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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.
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Grid before the race, Nordschleife 2008. |
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| Racing event, Kinnekulle Ring, Sweden |
| Monday, August 25, 2008 |
 After testing brakes for Endless and watching the Gumball 3000 spectacle I went to Sweden to host my own track event of extreme sportscars. Working together with my good friend Marcus of Autorapid Motorsport we both had our sponsors visit during the forenoon. They all got to drive and ride-along on the track, some got to ride in the Autorapid 996 GT3 Cup and a few lucky ones got to test drive the Porsche Cayman S Carrera Cup Edition that Porsche Center Gothenburg had sent us to demonstrate at the event.
 Nice Porsche. The Cayman S, Carrera Cup Edition with bucket seats, special rear wing, Sports Chrono Package, 19" GT3 rims, short-shift etc.
 In the afternoon, we had the West Coast Road Challenge visit for an exclusive afternoon on the track. For these guys who had brought a very neat array of cars; Porsche Turbo, Ferrari Spyder, Lamborghini LP560 etc, we mixed coaching and special car control excercises with open track driving.
 Did some demo-laps for the owner of the LP560 as well, definitely a very extreme sportscar, a very cool car.
 During the day I used the Cayman S to post a couple of (unbeaten) reference times in the slalom/autocross courses we used for driver development and I can honestly say it was a blast to drive and definitely an easy car to drive on the limit. Stay tuned for a review of this car!
 I also got to do a nostalgic test drive of the car I raced in the 2005 Swedish Endurance GT Racing Championship (the car is now owned by Autorapid). It was really interesting to feel the big suspension changes it has gone through since then, nowadays built to be fast on the Nordschleife, and it was really fun to have the CEO of my feature sponsor Kemostal Process Technology in the passenger seat!
 All in all a fantastic day for both the guests and us who organized this and I am looking forward to upcoming events and races in 2009. Stay tuned! /CarlLabels: Events, Instructing, Racing |
posted by Carl Rydquist @ 3:36 PM   |
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Name: Carl Rydquist
Age: 34
Home: Redondo Beach
Web: CarlRydquist.com
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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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