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This is the place where you will find quick reports directly from my race weekends, plus a lot of other fun stuff going on, not always about racing.
Cheers! /Carl |
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Grid before the race, Nordschleife 2008. |
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2. Span - Baby's Come Back
3. Adam Tensta - My Cool
4. Outkast - Take Off Your Cool
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1. Vino Pasta, Gothenburg, SWE
2. Redondo Beach Brewing Co, CA
3. The Standard, Hollywood, CA
4. Paradise Cove, Malibu, CA
5. Nic's, Bevery Hills, CA
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| Spring Mountain weekend |
| Tuesday, March 11, 2008 |
Lagging a bit on my events, was up at Spring Mountain, a bit northwest from Las Vegas, this weekend to check out this technical, twisty track and help out some drivers with their driving skills. The road up from LA is really cool when reaching the outskirts of Death Valley and luckily this was a nice cool March day and not a summer day. Was a bunch of Corvettes, Radicals and Lotuses up there for the driving school, fun to see the business there seems very strong.
 The Spring Mtn track is a lowspeed, fun and twisty one with some pretty technical parts, ie pretty perfect for drivers who need to learn how to handle their cars at the limit, as well as meet some good combinations of turns.
One of the guys I was helping was new to the track and pretty new to his Exige too but over the weekend he improved so much he won a 3rd in class of the Lotus Challenge. Pretty talented guy at picking up instructions and transforming it into skilled driving. Watch out for this guy in the Lotus Challenge.
The other people I helped were really talented and able to pick up a lot of speed and detailed instructions during the weekend, one of them was running my favorite street car - Porsche 997 Carrera S - which handled beautifully all over the track. Good fun.
Other than the fun at the track, Sat night also offered dinner with friends at the Bellagio, Las Vegas, haven't seen that in a while, always an interesting experience.
 Also found this nicely tricked out Nissan 350Z "Nismo", thought I'd post a pic since I nowadays drive a 350Z myself as my daily driver (completely stock though).
More stuff to come and some good racing news about to be revealed soon, be sure to check back. Cheers, CarlLabels: Instructing |
posted by Carl Rydquist @ 4:35 PM   |
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Name: Carl Rydquist
Age: 33
Home: Redondo Beach
Web: CarlRydquist.com
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Highlights: Winner of Swedish Endurance 8/12h GT Racing Championship (2001). Winner of Swedish Endurance 3h GT Racing Championship (2004). Winner of Zandvoort 500 (2005). Winner of Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Challenge (2001). 24 Hours of Nurburgring (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009).
Memberships: FIA (intl racing license), Formula D, Performance Two Stunt & Precision Driving Team, Hollywood, CA, Screen Actors Guild.
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