Things are going very well for our motorsport customers in the 2025 Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS). At the very first edition of the “KW 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal Race,” presented by our brand KW suspensions starting this year, a car equipped with KW Racing dampers once again took the win.
Once again, our long-standing Porsche customer team Falken Motorsports delivered an outstanding performance in the “Green Hell” with its two Porsche 911 GT3 R cars. After already clinching a double victory at the season-opening 70th ADAC Westfalenfahrt, the Falken Motorsports squad repeated the feat at the KW 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal Race. Congratulations!
With a margin of 5.127 seconds, the Falken Porsche with start number (#3) crossed the finish line ahead of its sister car, the #4.
The runner-up Porsche 911 GT3 R finished more than 4 minutes and 34.755 seconds ahead of the third-placed Ford Mustang GT3! Falken Motorsports also leads the NLS Speed Trophy standings with its two Porsche 911 GT3 R cars. The #3 currently has 160 points, while the #4 stands at 122 points.
At the top of the NLS drivers’ championship, Sven Markert and Kevin Wambach currently lead the overall standings with their BMW M240i Racing (#1) run by Adrenalin Motorsport Team Mainhattan Wheels. They scored another class win and now have 90 points on their tally.
At the KW 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal Race, one of the “Adrenalin BMWs” (#653) competed in a brand-new “KW livery” and also made it onto the class podium in the BMW M240i Racing Cup category.
In addition to well-known GT3 and GT4 race cars from Aston Martin, BMW, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche, and Toyota, all BMW M240i Racing Cup cars are homologated with our KW Racing dampers. The same applies to the all-new BMW M2 Racing, which will compete in numerous championships worldwide starting with the 2026 motorsport season.
KW company outing to the Green Hell
In 2026 and 2027, KW suspensions will again be the title sponsor of the 6-hour race within the Nürburgring Endurance Series. This year’s KW automotive company outing took us straight to the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Many colleagues who don’t usually work in KW’s motorsport department visited the Green Hell for the very first time and got an in-depth look at the day-to-day motorsport operations of the KW Race Service right at the track. At every NLS round and many other championships, our Race Service crew is on-site with the workshop truck to support our motorsport customers.
Before practice began, employees hopped on several shuttle buses for a tour of the Nordschleife. Many people forget that the Nordschleife, with its unique topography through the hills of the Eifel, a 24-kilometer layout with more than 80 corners, and hardly any runoff zones, counts among the most demanding and toughest race tracks in the world.
The different track sectors were presented, with explanations of what makes famous sections such as Hatzenbach, Fuchsröhre, Pflanzgarten, Schwalbenschwanz, and more so special. Modern GT3 cars, depending on Balance of Performance classification, generate up to 900 kilograms (1,984 lbs) of downforce at top speed on the Nordschleife’s Döttinger Höhe straight.
Other highlights of the company outing included a pit walk, visiting the starting grid, and a stop at the Goodyear Lounge directly above pit lane. A visit to the RaceRoom Café on the Nürburgring Boulevard also wasn’t to be missed.
Only 107 cars lined up for the start, and due to dense fog the race distance was shortened to 4.5 hours instead of the scheduled six. Fog in August is not unusual in the Eifel, while Friday still saw bright sunshine and more than 30 degrees Celsius in the shade, visibility dropped to near zero on Saturday morning. The race eventually got underway around 2 p.m. and finished at 6:30 p.m.
The performance of KW Racing suspension in the NLS is underscored by the fact that nearly half the grid relies on our KW motorsport kits and Adrenalin Motorsport Mainhattan Wheels has already secured seven consecutive titles. Maybe 2025 will make it eight!
Photo: KW, Gruppe C Photography
