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Grid before the race, Nordschleife 2008.
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Gocarts, weight-loss, running and silly season
Saturday, February 6, 2010
What's up lately? I've been taking up gocart practice again, started after returning from Christmas and New Year's celebration in Sweden this winter. Noticed it took only a few visits to get back into the zone and definitely something I looove doing, it really takes that perfectly balanced agression to push a relatively powerless vehicle exactly on the edge, with decent grip on twisty tracks. I miss a little bit the great company from the guys in the indoor winter series back home, but met a couple of fast guys at the local track, and it was also a fun surprise to meet FD driver colleague Joon Maeng there last time I went to drive.

Weight-loss is another natural complement to be fast in gocarts and just a general thing to get a grip around, to feel fit and strong ahead of the racing season. It has gone pretty well so far (9 lbs gone since Jan 1) with not too much effort and it feels consistent too. Want to drop a couple more to get back to my, in my own opinion, ideal match weight I had around 2 years ago, so I just have to stay off the weights and do other sports instead til I'm there.

Tomorrow I'll be running (jogging) my 2nd Redondo Beach 10K, it's nice and local, the start is right outside our gym and and we can walk over there. Having been basically only in the gym during the last 6 months, running is really on the back burner so my target is to make it under 1 hour (if I was actively running I'd set it to 48min but with no practice I have to stay with a real target time). Ran 4 miles Thu (35min) and 5 miles yesterday (46min 20sec), today just relax physically and tomorrow morning it's time to do the 6.2miles (10km) without loosing pace too much at the end. My brother is a killer runner compared to me and has given me some good hints and cheering on, hope it'll help.

Racingwise, Hankook has really worked hard over the winter break to make a good plan for the season, we put a lot of effort into one specific project to race again for Hankook in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring, however from a solid start and a good offer on the table it turned out to nothing. It feels odd, I've raced in the 24H of Nurburgring every year since 2006. Doesn't mean I won't be going back there another season, but for now that outcome means entirely different racing avenues are now being pursued short-term, and a serious plan for 2011 needs to be shaped.

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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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