Why "Save The Nurburgring"?

From 2007 - 2009 the German government built a huge Leisure Park at the Nürburgring. It is based on fake visitor numbers, oversized and badly executed. Most of the time it is an empty ghost town. Once promised as private investment, it is now based on a debt of 350+ million EUR public money.

Instead of pulling the plug they rented the park - including both race tracks - to exactly the same privateers (Kai Richter, Jörg Lindner), who were driving forces behind the Leisure Park's initial private setup.

Without Racing experience they are since experimenting with events completely unrelated to Motorsport (German Volksmusik for example, another one here) - all under the iconic "Nürburgring" brand name.

They now want Nordschleife to pay for the huge losses of "NüroDisney": record prices and bundled packages for tourist drives plus a 5 times increase for the automotive industry in rent for their prototype testing sessions.

What needs to be done?

Seperate Nordschleife from ring°park.

Let Nürburgring be Motorsport.

Value the great heritage and tradition, rather than Roller Coasters.

Replace Lindner/Richter by Motorsport experts. (The lease contract with NAG Richter / Lindner got terminated Nov 2012. However, not Motorsport experts are running the operations, but insolvency administration.)

(The lease contract with NAG Richter / Lindner got terminated Nov 2012. However, not Motorsport experts are running the operations, but insolvency administration.) NEW: Protect the public Nordschleife from being sold into private ownership.

How can you help to Save The Ring?

Please tell your friends and spread the word.

Follow us on Facebook and helps to share news and Twitter messages with #savethering hashtag. Works in Instagram too! ;)

Sign the Online Petition directed to the European Commission. In the meantime we have passed over 25.000 signatures to the local Government and the EU.

In the meantime we have passed over 25.000 signatures to the local Government and the EU. Keep yourself informed and question the official Nürburgring homepage as well as the official Nürburgring Facebook site they were run by Lindner / Richter and are now used by the Insolvency Administration, to support their communication goals.

When visiting the Ring, support local family businesses.

Help us to become louder, contribute ideas and actions, let's save the 'Ring!

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Top Gear Magazine: Nürburgring For Sale.

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