Radical SR3 Team goes for the win in 25 Hours of Thunderhil

[falb]

I am very excited to announce that I will be driving with the Factory 48 Motorsports team in the longest road race on the globe - The 25 Hours of Thunderhill We have a spectacular team line-up with Jeff Shafer, Lee Alexander, George Kurtz, and me all sharing the #48 Radical SR3. Jeff has been prepping the car all year since the last 25 hour and we are pumped to go for the overall win against some of the best drivers in the world and over 80 entries. December 8-9.

TV coverage will be provided on Versus and we are going to be a featured team on "Survive the 25" TV production that will air on ABC. Live timing will be on the RACE MONITOR iOS/Android app. Thanks for your support!

-Great mix of cars including RCR Super Light, Norma Sports Racer, Catfish, Miata MX-5 and RX-8, Acura ILX, Honda Civic, Factory Five Racing, Mazda RX-8, Aston Martin Vantage, Chevrolet Silverado, Porsche 997, Camaro, Datsun, etc.
-Pro drivers entered: Rolex Daytona Prototype drivers Mark Wilkins, Anthony Lazzaro, Michael Valiante, Jon Fogarty, Burt and Brian Frisselle; American Le Mans Series driver Johannes van Overbeek; Indy Lights driver Troy Castaneda; sports car ace Randy Pobst, etc.


11/29/12

FACTORY48 TO COMPETE ONCE AGAIN IN THE 25 HOURS OF THUNDERHILL

FACTORY48 MOTORSPORTS once again takes to the track for the famous 25 hours of Thunderhill. Its hard enough just to "Survive the 25" *but we want more...we want to win the overall and be the first motorcycle powered car to do it. http://www.factory48motorsports.com/Home_Page.html

http://www.factory48motorsports.com/images/5002019...

[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=z5RlgA_-r5E[/VIDEO]

Edited by falb on Wednesday 5th December 16:07

[dunc_sx]

All the best, looks great fun and pretty busy

Any night footage?

Dunc.

[BioBa]

"Living the dream!"
Good luck and GO RADICAL!!!

[BioBa]

"Living the dream!"
Good luck and GO RADICAL!!!

[bravonovember]

Don't mean to be pedantic but your 23hours short of the longest race, http://maxiendurance48.com/ But Good Luck!

[falb]

^^ well you learn something new everyday.

So far so good.

We put the #48 Radical SR3 on the pole. Race starts tomorrow at 11:00 PST.

[lanan]

bravonovember said:

Don't mean to be pedantic but your 23hours short of the longest race, http://maxiendurance48.com/ But Good Luck!

Difference is that Thunderhill IS happening

Best of luck with the race Guys...great little track Thunderhill...especially the baby corkscrew..!

[bravonovember]

lanan said:

bravonovember said:

Don't mean to be pedantic but your 23hours short of the longest race, http://maxiendurance48.com/ But Good Luck!

Difference is that Thunderhill IS happening

Best of luck with the race Guys...great little track Thunderhill...especially the baby corkscrew..!

Seems to be a fair few cars entered, or is that just a wish list? lol

[falb]

Well we had a fantastic and dramatic race. Jeff Shafer was able to get us on the pole for the start next to the Norma, Porsches and the RCR Eagle. I took the lead stint to start the race and a combination of full fuel load, cold tires, and excitement put me spinning off track into turn one. After pounding out laps for three hours i managed to get our car into the lead by four laps. We had an engine and transmission issue that saw us in the cold pits for 40 minutes twice but we kept fighting. Ultimately we won our class and were third place overall. It was a great run and the Factory 48 Dunlop Radical was awesome to drive.

Video will be forthcoming and we did have the ABC sports crew following our every move so it should make for a good show.


http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Factory-48-Moto...

http://www.nasa25hour.com/

[phunkymonkey]

Awesome job guys! Can't wait to see the doco on it. I've read a lot about Thunderhill over the years, looks to be an awesome event with a great entry list.

Well done.

[ctm]

When will it be aired on abc?