Rydquist Racing – 25 Hours of Thunderhill

Written by Carl Rydquist

Thanks to some of our long term sponsors who have been involved with our record breaking racing activities over the last five years in Redline Time Attack, Global Time Attack, SuperLap Battle, and Eurotuner GP, I am set to take on the longest race in North America for the second time in my career; the USAF 25 Hours of Thunderhill presented by Hawk Performance. The race takes place near Willows, CA on Dec 5-6th, 2015

To maximize the chances for success we have teamed up with CA Sport Team Nissan, who are current contenders in the Pirelli World Challenge GTS and TC classes. CA Sport have recently fielded Nissan racecars in the IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.
CA Sport Team Nissan will bring their cars to the 2015 edition of the 25H of Thunderhill with all the experience from having landed both team cars on the podium in their class and in the top 10 overall in the 2014 25H of Thunderhill. The goal is to add a victory to that success.

My last race in the 25 Hours was five years ago, then in a modestly tuned Mazda Miata with a group of amazing friends. Today is the day Roger would have turned 40 and it is a good time to remember and share this message. As much as I am going for a class win this time I will also pay tribute to our missing buddies Roger and Paul by carrying on the message of Paul’s charity organization Reach Out Worldwide. ROWW was his creation and passion project and considering how special it was what he gave me and others in this world in terms of friendship and inspiration, that’s what I promised to carry on for as long as I race.

As far as endurance races goes, I have won 2 x Swedish Endurance GT-class Championships, I won the Zandvoort 500 overall, locked down a 2nd place in class/8th overall in the 24 Hours of Barcelona and I also have 5 appearances at the gruesome 24 Hours of Nurburgring. My prep encompasses the same strategy as prior to those successes; running, speed training through indoor gocarting, simulator training and you’d be surprised what a difference a few bags of organic carrots will do to your night vision after a couple of weeks!

Now is an exciting time to be in the final stages of preparation. We are still taking on team or personal sponsors, the graphics renderings for the cars are being finalized, shake-down and testing is scheduled and starts soon.
Stay tuned for more updates and announcements. In the meantime check out our performance partners – remember that all of our active partners receive a free initial consultation and guidance from star studded law firm Pettit Kohn Ingrassia & Lutz should you ever need it. Some of our sponsors you can also see next week at SEMA!