Top Story + Pics: RUF Club - Driver's Training on Hockenheim
 

I have fled a cold Sweden for a special trip to the south of Germany.
It’s not the weather that draws me, but a longed-for visit to the Hockenheim race track where the legendary Porsche tuner RUF is holding their driver’s training.

RUF owners from all over the world have gathered. Some have even flown in their cars from around the world. On stage is for instance 2 Carrera GT, a race-prepped RUF GT2 on slicks, RUF BTR, GT3 RS, Porsche Supercup, a couple of R Turbos, RUF 3400S…too many cars to list them all. In total there’s about 40 cars so excuse me for not counting the total number of horsepowers. Since I’m Swedish I take a special note that the box besides us is occupied by a Koenigsegg CCR. Apparently there for the sport auto Supertest as it was seen on Nürburgring a couple of days later.
The day begins with training of the different sections, then a superb lunch followed by free driving around Hockenheim.
The Carrera GT V10s howl and had I closed my eyes I would have mistaken this for a Formula 1 race. Despite the GTs brute force it is not the fastest car on track. Instead it’s the RUF GT2 that keeps a surrealistic pace. I can’t imagine myself driving that fast on a race track! Well, the rest of the participants aren’t exactly holding back either. Could it be the prices for best driver that challenges?

RUF has just brought a compressor kit for the 996 and 997 Carrera to the market.
Increasing the performance with about 60 hp this gives close to Turbo-performance in a Carrera. One of RUF’s test drivers, a.k.a. Mr. Böse (Mr. Angry after his driving technique…),
offers me a product demonstration in a 996 C2 Compressor. After a couple of laps (actually after the first turn) around Hockenheim Ring it is clear that this man know how to drive a Porsche! Had I not know better, my guess would be that he’s trying to destroy the car. But everything holds together, and we pass lap after lap in warp speed. Mr. Angry likes to drive wide, and I sure don’t mind. This is entertainment on a high level and it’s a delight to see this man control the car! A new dimension opens. In one of the bends we drift like h*ll and I think “he lost it,” but a frantic use of the steering wheel and the gas pedal combined with laughter apparently saves us (I still can’t understand how he did it)
The RUF C2 is completely stock except for a lowering kit and the compressor.
The acceleration to 200 km/h is in the 15 second range (3.4l). Obviously an interesting investment for any Carrera owners how wants that extra. Why not surprise a 996 Turbo owner at the next track event? :D

Worth noting as well are the conversions for the Boxster. The Aerokit transforms this, in my opinion, a bit boring car into something really special. And with the 911 engine under the hood it’s sure to bring unpleasant surprises to competitors.

A couple of links.
http://www.ruf-automobile.de/
http://www.hockenheimring.de/
http://www.968cs.de/Fahrtrainings/PZ...ZPF042005.html

I hope you enjoyed my story and my pictures.
I also drove the RUF R Turbo, but that’s another story…
Erik B www.RS6.com




2 x Carrera GT and a lot of other cars.

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-58.JPG

RUF makes the Boxstern complete. GT3 Aerokit and rims are wonderful. 911-engine too!

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-60.JPG

Carrera GT on its way out.

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-53.JPG

Different, but nice paint. Purple to blue. A perfect shopping car for the visit to Harrods or Bond Street.

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-57.JPG

Mr. Alois RUF

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-29.JPG

Tooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fast for me!!!

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-27.JPG

Something for allan as well :D
Lamborghini Diablo GT. 80 st. were made, 79 st. still left.
This is number 28.

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-62.JPG


Original story on RS6.com with all pics

RUF Carrera 2 with the new compressor kit

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-6.JPG

Race-prepped RUF GT2 on slicks. Definetly not :boring:

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-9.JPG


The box besides was interesting. Koenigsegg CCR :eek:

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-33.JPG

Porsche Carrera GT. Mr. Ruf to the left in orange T-shirt.

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-2.JPG

AdamT in his Alpina B8 4.6

He had some problems with worn pads, so I told him to accelerate more and used the brakes less ;) ;)

Hehe, only kidding. Impressive ride!

http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/RUF-H-39.JPG

Nice story Erik! Looks like tons of fun!

Erik do you know how much a RUF RGT/RS is?

What is the car next to the Diablo??? My bro just got back from Europe and had some pics of the same type of car from Monaco and I was stumped. Looks kinda like a Morgan but the emblem is a Gecko/Lizard thingy.

Some pictures he got:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...B5/Gecko-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...B5/Gecko-2.jpg

It's a Weismann

BMW M3 drivetrain.

The Koenigsegg CCR is the hottest car in the world, hands down

Very nice Erik, thanx for the pictures. That red GT2 looks like it was Manthay tuned especially with it's GT2 spoiler lip.

Yes, sorry! My bad. It was very fasy, very good drivers and slicks + race engine makes a huge difference vs. stock and even tuned road cars.

anymore pics of the CCR? :)

excellent, love the weisseman GT. apparently its a superb car. can't wait to test one out next time i'm in the UK

Thanks for sharing those awsome pics Erik! Do you know by any chance what the specs are on that Red GT2? How much power it's putting out?