Guest Blog by NissanRaceShop Sponsored Carl Rydquist Racing

Santa Fe Springs, CA, June 1, 2014
(Photos by Wrecked Magazine, L. Chen, Formula Drift) Family, Fans and Friends!

Before this event we mentioned that we were ready to battle, and battle we did! Piloting the Road Race Engineering Berk Technology Nissan 350Z powered by Champion Spark Plugs through both the PRO and PRO2 categories at Formula Drift’s newest venue Homestead-Miami Speedway, our driver Carl Rydquist started off with winning 1st qualifying spot in PRO2, followed by a 23rd qualifying result in PRO, then Carl went onto win 3rd place in the PRO2 tandem competition on Friday night and finally capped off the weekend with a Top 16 finish in PRO.

Rossy Welch, team manager Road Race Engineering Carl’s FormulaD Pro2 podium finish under the sunshine of Miami has made one of my biggest dreams come true in my favorite racing series. It feels wonderful to work with such a talented, young and passionate team. I’m so proud to be part of it and thankful for the opportunity. We can feel the love from our fans and the support from our sponsors, that is what keeps us working harder.

Bryan Min, team crew chief and owner Berk Technology It has been a long road to the podium and the talent we possess as a team is starting to show with our results at Formula Drift Miami. We are so thankful to have the generous support of our partners and fans and we will continue to aim high to better our results in the next round of competition.

Carl Rydquist, driver RRE Berk 350Z V8 Turbo powered by Champion Spark Plugs What an amazing weekend! The team behind this car consists of Road Race Engineering, Berk Technology and S-Empire and it’s a strong combo that encompasses tons of experience with brains and competence to find solutions to the challenges we come up against and to execute the jobs that are needed. I am equally impressed, fascinated and thankful and I’m extremely happy to have won my first Formula Drift trophy!

Formula Drift PRO Rd4 in New Jersey takes place on June 20-21 and our preparations have already begun. The Z chassis ran well there last season but with today’s level of development speed in Formula Drift we have to work tirelessly on sharpening the competitive edge to climb further up the standings where we are currently in 29th place in the PRO series and 3rd in the PRO2 standings. In the meantime see what we are up to via all major forms of social media under: @roadraceengineering @berktechnology @carlrydquistofficial Thank you for your continued support! From all of us at Road Race Engineering and Berk Technology