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Nurburgring 24 Hours explains decision to end race early amid backlash

Scherer Sport PHX's Audi took a provisional victory on Sunday when attempts to restart the race, which was halted by fog on Saturday evening and paused for 14 hours, proved abortive. 

To the huge frustration of the 240,000 spectators, drivers and teams, following five laps behind the safety car to determine whether the race could be restarted, race director Walter Hornung made the call to end the race with 54 minutes left on the clock.

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