TK Person of the Day: Sabine Schmitz

Although not known as well in the US, in Europe Sabine has garnered a big title, Queen of the 'Ring.

I'm referring to the Nürburgring.

The Nürburgring is one of the most famous tracks in the world for being so tough and demanding. And what, might you say, does Sabine and the 'Ring have in common? Well it so has it that Sabine has one of the coolest jobs in the world, she drives the Nürburgring... year round... while she gets paid doing it..

Specificly she is known for driving the "Ring taxi." Meaning, for a price she will drive you around the 'Ring at very high speeds. She has been doing this for so long that she has driven the 'Ring more than 20,000 time, averaging about 1,200 laps a year!

After she was born into a hotel and resturaunt owning family, her and her three sisters started to race but she was the only one who continued on. She soon starting winning races and even with a divorce in 2000, she went on to be the first woman to win the 24 hour Nürburgring endurance race. Sabine currently has around 45 wins, most of which was done in the BMW M5.

Even until the past couple of years ago, she was mainly known in Germany until Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear UK brought a Jaguar S-type diesel to the 'Ring and successfully (with many tries) to get it around in under 10 minutes with 9:59. Sabine, being the badass that she is, thought that was weak and proclaimed that she could do that in a van and easily beat his time by 47 seconds with 9:12 with the Jaguar. Thus, Sabine exploded in the UK. Only a season after did she go back on Top Gear UK and saying before that she could beat 10 minutes in a van, tried to beat the time in a Ford Transit van only to come 8 seconds short with 10:08. None the less she had made her mark on the automotive world.

A couple of years later she and a couple of other guys from Germany came together and soon made their own car show.

All in all, she likes driving really fast, enjoys cars, and is funny, making her supercool in my book and i'm sure that this will not be the last that we see of her.