Brain Picking Time ?????

[skorpio]

  I'd appreciate a little help with a "discussion" please  several questions, so bear with me 

 1) Anyone heard of Peter Zikorsky? {phonetic spelling}
 2) Same again Zachspeed? {phonetic again}
 3) Has Schumacker [M] raced at Nurburgring and what was his lap time {fastest  }
 4) Who holds the lap/circuit record for Nurburgring and what is it?

  As always, your help will be appreciated  and I'm sure someone here will know the answers 

[rcutler]

Sort of answer to Number 4 can be found here:- (Production Car)

http://www.clubarnage.com/forum/index.php?topic=4342.0

Funny where some of the answers come from!

[Matt Harper]

Zakspeed is a German Race Team/Tuning Specialist, most famous for campaigning late 70's and early 80's turbocharged Capris. They run a Saleen S7 in the current FIA GT series.

The outright lap record at the 'ring is, (I think) held by Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 962C.

[Lorry]

I assume you mean the Nordschleife.  Belloff holds the record at 6:11, in 1983 (its last year), but Ickx was faster in practice (See "In car 956"), with Vergers' Radical SR8 now down to 6:55 in road trim.

Schumacker would have been 12 when it closed.

Peter Zakowski runs Zakspeed, which was started by his father, and they run the racing school at Nurbergring

[Brad Zarse]

Zakspeed also ran an F1 team - they first ran in about 1985 - Jonathan Palmer drove for them - one of the cars was this one....



What I can only assume to be Michele Albereto at the wheel



Jonathan "the doc" palmer at the wheel

[neilsie]

Schumacher used to race for Mercedes Group C in their junior squad back in '90/1.  I am unsure which tracks the series took in.

When you say Nurburgring - presume you mean the Nordschielfe and not the GP track attached to it?

[hgb]

  I'd appreciate a little help with a "discussion" please  several questions, so bear with me 

 1) Anyone heard of Peter Zikorsky? {phonetic spelling}
 2) Same again Zachspeed? {phonetic again}
 3) Has Schumacker [M] raced at Nurburgring and what was his lap time {fastest  }
 4) Who holds the lap/circuit record for Nurburgring and what is it?

  As always, your help will be appreciated  and I'm sure someone here will know the answers 

1) That's Peter Zakowski, founder and chairman of Zakspeed, see 2
2) That's Zakspeed (www.zakspeed.de). Just browse the site. Matt is right.
3) That's Schumacher: No idea.
4) The record on the Nordschleife is still held by Stefan Bellof, time: 6:11.

[fagey]

I remember seeing the boy schumacher racing at le mans in the silver arrows.. boy did them things sound good he had the lap record in 91- Michael Schumacher, Mercedes-Benz, 3:35.564 = 227.125 km/h

[skorpio]

  Thanks all     I just knew that you'd know the answers    thanks again.