{"id":5831,"date":"2017-06-15T03:16:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T10:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=5831"},"modified":"2017-06-08T17:45:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T00:45:50","slug":"26-ron-simons-how-to-drive-the-nurburgring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/26-ron-simons-how-to-drive-the-nurburgring\/","title":{"rendered":"026 \u2013 Ron Simons: How to Drive the Nurburgring"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4893\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5831-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=5831-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D5831\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5836 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ron_simons-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ron_simons-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ron_simons-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ron_simons-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ron_simons-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ron_simons.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/>Ron Simons<\/strong> joins me to talk about driving the Nurburgring \u2013 how to do it, how to prepare, what are the things you should avoid, and the challenges of doing so. Along the way (no pun intended, since I recorded this show while driving together from Nurburg to Spa), we talk about the differences between driving the Ring and Spa, the Belgian circuit just over an hour\u2019s drive away.<\/p>\n<p>Ron owns and operates RSRNurburg, a business dedicated to providing car rentals, instruction, and other services to drivers wanting to drive the famous Nordschleife circuit, as well as Spa in Belgium. Oh, and they arrange road tours of the area, too, in some very cool cars.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Ron and RSRNurburg, check them out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsrnurburg.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.rsrnurburg.com<\/a>, or on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rsrnurburg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rsrnurburg<\/a> and Instagram at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rsrnurburg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RSRNurburg<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4894\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5831-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?powerpress_pinw=5831-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/speedsecrets\/Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Speed_Secrets_026_6-7-17.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/speed-secrets-podcast\/id1192075386?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fspeedsecrets.com%2F%3Fp%3D5831\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/9ea86275-9f66-45ea-98d0-b1815b249b07\/speed-secrets-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>Ron Simons joins me to talk about driving the Nurburgring \u2013 how to do it, how to prepare, what are the things you should avoid, and the challenges of doing so. Along the way, we talk about the differences between driving the Ring and Spa, the Belgian circuit just over an hour\u2019s drive away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speed-secrets-podcast"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5831"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5838,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5831\/revisions\/5838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}