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Grid before the race, Nordschleife 2008. |
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| Redline Time Attack official test day |
| Sunday, February 28, 2010 |
Here's a link to Redline Time Attack's quick report from the official test day at Willow Springs, CA, which I used to shake down my car after making a few winter upgrades.
I still have a little work to do on brake system, engine tuning and a few more points on weight, but all in all the car ran well.
The traction from the Carbonetic diff turned out to be absolutely fantastic even though I ran a little much negative camber on the rear wheels. That's promising.
From the timesheets I saw four cars running below 1min 22s during the test. These were topped by Mike Cronin in Fontana Nissan GTR on R-comp tires, then myself taking 2nd best time of the day on Hankook Ventus street class tires, then behind me was Duong David in his Robispec Mitsu EVO (tires unknown to me) and Conrad Grunewald in the Gruppe-S Camaro, also on Hankook Ventus.
On a side-note, during the afternoon I also took out the AE Performance 997 GT3 RS for a couple of laps and set 1.22,9 making sure not to run it faster than my own car. :) It was nice to compare the OEM suspension setup of the GT3RS with my own car.
Whoever wasn't there missed a very fun day with full and easy access to the teams, but next chance will be during the last weekend of March at the RTA season premiere at Buttonwillow.
Besides the driving there were a lot of talks between Redline, teams, drivers, sponsors and media, making last minute deals and media preparing for the season etc. More inf soon and first competition just one month away.Labels: Carbonetic, City Tire Online, Media, Misc, Racing, Redline Time Attack, Testing |
posted by Carl Rydquist @ 7:04 PM   |
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That is seriously the fastest anyone has driven on this track on street tires! Keep it up. Mark
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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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That is seriously the fastest anyone has driven on this track on street tires! Keep it up. Mark