2011 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the books [Spoilers]

The 2011 24 Hours of Nürburgring race came to a close under sunny skies today, with a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR taking the overall win after setting a new distance record of 156 laps (2,511 miles) of the grueling 16.1-mile track. A BMW M3 GT finished in second, while third was captured by an Audi R8 LMS.

Check out our huge gallery, including the sequence of shots after a Seat Supercopa crashed in front of us in "flugplatz" (roughly translates to "fly and splat " airport). The driver seemed to be physically uninjured, but the emotional stress is obvious in the pictures.

Click past the jump for the top 15 finishers.


The final top-15 standings:

1. 18 Lieb/Luhr/Bern/Duma 156 9:50.166
2. 1 Mül/Farf/Alze/Lamy 156 9:24.921
3. 14 Bass/Fäs/Picc/Stip 155 9:37.582
4. 15 Stip/Henn/Haas/Wink 155 12:03.884
5. 16 Ekst/Sche/Wern/Abt 154 10:37.689
6. 22 Heye/Jäg/Blee/Seyf 153 9:03.563
7. 32 Arno/Marg/Brü/Fran 153 11:05.863
8. 2 Farn/Simo/Seef/Melo 152 9:43.708
9. 26 Abbe/Schm/Kent/Berg 152 9:36.345
10. 12 Weis/Kain/Jaco/Krum 151 10:44.891
11. 21 Meht/Bres/Bres/Rös 150 9:33.726
12. 17 Ludw/Mies/Jön/Abt 149 11:29.063
13. 8 West/Menz/Stur/Rieg 149 9:29.581
14. 125 Amme/Biel/Klin/Tomc 148 9:26.303
15. 34 Stuc/Stuc/Stuc/Rost 148 9:48.516