2017 NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill

Mechanic Z · 16 Nov 2017, 18:37 (Ref:3780815)

Reigning champions Flying Lizard Motorsports are back with their Audi R8 GT3, and a Porsche Cayman GT4, going for three wins in a row.
https://www.lizardms.com/lizards-ret...defend-titles/

Winward/HTP are bringing a new GT4 Mercedes: https://twitter.com/endurance_radio/...16981943816192

Thunderhill regulars JFC Racing will skip the 25 hours this year, but they plan to return next year: https://www.facebook.com/jfcracing/p...67916276586303

No official entry list yet, but info on a few other entries can be found here: https://twitter.com/endurance_radio

jjvincent · 16 Nov 2017, 20:35 (Ref:3780840)

https://nasa25hour.com

https://nasa25hour.com/2017-teams-cars-and-classes/

jross427 · 21 Nov 2017, 01:11 (Ref:3781864)

We will be running in E1 under Team Moorewood Racing in a e46 bmw 330i, pics shortly

jross427 · 21 Nov 2017, 01:14 (Ref:3781865)

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**joeb** · 21 Nov 2017, 02:12 (Ref:3781872)

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Nice! good luck to you and the team!

rich07 · 21 Nov 2017, 04:59 (Ref:3781899)

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Nice car. Good luck hope you have fun.

Was there a doco made of last years race at all?

Mike Hedlund · 21 Nov 2017, 22:31 (Ref:3782070)

I'll be there, looking forward to it.

Rich, there was another "Survive the 25" documentary made for 2016 and it's currently airing every Tuesday on MavTV. My cable service doesn't offer that channel so I haven't been able to catch it... if anyone's got it, be a gent and upload it as an unlisted video to youtube please.

-mike

MaskedRacer · 22 Nov 2017, 14:11 (Ref:3782197)

Good guess is that the Ginetta G57s will be the fastest cars overall but if they break then the Flying Lizard Audi R8 will be there to pick up the scraps.

schmidder · 22 Nov 2017, 16:43 (Ref:3782227)

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I'll be there, looking forward to it.

Rich, there was another "Survive the 25" documentary made for 2016 and it's currently airing every Tuesday on MavTV. My cable service doesn't offer that channel so I haven't been able to catch it... if anyone's got it, be a gent and upload it as an unlisted video to youtube please.

-mike

What are u driving mike? I'll be up for just friday..

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**joeb** · 28 Nov 2017, 02:58 (Ref:3783649)

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What are u driving mike? I'll be up for just friday..

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I got an e-mail today saying Mike will be in a flying lizards GT4 Porsche. Best of luck Mike!

Mechanic Z · 28 Nov 2017, 04:24 (Ref:3783667)

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I got an e-mail today saying Mike will be in a flying lizards GT4 Porsche. Best of luck Mike!

I got that e-mail too.
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/F...id=Qxr4_dzv3Co
All sorts of cool drivers in the Lizard lineup.
#45 Audi GT3: Darren Law, Nate Stacy, Charlie Hayes, Tom Haacker
#74 Porsche GT4: Johannes Van Overbeek, Mike, Craig Watkins, Ross Thompson
Cool to see they have Craig Watkins in the Porsche. The Kussmaul Chronicles book he wrote is awesome.

http://nasportscar.com/competition-m...f-thunderhill/

Pretty impressive lineup in Competition Motorsports' Porsche GT3 Cup car too.
#73 Porsche: Preston Calvert, Michael Lewis, Andrew Davis, Kurt Rezzetano

Some serious speed there.

Mike Hedlund · 28 Nov 2017, 18:21 (Ref:3783818)

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I got an e-mail today saying Mike will be in a flying lizards GT4 Porsche. Best of luck Mike!

Ya sorry guys, couldn't say anything until they announced it. Should be fun.. I've never driven a GT4 car before.

-mike

schmidder · 28 Nov 2017, 19:25 (Ref:3783832)

Can't wait to check out practice and qualifying tomorrow!!

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Akrapovic · 28 Nov 2017, 20:28 (Ref:3783847)

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Ya sorry guys, couldn't say anything until they announced it. Should be fun.. I've never driven a GT4 car before.

-mike

Well done Mike.

Out of interest, what car classes have you driven? GT3, GTE and now GT4? Anything else fun?

