Audis and BMWs take a beating at N?rburgring 24 hour race [videos]

German opponents sustain some spectacular crashes

In the final hour of the Nürburgring 24 hours endurance race, Porsche's Team Manthey took the race win away from its other German opponents Audi and BMW. Despite honorable performances overall, some competitors weren't so lucky.

In the videos above and below we see the #206 BMW 318 IS performing a rad rail slide at Pflanzgarten. Fortunately the driver was not injured and even helped wave the yellow flag immediately afterwards.

Elsewhere, the #77 BMW Z4 GT3 was sent hard into the barriers by a Seat Leon approaching Schwalbenschwaz.

Lastly, the #29 Experience Audi R8 LMS of Chris Vogler loses control coming down the hill at Tiergarten and then proceeds to do its best impression of a roller skate.

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 catchmyshadow catchmyshadow
the manthey team deserved it! but all top 4 cars broke the 2010 lap record of 154 laps. it was a very close race. one little mistake and it could have been a totally different outcome.
June 27, 2011 3:18 pm
 BMW-M BMW-M
Congrats to Porsche, they had a great battle with BMW.
June 27, 2011 3:49 pm
 scratchy996 scratchy996
shame about that Z4, that wasn't his fault.
June 27, 2011 9:20 pm
 Mito Mito
lol a BMW that thinks its a skateboard. @scratchy996 Your right, It was that stupid Seat Leon that bumped the BMW.
June 28, 2011 5:40 am
 anonymous anonymous
ran out of luck. thanks to that seat leon. squeezed him to his right and kissed his rear bumper.
June 28, 2011 7:39 am
 brsepultura brsepultura
What an annoying Ford Focus at 20 seconds in the first video... I hate when ppl do that to me in a public road!
June 29, 2011 10:08 am