Nurburgring Fails from 1970

[JohnP_02]

Saw this video posted earlier and had to post it here. Apparently everyone in these videos was mostly unhurt. Seat belts optional 😬

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 29, 2022 by JohnP_02

[uai]

that's a short excerpt from "es war einmal in Adenau" 

BMW content (filtered) is here @markmac 's car has a couple of appearances

Edited December 29, 2022 by uai

[markmac]

Harald Grohs, March 30-31, 1975.  Somehow managed to steal a 2nd place in that race - though you would never know it from that video, spin and smoke coming from under the hood......

Edited December 30, 2022 by markmac

[Tommy]

Old times with the high suspensions they rolled so easy! Would think there's not enough friction to do that on tarmac with those skinny tires but doesn't look too hard. Digging sideways into gravel is bye bye.

[markmac]

Some of those crashes are pretty 'cringy' there is a looooong version of that video I have seen, more than one person was likely seriously hurt (they don't show that though.....).

[adawil2002]

The "long" version shows Glas 3000GT, Glas 1600GT, BMW 1600 & 2002s, NSU Prinz, Opel GT, Mercedes & a few I have left out.

[2002iii]

On that first turn you can see the suspension of some of the cars unloading and losing traction and any sort of control as they crest the hill.

 

Someone wasn't wearing their seatbelt in that second rollover, almost went flying out the window.

[Tommy]

After watching this I'd be too scared to drive to grocery store with stock height 😆

Is it the same corner that many have problems on todays youtube vids?

I have one lap behind with rental 1-series and maybe couple of hundred via youtube but still unable to id the places.

 

[BarneyT]

My wife Tory and i survived a tourist lap last year, the old German guy in the paddock told me no matter what stay to the right you have a beautiful car Let’s keep it that way…Dirk De Groen in his Inka Baur made a couple of laps as well.

 

Edited December 30, 2022 by BarneyT