25 Hours Of Thunderhill 2011 Race Action [Video + Photos]
A growing collection of moments from the longest road race in North America – NASA’s 25 Hours of Thunderhill enduro.
On board Factory 48′s wicked Radical SR3 w/ Jeff Shafer @ the 2011 25 Hours of Thunderhill:
949Racing’s video of the 1st lap with over 80 cars starting the race:
Nick: Turn 5 of the first lap. Man there are a lot of cars out here
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The latest incarnation of SNT/Genoa Racing Ford GT project:
CJ Wilson Racing/Tyler McQuarrie Mazda gets Humpty Dumptied:
Honda Research and their Acura RSX leading E1:
Guardian Angel Motorsports at the start of the day:
Also check out: When the Going Gets Tough..The Tough Get Guardian Angel Motorsports
949Racing displays their spoils:
Clearly they know what they’re doing… Here’s how 949Racing Survives The 25:
Click here for loads more 949Racing pix.
NASA has posted a gallery of awesome photos on their Facebook Wall, like this one of Scion Racing (click to see more):
Mothers Polish also has a nice gallery of pix from this weekend like this one of their IT department:
Latest Photos
Some of my fave pix of the bunch are these night shots of Achilles Motorsport:
Check out more E36 photos in their Facebook Gallery – ApexRaceParts sponsored Achillies Motorsport team
APEX also has killer photos of Nitto, Edge Motorsports and Tiger/Bavarian at the 25 –
#95 Team Nitto Tire E36 running in E0 class, sponsored by ApexRaceParts.com
Edge Motorsports has 83 fabulous photos in their gallery, be sure to check them out!
#22 Tiger/Bavarian Tuning ES class BMW E46 running APEX ARC-8 wheels
Nitto:
Team Edge Motorsports:
The Bavarian Tiger:
And we fiiiiinally found a pic of the Porterville High School Motorsports’ 1988 BMW 325 painted in the Porterville Panthers’ team colours:
Click the pic to read the full story of the only high school in the US who offers a varsity letter for auto racing – too cool!! (Thanks E for the photo :)
Videos From Thunderhill
Some of these link to recordings of on-board cameras filming from the cockpit – relive all the excitement!
Links To More Posts, More Photos
THE 25 Hour Race Results – Mazda Racers
CRUSHER & Team 949 Racing Thunderhill 25 Hours – Miata Turbo Forum
The Official NASA 25 Hour Results By Class (pdf link)
The Official NASA 25 Hour Overall Results (pdf link)
The Honda Civic that flipped on Friday – pix and info from their whole weekend
Fantastic post! love all the pix from the pits. really gives you a feel for what the crew is doing to keep the cars going.