Robert Mitchell | Founding Apex Nuerburg and Running Supercars At The 'Ring

Robert (<a href='https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCKzry1VDZY3Nzt6Lvm2JGhg'> @Robert Mitchell </a>) is the owner of Apex Nuerburg, a rental car company and experience centre based at the Nurburgring. He's an interesting guy who pretty much only drives his supercars on the Nurburgring. We have a long discussion about business, renting cars at the ring and what it's like to run the cars that he does.<br/><br/>Check out the video: <a href='https://youtu.be/7NuYcpHu-NA'>https://youtu.be/7NuYcpHu-NA</a><br/><br/><a href='https://www.apex-nuerburg.com/'>https://www.apex-nuerburg.com/</a><br/><a href='https://www.youtube.com/user/rmitchell248'>https://www.youtube.com/user/rmitchell248</a><br/><br/>Hope You Enjoy, <br/><br/>Sam<br/><br/>Support The Podcast:<br/><a href='https://www.sammoores.com/shop/buy-sam-a-pint'>https://www.sammoores.com/shop/buy-sam-a-pint</a><br/><br/>Show Notes: <br/><br/>00:00 = Intro + Backstory + America<br/>17:58 = Over to Germany<br/>19:28 = Mitchell Consulting<br/>26:15 = Finding the Nurburgring<br/>30:36 = A business at the 'Ring<br/>33:51 = The first rental car<br/>39:55 = What is it like running cars only on the 'Ring?<br/>43:10 = Porsche vs Ferrari vs McLaren running costs<br/>48:24 = Current cars...<br/>53:36 = Introduction to Schirmer builds and the BMW collection<br/>1:01:32 = How much have you had to adjust the Supercars for Nurburgring life<br/>1:07:04 = The 620r and why it was nearly amazing but not quite<br/>1:13:45 = 'Ring Taxis + Manthey Racing<br/>1:30:25 = High speed runs, world records and SSC Tuatara<br/>1:42:02 = How do we define a production car<br/>2:01:10 = My track car dilemma <br/>2:14:30 = 5 Questions<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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