Ian Brennan is a director.
The VLN , properly the Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nurburgring -LRB- Association of Nurburgring Endurance Cup Organisers -RRB- is an organisation of motorsport clubs of which each hosts one event of a ten-race series held on the Nurburgring Nordschleife , the `` VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nurburgring '' -LRB- VLN Endurance Racing Championship Nurburgring -RRB- .. Nurburgring. Nurburgring. Endurance. Endurance racing ( motorsport ). Nurburgring Nordschleife. Nurburgring. The series was named `` BFGoodrich Langstreckenmeisterschaft -LRB- BFGLM -RRB- '' from 2001 to 2009 .. BFGoodrich. BFGoodrich. Participants of VLN races range from amateurs in small road legal cars with rollcages and harnesses to professional factory teams racing Group GT3 cars .. Group GT3. Group GT3. The VLN series is closely associated with the 24 Hours Nurburgring , as it has similar rules -LRB- mostly -RRB- , and mainly the same participants .. Nurburgring. Nurburgring. 24 Hours Nurburgring. 24 Hours Nurburgring. In the calendar , several weeks around the 24h date in May / June are taken off to allow teams to prepare for the 24h , and to fix their cars afterwards .. The 24h is not part of the championship anymore , though .