Nurburgring Track

Today was the best day ever! We took the RV to Germany's famous Nurburgring tracks and rented a 2010 Audi R8 with a powerful V8 engine and 420 HP.  The track is famous for letting people drive on it when there is not a race going on.  We rented the R8 outside of Dachau after we visited the concentration camp memorial.  We were all feeling pretty bad about what happened there so we got the car to help lift our spirits.  It was Nico's idea to get it and there couldn't have been a better time.  We got a sleek red one with a black interior.  It had a dual exhaust and a turbocharger.  An idea was presented by Elliot for us to take it to the Nurbergring track.  We took turns driving it there along with the RV.  We took it on the Autobahn in some places and were constantly racing other cars.  We passed Porsche 911s, Corvettes, Lamborhinis, and a Viper.  There were a few close calls but when you are driving a supercharged sports car on a road without a speed limit, you need to get creative to say the least.  Corey decided to push it to 190 mph and we were only in fourth gear.  The real trouble came when we got to the track.  Everybody wanted to drive it but unfortunately we only had one.  We had to register with the track officials and got 5 track sessions.  What they do is give you a card with a time on it.  At the time on your card you drove up to entrance. You give them your card and they drop down the barricade and let you through.  You pull up to the starting line and there are three lights in front of you.  When you see green you take off.  It was a ten mile loop and that took about 8 minutes for the best driver (Nico of course) and for Jason who wanted to take it slow finished after 15 minutes.  He decided to drag it out and take advantage of the maximum amount of time.  We all got a chance and finished around five p.m.  The car did not have to be back until ten (the agency had a location at the track) p.m. so we took it on the autobahn over and over again until we completely ran out of gas. Since we are cheap we returned the vehicle that was the source of all our happiness to a person with white gloves, and no gas.  Good bye Audi R8, we will miss you.