Carl Rydquist
Rydquist beat more than 1,100 racers in a go-kart challenge created by Eurosport to promote their Super Racing Weekend FIA GT and ETCC sports coverage.
In the final 6-driver heat, Rydquist took 3rd place, with professional racing star Peter Dumbreck and karting racer Fredrik Danielsson coming in front.
In 2010, Rydquist won the Redline Time Attack Championship by 4 victories and 3 podium finishes racing the City Tire Online Nissan 350Z.
Upon his return from Barcelona, Rydquist was drafted by Santa Ana-based Berk Technology to set up and race their BMW 135i in the 2011 Eurotuner GP and the 2011 Super Lap Battle finals.
In 2015, Rydquist returned to sports car racing with German Mercedes-Benz dealer team Motorsport Sing, piloting their SLK 350R in the VLN series at the Nurburgring.
Rydquist went on to race the team's #34 Nissan 370Z Nismo Touring Car in the season opener of the 2016 Pirelli World Challenge at Circuit of the Americas.
Rydquist also joined the California-based Prototype Development Group for a full-season campaign in the 2016 National Auto Sport Association Endurance Racing Championship.
Racing with former top 3 finishers, Mike Holland, Beau Borders and Troy Lindstrom, Rydquist and the team's main competitors were Flying Lizards Porsche 997 GT3 RSR and Audi R8 GT3 LMS, as well as a Lamborghini Super Trofeo campaigned by CLP Motorsports.
He then went on to claim second place at Auto Club Speedway before winning again both at Sonoma Raceway and at the series' second visit to Laguna Seca.
The team challenged the Toyo Tires Flying Lizard Porsche 997 RSR piloted by Wolf Henzler, Johannes van Overbeek, Justin Marks, Charlie Hayes and Andy Wilzoch for the ES class pole.
In the 2020 Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli West Coast Championship, Rydquist competed in the SGT category driving the Prototype Development Group's Factory Five Racing GTM.
In 2023, Rydquist returned to the United States Touring Car Championship GT class alongside Indycar at the Grand Prix of Portland.
Rydquist spent a season on the development of the Nissan, and by 2014, the car was equipped with a Chevy LS2 V8 campaigned by Road Race Engineering.
Rydquist is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) as a stunt driver, and has been hired to drive in commercial shoots for multiple car manufacturers as well as magazines in Europe and the US.
Rydquist raced in the 2020 Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli esports championship which was live broadcast and featured a $20,000 prize purse.
