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When I was planning my European holiday I want
ed to incorporate a trip to the R
ed Bull Ring in Austria. It was about a 2.5 hour drive from my base in Bratislava, Slovakia, so access was no problem. I had arrang
ed to get interest from an Australian magazine and was grant
ed accreditation without any problems. I arriv
ed on Thursday to beautiful sunny weather, but the forecast did not look to great. It was saying that thunderstorms were on the way f...
I had made the trip to the Nürburgring to participate in a passenger hot lap with one of the many companies that provide this service. I also appli
ed for accreditation to cover the race the next day. Friday the 29th July was a practice session for the teams and also giving the many taxi ride companies the opportunity to take their clients around the track. Before that I want
ed to check out a few of the points that look
ed like they were able to b...
Even thought it has been over a week since my hot lap with RSR Nürburg, the reason for the delay was that I was wanting to include the video of my lap with my photos, but as I am still waiting on the video I though I would post the photos separately. The day start
ed with heavy fog, which I spent getting some shots of the track and surrounds, view the photos here, Nürburgring Nordschleife in Black and White. I also got there super early to know e...
Over the last year I have become obsess
ed with the Nordschleife, mainly due to Forza 3 and rFactor. I simply want
ed to experience it myself and although getting a rental car and driving it around myself on one of the public days would have been ideal, I was not prepar
ed to pay the costs involv
ed if something went wrong. Its not just the repairs to the car, its also the repairs to the armco and the closure of the track that you have to take into ...
I remember saying that I was prepar
ed for the Phillip Island weather but this year it was clear that there are still a lot of things I ne
ed to improve on to be fully prepar
ed for the worst. It didn’t help that I was sick, which is annoyingly starting to become something that happens just before big events. The last two times I got sick was just before Rally Whangarei and Rally Queensland. I don’t mind the cold, or the rain, or even t...
Literally the busiest weekends I’ve had ever, but I lov
ed it. I was originally going to be shooting for APRC.tv, but a fellow photographer ask
ed me to cover the event for him as he could not make it due to other commitments. And this meant I would be supplying images to three Australian Rally Championship teams along with images for Motorsport News, Fast Fours Magazine and Rally Sport Magazine. The main task was to get images to APRC.tv an...
Successfully gaining accreditation for a motorsport race in Europe was an aim of mine but to get it at the Nüburgring was something special. Months ago I contact
ed a number of publications in Australia to see if they were interest
ed, some were, some did not even give me the respect of a reply. I end
ed up getting Muaz Zakaria, the
Editor in Cheif of www.RaceRevo.com very interest
ed. He wrote a letter and I put in my application at the VLN website...
Since my arrival into Europe was via Prague I decid
ed to stay a few days and organise a day trip to Plzeň, which is about one hour from Prague in the Czech Republic. The main reason for going to Plzeň is that it is the home of the famous Pilsner Urquell beer, which is known all around the world and ranks among the best in the world, and is personally my favourite with German Weissbier (Wheat Beer) coming in a close second. I woke up early and fo...
Even though I knew the dates for the Nürburgring 24 hour race, it is very reassuring that it has been officially announc
ed both on the Nürburgring website and the 24 hour website. Now I can get on with planning other things. My accommodation was book
ed a long time ago and one would be hard press
ed to get anything now. So I am glad I found out my info from traveldestinations.co.uk and 20832.com. If you get the chance to attend then make sure to k...
All good things must come to an end unfortunately. Whangarei sav
ed its best weather for the final day which result
ed in some absolute amazing light which allow
ed me to show what New Zealand rally roads are all about. It was great for Chris Atkinson to become the first International driver to win the Rally Of Whangarei, and even better is that an Aussie beat the Kiwis on their own roads. On the other hand it was disappointing to have so many nota...
