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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 |
Grid before the race, Nordschleife 2008. |
| Songs to check out |
1. Foo Fighters - The Pretender
2. Span - Baby's Come Back
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. 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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| 24H: Thu open practice |
| Thursday, May 21, 2009 |
 First practice revealed that the car was at first pretty nasty to drive, too low in the rear made it hit the bump stops pretty often due to the extremely bumpy track. Naturally this was happening in high speed turns when building up a lot of lateral G and running over a bump or bumps mid turn. Car was also too understeered in smooth low speed turns. We made some adjustments on the height, tire pressures and toe angles and it got better. 9.23 with the new mandatory restrictors (= minus 70hp from last year) was actually a very good first impression from our new Hankook racing rubber.
 Race engineer and suspension specialist Fredrik, owner of FEKE Engineering, and I discussed a lot together with the other drivers to get the car faster in every section. Photo: J. Shin.Labels: 24H, Hankook, Racing, Testing |
posted by Carl Rydquist @ 5:32 PM   |
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| Fast Facts |
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Name: Carl Rydquist
Age: 33
Home: Redondo Beach
Web: CarlRydquist.com
Reel: Click to watch
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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