The nurburgring
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Pageo

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75 posts

201 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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I dont know if this is in the right place ( the thread that is not the ring itself tongue out ) but if anyone knows ---

How much did the nurburgring cost to build?
Who owns it?
How much profit do they make per day or month?
And could we have our very own ring in the uk?

Talking to someone at work earlier who thinks we should build our very own ring in the UK. ( that exlcudes the M25 driving ) But erm.... where would you put it?

syncrov6

54 posts

198 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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14.1 million Reichsmarks
Nürbrurgring GmbH
No idea
Why not. Could be a job creation scheme, just like the original.

b9boy

287 posts

219 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Pageo said:
) But erm.... where would you put it?
Lord March's garden!!!

Funky Town

3,920 posts

210 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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[quote=Pageo]
And could we have our very own ring in the uk?

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No chance, health and safety wouldn't allow a de-restricted public toll road. Noise regs mean tracks that have been around for donkeys years are having huge restrictions imposed on them, so i can hardly see planning permission going through for race track that would act as a tourist attraction, permanently producing noise!

Adam205

822 posts

212 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Donnington Park? The Wheatcrofts are looking for a buyer atm!

b9boy

287 posts

219 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Funky Town said:
Pageo said:
And could we have our very own ring in the uk?

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No chance, health and safety wouldn't allow a de-restricted public toll road. Noise regs mean tracks that have been around for donkeys years are having huge restrictions imposed on them, so i can hardly see planning permission going through for race track that would act as a tourist attraction, permanently producing noise!
Thinking about it if Lord March (or any other huge land owner) decided to build not within miles of anyone else (and the local road network could cope) then Im sure they could get planning. It would be a private tol road but then so is the M6 toll. could work. you need a stack of land, no neighbours and humungous cash reserves....

Mr.Jimbo

2,084 posts

213 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Adam205 said:
Donnington Park? The Wheatcrofts are looking for a buyer atm!
Not a bad idea, theres quite a lot of land round there that doesn't seem to be full of villages, bar Donington village itself. Just east mids airport, have it built in!

XitUp

7,690 posts

234 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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It would need to be somewhere with a lot of undulating contours.

Extend Cadwell!

thebigmacmoomin

2,924 posts

199 months

Friday 28th May 2010
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Make the Isle of Man or Isle of White a custom build race track island with track (road, rally hill climb etc), hotel, bars etc...