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Hey, welcome to my official blog!
This is the place where you will find pics and updates directly from my race weekends, plus a lot of other fun stuff such as stunt driving or things not always about racing.
Cheers! /Carl |
| Pic of the week |
Grid before the race, Nordschleife 2008. |
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| Porsche race engineering, GTech Pro |
| Thursday, March 13, 2008 |
 On Wednesday I was at Willow Springs with Markus Herm to assist with getting his German Auto Art Porsche 928 GTS Racing "Christine" up to speed. Using a GTech Pro data logger helps your case since you get accurate readings of both londitudinal and lateral G-forces plus rpms by just mounting the unit and connecting it so the car's 12-volt electrical system, without any additional sensors in the car. Reading this type of data lets you see almost as good as with a fullblown data logging system how the car and the driver is performing, and you can mount it in any car and have it up and running within just a few minutes. It also costs only $299. A really cool tool.
 Anyway, with this scientific approach it quickly became evident that some improvments had to be done to increase the overall grip levels. Also, studying the data and driving the car gave a very detailed picture of the car's more specific behaviour at different speeds and sections of the track, going into, through and exiting turns as well as changes at low, medium and high speed braking, turning and acceleration.
All in all a good day and next time out it will be very interesting to see the results of the ordinated improvements!Labels: Racing |
posted by Carl Rydquist @ 9:01 PM   |
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| Fast Facts |
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Name: Carl Rydquist
Age: 34
Home: Redondo Beach
Web: CarlRydquist.com
Reel: Click to watch
Highlights: Winner of Zandvoort 500 (2005), Winner of Swedish Endurance 3h GT Racing Championship (2004), Winner of Swedish Endurance 8/12h GT Racing Championship (2001), Winner of Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Challenge (2001), Winner of Redline Time Attack Mod RWD (2010). 24 Hours of Nurburgring (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011). 24 Hours of Barcelona (2011). 25 Hours of Thunderhill (2010).
Memberships: FIA (intl racing license), DRAW Portfolio, Formula D, Performance Two Stunt & Precision Driving Team (Hollywood, CA), SAG Stunt Driver (Screen Actors Guild).
Teams: City Tire (Drift), AE Performance, STORM GT Racing.
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