordschleife looked like fading away for a time. It seems to have a had a revival of late with huge crowds attending the 24 hour races there and I guess it was like so many things in life, you do not know what you have until it is almost gone.
As you will read if you click on the link below is that in tune with the times it was thought necessary to add a large entertainment center to the tracks at the Nurburgring. This featured in the Professional Circuit Owners and Investors magazine as part of the way forward for tracks, but now it seems that the tracks have to support the entertainment. It reminds me of the eighties when the talk was all diversification, until we found that going into industries you do not understand was a recipe for disaster, and then the cry was "stick to the knitting," i.e. do what you know. So as you will read, giving control of the race tracks to the guys who got them into this mess with the entertainment does not sound a smart move, but then again, who said Governments were smart? If politicians were smart they would be making lots of money in business.
http://savethering.org/
So, sign up to be friends of the Ring and let's help save it. At the recent conference in Cologne it was pointed out that there have been no new tracks built in what was West Germany for eighty years, Hockenheim was the last one, amazing. So they cannot afford to lose any.
Derek Hanbidge posted some great photos on FB from the recent Six Hour at The Island, including a couple of nice ones of Wayne Gardner helping his son Remy who is racing a 70cc class, and doing well. Wayne looks great and Derek said he looked happier than he had seen him wrenching and polishing for his son. Nice one Wayne, you must be proud. Don't make it too easy for him though, we need him tough like his old man. Mr 110%. I have had some great moments in my life, but seeing Wayne win that first race at Phillip Island takes some beating. Thank you for sharing the photos Derek.
As you will read if you click on the link below is that in tune with the times it was thought necessary to add a large entertainment center to the tracks at the Nurburgring. This featured in the Professional Circuit Owners and Investors magazine as part of the way forward for tracks, but now it seems that the tracks have to support the entertainment. It reminds me of the eighties when the talk was all diversification, until we found that going into industries you do not understand was a recipe for disaster, and then the cry was "stick to the knitting," i.e. do what you know. So as you will read, giving control of the race tracks to the guys who got them into this mess with the entertainment does not sound a smart move, but then again, who said Governments were smart? If politicians were smart they would be making lots of money in business.
http://savethering.org/
So, sign up to be friends of the Ring and let's help save it. At the recent conference in Cologne it was pointed out that there have been no new tracks built in what was West Germany for eighty years, Hockenheim was the last one, amazing. So they cannot afford to lose any.
Derek Hanbidge posted some great photos on FB from the recent Six Hour at The Island, including a couple of nice ones of Wayne Gardner helping his son Remy who is racing a 70cc class, and doing well. Wayne looks great and Derek said he looked happier than he had seen him wrenching and polishing for his son. Nice one Wayne, you must be proud. Don't make it too easy for him though, we need him tough like his old man. Mr 110%. I have had some great moments in my life, but seeing Wayne win that first race at Phillip Island takes some beating. Thank you for sharing the photos Derek.