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.
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. Alexandra Stan - Mr Saxobeat
Food and Drinks
1. Redondo Beach Brewing Co, CA
3. The Standard, Hollywood, CA
3. Nic's, Bevery Hills, CA
4. Vino Pasta, Gothenburg, SWE
5. Paradise Cove, Malibu, CA
Other things
Spot to be filled with useful content.
24H: Saturday, race (onboard video)
Sunday, May 24, 2009
In the race it was immediately obvious that our camber adjustments had done a massive impact. All of a sudden it was possible for me to hang on to and pass several cars that we were behind in qualifying. Very fun.
In short I did 1,5 stint to start, handed over the car in 25th place. Within the next two hours we had an oil/water heat exchanger that broke (almost new), the team fixed it in the shortest time possible and we went out again. Then a few hours later the clutch/bearing somehow jammed and/or started leaking, also a new assembly, and we decided to withdraw from the race and focus on upcoming races.
I can't believe having these misfortunes this year with all parts attended to, replaced, all the really careful preparations of the car. Incredibly disappointing for everyone on the team.
Pics to come. In the meantime here is an onboard video from the opening laps of the race (turn it up and use the fullscreen mode!):
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.
Duuuude you're like a robot chasing those guys down!! They make little mistakes and some of your lines are just sick, like the gap just closes.