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Called ADAC 24h Rennen Nürburgring in German, it was introduced in 1970 by the ADAC as an alternative to the 1000km Nürburgring , a Sports Car Racing event that counted towards the World Sportscar Championship since 1953. Unlike the rather professional 1000km race, the 24h race is mainly dedicated to amateur drivers and relatively cheap production cars. Due to the large number of cars (over 200!) and the love of the drivers for the challenging ''Nordschleife (Northern Loop)'', it was and is always held on this long track, even after the new shorter GP-track was built in 1984 and the 1000km moved there since. As a Touring Car Racing event, typical entries range from standard road cars to European Touring Car Championship vehicles, and Gran Turismo like the Porsche 996 . Due to various changes and versions of the Grand Prix Strecke, the overall length of the track varied from 22.8 to nearly 26km. For practice, 230 cars are allowed, 210 qualify for the race, driven by 700 or more drivers, as 2, 3 or 4 can share a car. One pilot is allowed to drive 150min nonstop, and can enter on two cars. WINNERS EXTERNAL LINKS |