Ring under threat?

Say it ain't so. http://jalopnik.com/5684589/save-the-nurburgring?skyline=true&s=i I don't see this posted already

Quoted from the Jalop site...good stuff!

Jalopnik reader said:

The path of the righteous gearhead is beset on all sides by the iniquities of private finance and the tyranny of forced commercialization.

Blessed is he who, in the name of graffiti and good corners, shepherds the prototypes through the valley of Nürburg, for he is truly his fellow driver's keeper and the finder of crashed sportbikes.

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious torque those who would attempt to bankrupt and destroy my Nordeschliefe. And you will know my name ist der Ringmeister when I lay my elevenses upon thee

The `Ring belongs on the UN list of World Heritage Sites. I wonder who I'd have to petition to get that movement started..

so it'll kinda be like those amazing public golf courses here that require a 3 nite stay at a pricey hotel?