Las Vegas May Get a Taste of Germany with a Nürburgring Replica

Las Vegas is one of the most popular tourist cities in the world. It has everything: gambling, a copy of the Eiffel Tower, a replica of the Great Sphinx of Giza (the Luxor's is actually larger than the original), and its own versions of New York and Venice. If Bruton Smith, the CEO of Speedway Motorsports, can make it happen, the city will soon have a copy of the Nürburgring in its own backyard, too. Smith said in an interview with SiriusXM Sports last week that he has been asked to duplicate the entire "13-point-something-mile-long" track somewhere near the city. He has had meetings with the governor of the state since the proposal was made about three years ago. A specific location for the project hasn't been decided, but Smith said that the track will not have any affiliation with the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a track owned by Speedway Motorsports. He said the Nürburgring would be no more than 10 miles from the speedway and that the Nevada Bureau of Land Management has offered 8000 acres to the project. We have no idea how they will accurately recreate the elevation changes, and it's not likely that a replica Nürburgring built in the desert would have the same microclimates as the original, but Smith seems confident he can build it nonetheless. Unlike the real Nürburgring, the Nevadaring (or would that be Vegasring?) isn't intended for use as a racetrack. Instead, it would be a location for manufacturer testing and also could be made available for individuals to use, just like the German version. This would add a whole new appeal to Las Vegas. If Smith builds it, we will come. from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com

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