robinschroder Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 It's funny - the first year I "tried" to ride this I was very nervous about the super-strong launch. Then the second and third years I "tried" to ride it, I was more worried about the history of incidents if I did ever get on it. Either way I was always slightly nervous of the launch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Another update on the situation: The state Rheinland-Pfalz who owns the Nürburgring has cancelled all contracts with the private managers of the theme park. It is suspected that a longer lawsuit will now follow. Meanwhile the theme park will at least be closed partially - if not altogether as long as the lawsuit is pending. Negotiations with the union Verdi who represents the workers have also been cancelled - it now looks like up to 92 employees have to go. German article by tv station SWR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSHa Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 I just heard the rumor that some track has been removed and seen on a german highway. Currently a big festival is held on the Nürburgring, Rock am Ring. While watching the internet live stream Ring*Racer was shown shortly, with missing track elements! Dunno what this means, i guess it's the end for this coaster. A german newspaper reported early this year "Ein Verkauf des Stahlkolosses sei indes jedoch möglich. Das allerdings wohl nur mit einem erheblichen finanziellen Verlust. Ein mündliches Angebot eines ausländischen Freizeitparkbetreibers liege dem Betreiber bereits vor." - "A sale of the steel giant is still possible. This probably only with a considerable financial loss. A verbal offer of a foreign theme park is already made." http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/lokales/region/Der-Ring-Racer-bleibt-auf-der-Standspur-article618538.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandallDuell Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Holy smokes! What a crazy development. I suppose there is an outside shot that some of the track was taken out to be re-worked, but it definitely sounds like they finally just pulled the plug on this beast. Incredible story. Wonder how much money is estimated to have been lost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 It's a shame this didn't work out. Should have gone with Intamin. The world can always use more Intamin rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pizza14 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Does this make it one of the rarest credits? Did anyone actually get a chance to ride Ring Racer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCT3Bross Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Does this make it one of the rarest credits? Did anyone actually get a chance to ride Ring Racer? Yes, some people have. See this picture of RCDB : Source: RCDB.com But I don't know if it really opened for guest. To bad it had to leave already. Does someone know what the real of breakdown is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_koppen Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 How the hell can a ride be so messed up that you can't open it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Bummer that it never really opened. Just an unlucky coaster with problems I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSHa Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 As far as I know was ring°racer technically able to open for visitors. But the government did not give the permission, some evacuation plans still had to be checked. (I heard that, no guarantee of correctness!) The main problem with that whole project were the local politicians: Party 1 decided to build the Ring°Werk, party 2 was strictly against the whole project. Meanwhile the local political changed and party 2 leadership became the leadership... You can imagine... Now we're having a grave of taxpayers' money... That's Germany! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_koppen Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 As far as I know was ring°racer technically able to open for visitors. But the government did not give the permission, some evacuation plans still had to be checked. (I heard that, no guarantee of correctness!) The main problem with that whole project were the local politicians: Party 1 decided to build the Ring°Werk, party 2 was strictly against the whole project. Meanwhile the local political changed and party 2 leadership became the leadership... You can imagine... Now we're having a grave of taxpayers' money... That's Germany! So there's nothing wrong with the ride itself, just the politicians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexinla Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 As far as I know was ring°racer technically able to open for visitors. But the government did not give the permission, some evacuation plans still had to be checked. (I heard that, no guarantee of correctness!) The main problem with that whole project were the local politicians: Party 1 decided to build the Ring°Werk, party 2 was strictly against the whole project. Meanwhile the local political changed and party 2 leadership became the leadership... You can imagine... Now we're having a grave of taxpayers' money... That's Germany! So there's nothing wrong with the ride itself, just the politicians? Of course the ride was messed up, the airtanks exploded several times. Politicians had nothing to do with the ride, but with the park itself that was totally overbuild for the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSHa Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 As far as I know was ring°racer technically able to open for visitors. But the government did not give the permission, some evacuation plans still had to be checked. (I heard that, no guarantee of correctness!) The main problem with that whole project were the local politicians: Party 1 decided to build the Ring°Werk, party 2 was strictly against the whole project. Meanwhile the local political changed and party 2 leadership became the leadership... You can imagine... Now we're having a grave of taxpayers' money... That's Germany! So there's nothing wrong with the ride itself, just the politicians? Of course the ride was messed up, the airtanks exploded several times. Politicians had nothing to do with the ride, but with the park itself that was totally overbuild for the area Yeah of course, that was the problem with the ride a few(?) years ago. I was just talking about the latest development... