This story of the Nurburgring closing its halls to motorcyclists feels reminiscent of another story I wrote last year. A story about knowing the risks we, as motorcyclists, take when we head to the Isle of Man TT to conquer the infamous mountain course. I mean, the owners of the Nurburgring cited "safety concerns," which felt eerily similar to every do-gooder writer who decries the TT each and every year.
And so, I felt this welling anger of "I've already written about this. We know the dangers. We all sign waivers when we enter the Green Hell's confines. Quit being nannies!" In a world so coddled by safety, I do believe that we need a little more freedom to take risks to better understand the human experience.
But then I started thinking about this a little more. I let my anger subside and really read into both the track, the owners, and how it all works. In fact, I started looking at the economics of the Nurburgring. And I tried to parse through the statement that the track's owners laid out, seeing if I could glean something my colleagues around the world had missed.
