| Welcome |
Hey, welcome to my official blog!
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 |
| Pic of the week |
Me in the Karousel, Nordschleife 2007. |
| Songs to check out |
1. Foo Fighters - Let it die
2. Foo Fighters - The Pretender
3. Adam Tensta - My Cool
4. Outkast - Take Off Your Cool
5. Sia - Breathe Me
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| Food and Drinks |
1. Vino Pasta, Gothenburg, SWE
2. The Standard, Hollywood, CA
3. Barney's Beanery, Santa Monica, CA
4. Le Clafoutis, Sunset Strip, CA
5. Heaven 23, Gothenburg, SWE
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| Other things |
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| Environmentally sound Hummer @ Long Beach GP |
| Tuesday, April 15, 2008 |
This week it's time for the Long Beach GP, coolest racing event in LA in my opinion. My buddy Mike from German Auto Art will be at the races showcasing this electric powered Hummer which is an important step towards better air. I'll be at the stand to and forth, make sure to stop by and learn about the crazy specs - I can hint 425hp already...  Labels: Misc |
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| Fast week and drift practice |
| Monday, April 7, 2008 |
Time IS really flying sometimes. Went to Irvine a week ago to drive for a some cool Acura photo shots, then spent much of the week doing prep for the 24 hours of Nurburgring as well as various errands like stopping by Brian, John and Auto at CityTireOnline, coolest tire shop in LA, to get for drift tires for the weekend, as well as rolling down to Santa Monica to pick up a set of 18" tires courtesy of German Auto Art.
On Saturday I got new adjustable Hotchkis swaybars on my 350Z "stock drifter" w the help of RMJ Motorsports, to prepare for drift practice Sunday (yesterday) at the Horse Thief Mile, Willow Springs, hosted by 626 drift.
HTM is a really crazy (fun) experience to drift on, I am bascially going through a "crash course" in drifting and it's really rewarding to find that my car seems to be up to the task most of the time, so I can drift like I want to. The HTM might be on the border of what this car can do without some more expensive mods, but we'll see... I really look forward to the 2nd round of Federal Top Drift Cup in three weeks.Labels: Drifting, Misc, Precision driving, Racing |
| posted by Carl Rydquist @ 4:53 PM |
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| 24 Hours of Nurburgring Nordschleife 2008 |
| Thursday, April 3, 2008 |
 I will be doing my 3rd consecutive ADAC-Zurich 24 Hours of Nurburgring Nordschleife driving a Porsche 996 GT3 RS with a Porsche Motorsport 3,9 litre engine, normally aspirated producing 520hp. This is the engine spec that two of the podium teams ran last year (Manthey Racing and Land Motorsport). The engine will give some extra push up the hills compared to last year's 454hp. I know the 77 bends and blind crests like my own pocket, can't wait to get back there.
This year's race will be held on May 24-25. The average number of spectators last three years are over 200.000, it's always a wild party going all around the track, all weekend, starting already the Wednesday before the race. It's like nothing else. Will you be there?
More info to come soon. Cheers!Labels: Racing |
| posted by Carl Rydquist @ 10:49 PM |
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| Fast Facts |
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Name: Carl Rydquist
Age: 31
Home: Redondo Beach
Web: CarlRydquist.com
Reel: Click to watch
Highlights: Winner of Swedish Endurance GT Racing Championship (2001 & 2004). Winner of Zandvoort 500 (2005). Winner of Eurosport Super Racing Weekend Challenge (2001). 24 Hours of Nurburgring (2006, 2007, 2008).
Memberships: FIA (international racing license), Performance Two Stunt & Precision Driving Team, Hollywood, CA (professional driver).
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