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Nürburgring GmbH files bankruptcy. Source: SWR - german PBS station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinning man Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I wonder if they would try and sue S&S power. I am surprised how it went all wrong for S&S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhappy Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 time for a bump... looks like there was a recent test run? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmxlt-1n1vE Could it happen and open sometime "soon-ish" ?!?!?! let's wait and see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Wow. I thought this thing was a completely dead project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I was half-convinced that Hanno's link would be a video of them dismantling the ride. Interesting that they're still trying to get it up and running, but I imagine it was a huge investment to begin with. I hope it works out this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Wow, very interesting. Is there any article confirming a real test or plan? I don't always trust YouTube videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhappy Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 info from early march this year indicated that after bankrupt they were working on "rebooting" the project/program/site/park whatever you want to call it. (I believe it's a chapter6 construction called in the US?) link it basically says that they were expecting a new permit to "run" the ringracer in the next couple of months... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 It's going to be a race to see which opens first: Flying Turns or this coaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 (edited) Yeah, it was posted on April 17, 2013, but who knows how old the video really is? EDIT: Just saw Hanno's post. Very interesting, indeed. Edited April 20, 2013 by cfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyRush Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Hopefully this re-opens soon. No fast launcher should be SBNO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I imagine whomever bought the project out of bankruptcy is getting a sweet deal (S&S/Arrow has to be paying for the fixes??), so why not give it another shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aveko Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 @Jew: nope, sounds like a massive lawsuit is coming down the pipe for S&S Powers. I spent 30 mins to translate the most important parts of an article from Rhein-Newspaper released in January 2013. In my opinion it summarizes all events but it is very detailed so I summarized it once again. See it as a lazy translation... if other German-speakers want to explain something in detail... go for it! BTW I dont know if this article paints a true picture of the behavior of S&S or if its too influenced by the owners point of view. But if it is true.. I don't really understand S&S... especially thinking about image and PR. Rhein Zeitung - 09.01.2013 Once again trouble concerning the Ring Racer - Owners sue U.S. manufacturer The U.S. manufacturer is willing to supply the missing components of the safety concept for the first time, but requests payment in the six-digit range for them! The owners say in reply: "This offer is in form and content unacceptable" Therefore the owners have filed a lawsuit against "S & S Worldwide" located in the U.S. state of Utah. The lawsuit will begin after the advance payment reached the adminstration of the court. ... According to the contract of purchase (May 08) the company "S & S Worldwide," is obligated to adopt all safety requirements by the German and the local government. These requirements were never fulfilled by S&S and as a result the district administration has denied the construction and operating license. ... Meanwhile the Nürburgring Automotive GmbH (NAG) even tried to develop their own salvage conceptions and submit the biomedical report but this attempt was rejected by the administration of the dirstrict. Now the U.S. manufacturers is willing to supply the missing documents and components but claims financial compensation from the bankrupt Nürburgring GmbH as soon as "the permits are granted" which means "the ring-Racer is working properly". The owners refuse this offer, especially as the lawyers of the U.S. manufacturer never mementioned the overdue penalty to be paid by S & S. The owners claim that the failures of the U.S. company are undeniable, furthermore the owners consider the safety requirements of the district administration as rereasonable. Therefore the owners consider the bebehavior of "S & S Worldwide," as "quite shameless". Spokesman Pietro Nuvoloni proclaimed: "The behaviour of the company, has been the primary factor that has prevented the proper issuing of the construction permits and operating licenses. Nowadays the company requires a huge amount of money for the effort to remedy defects caused by the company. Such an offer is absurd" Source: www.rhein-zeitung.de/regionales_artikel,-Neuer-Aerger-um-Ring-Racer-am-Nuerburgring-US-Hersteller-will-Geld-fuer-mehr-Sicherheit-_arid,536702.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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