Norisring

Norisring
Location	Nuremberg, Germany
Races	Dash Cup German GP

The Norisring is a street circuit in Nuremberg, Germany, on the former Nazi party rally grounds (German: "Reichsparteitagsgelände") site of the NSDAP party conventions.

As the city's German name Nürnberg would lead to confusion with the already famous Nürburgring, the old name Noris was chosen for the simple track which is approximately 2,300 metres (1.4 mi) long.

Dash Cup held an annual race here from 2012 through 2015.

History

Since 18 May 1947, motor racing events around the remaining 360 metres (0.22 mi) long grand stand (Zeppelinhaupttribüne or simply Steintribüne) are held on streets that are otherwise used for public traffic. Different configurations were used in the early years, including figure-8 layouts. Nowadays, the start-finish straight in front of the central grand stand leads to a right hand sweeper and the lefthand U-turn at Grundig tower, and back in a (now lefthand) sweeper to the Steintribüne, where the "Schöller-S" right-left chicane lead to the backstraight at its backside. Cars touch the outside wall often there. After a righthand kink, the lefthand U-turn of "Dutzendteichkehre" leads back to the main straight after a flat-out lefthand kink.

Due to its proximity of the lake "Dutzendteich" and its location inside a large city, the track and event is compared to the Formula A Monaco Grand Prix.