2002 Nurburgring 24 Hour Race assault (April 15, 2002)
Press Release… Press Release… Press Release… Press Release…
Racing driver Ross Buckingham has finalized plans to contest in this years Nurburgring 24 Hour race. This year's race will take place on June 1st. The Weybridge based Australian will share a Caterham 7 with Adrian Watt, Mark Giles and James Auld for the grueling event, which takes place on the daunting Nordschliefe circuit in the Eiffel Forest in Germany.
Ross, is who made the graduation to the British GT Championship last year, has held a long held fascination with the Nurburgring event and took part for the first time last year. Ross said "This is one of the world’s classic races and I just had to jump at this opportunity, we will be aiming to be there up to finish and hopefully improve on last years result." Visit his web site at rossbuckinghammotorsport.co.uk .
The Nurburgring 24 Hour race is the world's biggest race with 210 cars taking the start on the 14 mile circuit and well over 100000 spectators turning up to watch. Drivers not only face what is considered the worlds most difficult to learn and dangerous circuits. More information can be found on www.24h-rennen.de .
Click here to return to the News page
|