Ring°racer

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ring°racer

Nürburgring Location Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Coordinates 50.334779°N 6.948473°E / 50.334779; 6.948473 Status Standing but not operating Operated 31 October 2013 to 3 November 2013 Rider height 140 cm minimum
Statistics
Manufacturer	S&S-Sansei Technologies
Product	Air Launched Coaster
Builder	RCS GmbH
Designer / calculations	Alan Schilke
Type	Steel - Launched
Riders per train	8
Hourly capacity	400
Propulsion	Compressed air launch
Height	37.5 metres
Top speed	160 km/h
Length	1,212 metres
Inversions	0
Duration	2:18
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ring°racer is a steel launched roller coaster currently standing but not operating at Nürburgring in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The roller coaster was built as part of a new entertainment area at the racecourse. The ride was planned to be the world's fastest roller coaster but engineers had problems trying to get the ride to the correct speed. Unfortunately, they took too long, and Formula Rossa took the record making it faster than the planned speed, and never got the ride to the correct speed only making it to 160 km/h rather than 217 km/h. The ride was manufactured by S&S-Sansei Technologies and opened on 31 October 2013, after numerous delays. It closed only four days later on 3 November and remains standing but not operating. It is unknown if the ride will reopen and the owners say they have no intention of running the ride.

The ride accelerated to 160 km/h in two seconds.

Incident

On 3 September 2009, a series of explosions in the compressed air launch system caused injuries to seven people and shattered windows.

Design

Elements
Compressed air launch

Trains

2 trains with 2 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 8 riders per train.

External links

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  Ring°racer on the Roller Coaster DataBase.