DFW Auto Club
05-23-2009, 08:12 AM
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Click above for a high-res gallery of the V12 Vantage preparing for the Nürburgring 24-hour race
It started with one lone V8 Vantage, dubbed the N24, that ran the Nürburgring 24-hour race in 2006. Last year, that first racer, a yellow car dubbed "Rose," won class honors in the race. This year, it will be joined by five more Vantages, one of them being the 510 horsepower V12 Vantage introduced in Geneva earlier this year.
Only three of the six cars will be factory efforts. The slightly modified V12 Vantage will be piloted by Aston CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez and three co-drivers, and "Rose" will be driven by another team of three. Privateer entrants will be headed by Richard Kramer, an Austrian Aston dealer whose Vantage N24 is being supported by the factory.
You can read the full press release after the jump, and check out live action from the weekend's qualifying and race at the ADAC site (http://adac.24h-rennen.de/en.html).
Gallery: Aston Martin V12 Vantage at the Ring (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/aston-martin-v12-vantage-at-the-ring/)
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[Source: Aston Martin]Continue reading Aston to field half-dozen V12 Vantage racers at Nürburgring 24 (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/23/aston-to-field-half-dozen-v12-vantage-racers-at-nurburgring-24/)
Aston to field half-dozen V12 Vantage racers at Nürburgring 24 (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/23/aston-to-field-half-dozen-v12-vantage-racers-at-nurburgring-24/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sat, 23 May 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Click above for a high-res gallery of the V12 Vantage preparing for the Nürburgring 24-hour race
It started with one lone V8 Vantage, dubbed the N24, that ran the Nürburgring 24-hour race in 2006. Last year, that first racer, a yellow car dubbed "Rose," won class honors in the race. This year, it will be joined by five more Vantages, one of them being the 510 horsepower V12 Vantage introduced in Geneva earlier this year.
Only three of the six cars will be factory efforts. The slightly modified V12 Vantage will be piloted by Aston CEO Dr. Ulrich Bez and three co-drivers, and "Rose" will be driven by another team of three. Privateer entrants will be headed by Richard Kramer, an Austrian Aston dealer whose Vantage N24 is being supported by the factory.
You can read the full press release after the jump, and check out live action from the weekend's qualifying and race at the ADAC site (http://adac.24h-rennen.de/en.html).
Gallery: Aston Martin V12 Vantage at the Ring (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/aston-martin-v12-vantage-at-the-ring/)
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[Source: Aston Martin]Continue reading Aston to field half-dozen V12 Vantage racers at Nürburgring 24 (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/23/aston-to-field-half-dozen-v12-vantage-racers-at-nurburgring-24/)
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