{"id":491735,"date":"2011-03-01T04:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T04:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=35893"},"modified":"2023-12-31T20:22:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T20:22:52","slug":"nurburgring-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/nurburgring-history\/","title":{"rendered":"N\u00fcrburgring History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With Peter Collins\u2019s remembrance from his early days at Germany\u2019s N\u00fcrburgring serving as this month\u2019s feature article, we thought it might be nice to delve even deeper into the fabled track\u2019s past, and therefore offer this site for your enjoyment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the home page by itself is active enough to keep you occupied for a while, it\u2019s only a prelude to what\u2019s available by following the decade-by-decade options available across the top of the page. Those various timeframes are presented in equally enticing style, with film clips and photos as well as images of event posters, all available for your enjoyment. Especially interesting to some may be the section covering 1940-1949.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HD201103-p2-1080x1004-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-571624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HD201103-p2-1080x1004-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HD201103-p2-1080x1004-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HD201103-p2-1080x1004-1-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HD201103-p2-1080x1004-1-1024x952.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HD201103-p2-1080x1004-1-100x93.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HD201103-p2-1080x1004-1-770x716.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HD201103-p2-1080x1004-1-293x272.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>Farther along the timeline, the circuit\u2019s transformation into what some refer to as The Newburgring is chronicled, as the legendary venue is ostensibly \u201cmodernized,\u201d but in the process reduced to a shadow of its former self\u2014at least as far as major international competition is concerned. Finally, there\u2019s a link to the tours available to those wanting to tackle the grand old place on their own. And who wouldn\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nurburgring-history.co.uk\/#\">http:\/\/www.nurburgring-history.co.uk\/#<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Peter Collins\u2019s remembrance from his early days at Germany\u2019s N\u00fcrburgring serving as this month\u2019s feature article, we thought it might be nice to delve even deeper into the fabled track\u2019s past, and therefore offer this site for your enjoyment. While the home page by itself is active enough to keep you occupied for a while, it\u2019s only a prelude to what\u2019s available by following the decade-by-decade options available across the top of the page. 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