Ring Racer, stylized as Ring°racer, is a
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
-themed
roller coaster
A roller coaster, or rollercoaster, is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions. Passengers ride along the track in open cars, and the rides are o ...
which was due to open on August 15, 2009
at the
Nürburgring
The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Formula One, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around t ...
race course as part of the Nürburgring 2009 project.
It was originally planned to accelerate from 0 to in 2.5 seconds.
parallel to the grand prix track. However, two defects in the launch system delayed its opening until 2013. On 3 September 2009, engineers attempted to raise the ride to its full and intended speed as it had been testing at a lower power, however this caused a series of explosions in the pneumatic system and caused injuries to seven people, and shattered multiple windows in the nearby buildings.
It was manufactured by
S&S - Sansei and features a
pneumatic
Pneumatics (from Greek ‘wind, breath’) is a branch of engineering that makes use of gas or pressurized air.
Pneumatic systems used in Industrial sector, industry are commonly powered by compressed air or compressed inert gases. A central ...
launch. This accelerates the coaster from 0– in less than 2 seconds, double the acceleration of a Formula 1 driver in the same period of time.
According to the local state,
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
, the cost of Ring Racer accumulated to a total of 12.3 million Euro.
In 2014, it was announced by Nürburgring that Ring Racer wouldn't start running again as the ride is not economically viable.
See also
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2013 in amusement parks
This is a list of events and openings related to amusement parks that occurred in 2013. These various lists are not exhaustive.
Amusement parks
Opening
* India Adlabs Imagica – April 18
* United States Aquatica San Diego – Spring, to replace ...
References
External links
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RCDB Page
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Roller coasters in Germany