Racing Series 2025 Tourenwagen Revival
The rolling Touring Car Museum
On 1 May 2009, a vision was turned into reality at the Nürburgring. At the first Touring Car Revival, a series of legendary cars that fans had for years safely kept in their garages saw the light of the racetrack. Their very own destination determined, the classic touring cars of the 80s and 90s looked so good that the one-off comeback turned into its own racing series. This year, the rolling Touring Car Museum is in its tenth season and has since grown to become a permanent fixture on the motorsport scene.
Initially, it was just designed for demonstration runs. However, since 2015 the sporty ambition of its participants has increasingly been brought to the fore. The “Time-Speed-Distance Rally” format, TSD rally for short, provides the best mix of sporty competition on the one hand and orderly driving on the racing track on the other. The aim is to record as precisely as possible a self-set lap time in subsequent laps. Six rounds with the lowest amount of deviation are rated for each session.
The stars of the series are without doubt the racing cars themselves. If they could talk, they would tell many an anecdote from the golden years of touring car racing. BMW M3, Ford Sierra, Mercedes 190, Opel Omega and Volvo 850 all make fans’ hearts skip a beat. However, Touring Car Revival regulations are not limited to DTM cars. Exotics like an Audi 90 quattro IMSA GTO, BMW M1 or a Ford Capri are also just as much at home here and provide a wonderful touch of colour on the starting grid. Replicas are also eligible to enter. However, these must be meticulously prepared and match the original car both visually and technically – makeshift jobs are not welcome at the Touring Car Revival.
In 2018, there’s something new at the venue that will appeal above all to Porsche fans. The Touring Car Revival is introducing a new class for 964 Cup cars. With these 911 cars, the first Porsche Carrera Cup was held in 1990. Up until 1994, when the 964 was replaced by the 993, no less than Olaf Manthey, Roland Asch, Uwe Alzen, Wolfgang Land and Bernd Mayländer found themselves on the winner’s podium. Within the Revival, the air-cooled sport coupés from Zuffenhausen in Stuttgart seamlessly joined the ranks of the touring car classics. In the end, they generally raced at joint racing weekends.
“Our aim is to maintain the cultural heritage of historical racing touring cars and to make it accessible to today’s fans,” says series manager Alexander Ferreira. “The focus in on having fun with these spectacular cars both for the fans and the participants – not just on the racetrack but also in the drivers’ paddock. We have a familial atmosphere here and everyone is welcome to scrutinise the racers and chat and swap stories with the drivers and owners.”
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Tourenwagen Classics GmbH
Alexander Ferreira
Wilhelminenstr. 45
D-65193 Wiesbaden
Phone: +49 (0) 208 99394581
Mail: af@tourenwagen-classics.de
www.tourenwagen-revival.de
