Nürburgring Replica Coming to Las Vegas?
Motorsports honcho considering constructing a replica of the famous track off the Strip

Las Vegas already has its own Eiffel Tower, New York City skyline, pirate ship and volcano. Not enough? Sin City could soon boast an exact replica of the famous Nürburgring motorsports complex.

Speedway Motorsports CEO Burton Smith -- whose company owns and operates Las Vegas Motor Speedway and other U.S. tracks such as Infineon Raceway, Bristol Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway -- said during an interview on XM Sports that he’s already discussed the project with the governor of Nevada, the Nevada Bureau of Land Management and “some Germans.”

The original is located 43 miles south of Cologne, Germany, and surrounds the village of Nurburg. The oldest section of the track was built in the 1920’s around a medieval castle in the Eifel Mountains. Nicknamed “the Green Hell” by Jackie Stewart, it’s considered one of the most demanding racing circuits in the world and is used today as a proving ground for auto manufacturers....more