Mike Hedlund · 28 Nov 2017, 23:49 (Ref:3783896)

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Well done Mike.

Out of interest, what car classes have you driven? GT3, GTE and now GT4? Anything else fun?

Thanks! Hmm... I've raced 997 and 991 Porsche Cup's, a Spec E30 BMW, Maserati Trofeo, Ferrari Challenge (458), Rolex GT spec Ferrari and Porsche, FIA GT3, original World Challenge spec GT3 Audi (not full FIA GT3), LMPC, LMP3, old Conti spec GS (before GT4) and GTE. I think that's all at the moment.

Btw, it looks like NASA just published the Survive the 25 from 2016 on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo0Et2HZ2V0

Great quality video and production. They did a beautiful job on it.. (not just because we won. :P)!

-mike

kurski · 2 Dec 2017, 16:37 (Ref:3784763)

https://livestream.com/drivenasa/25hour

YZFrider · 2 Dec 2017, 17:53 (Ref:3784767)

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Thanks! Hmm... I've raced 997 and 991 Porsche Cup's, a Spec E30 BMW, Maserati Trofeo, Ferrari Challenge (458), Rolex GT spec Ferrari and Porsche, FIA GT3, original World Challenge spec GT3 Audi (not full FIA GT3), LMPC, LMP3, old Conti spec GS (before GT4) and GTE. I think that's all at the moment.

Btw, it looks like NASA just published the Survive the 25 from 2016 on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo0Et2HZ2V0

Great quality video and production. They did a beautiful job on it.. (not just because we won. :P)!

-mike

These documentaries are great to watch. Do you or anyone else know why the 2011-2014 Survive the 25 series aren't on YouTube anymore? Any place I can find them?

YZFrider · 2 Dec 2017, 19:06 (Ref:3784774)

Wow neat to see a Studebaker out there in track. Other than salt flats speed runs you don't see those in motorsports

Mechanic Z · 3 Dec 2017, 10:22 (Ref:3784873)

Lizards are running a stream of their radio communications: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oFafpyle4I

cbbrit · 4 Dec 2017, 06:45 (Ref:3785003)

Congrats to Flying Lizards and drivers Darren Law, Nate Stacy, Charlie Hayes and Tom Haacker on the team's third consecutive win in this event! It just goes to show what an awesome car that first generation Audi R8 LMS ultra is, to have raced 75 hours without a failure (that I know of!). Way to go guys!

Mike Hedlund · 4 Dec 2017, 19:06 (Ref:3785102)

That may have been the toughest endurance race I've ever competed in. The 25 Hour never fails... such a good old school race! Congrats to my teammates in the #45 on their win.

-mike

**joeb** · 4 Dec 2017, 21:28 (Ref:3785130)

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That may have been the toughest endurance race I've ever competed in. The 25 Hour never fails... such a good old school race! Congrats to my teammates in the #45 on their win.

-mike

So how did you like the GT4?

Mike Hedlund · 4 Dec 2017, 23:05 (Ref:3785143)

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So how did you like the GT4?

It was fun! Clearly not as fast as a GT3 car, but that's to be expected. It'd be a lot of fun to race against other GT4 cars because it moves around so much... decent power and not really any aero so it slips and slides a lot. If we had used regular slicks I think we could've fought for an overall podium (we ran on Toyo DOT tires).

The fuel mileage on the Cayman was great... around 90 minutes per stint at full green flag running. There was normally a yellow/safety car or something else going on during a stint and we double'd every driver all race so stints were in the 3:30-4 Hour range every time. I only got in the car twice during the race.

My back, wrists, and left foot (braking) hurt though... tough race!

-mike

NaBUru38 · 5 Dec 2017, 15:50 (Ref:3785257)

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Originally Posted by Mike Hedlund

Thanks! Hmm... I've raced 997 and 991 Porsche Cup's, a Spec E30 BMW, Maserati Trofeo, Ferrari Challenge (458), Rolex GT spec Ferrari and Porsche, FIA GT3, original World Challenge spec GT3 Audi (not full FIA GT3), LMPC, LMP3, old Conti spec GS (before GT4) and GTE. I think that's all at the moment.

Btw, it looks like NASA just published the Survive the 25 from 2016 on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo0Et2HZ2V0

Great quality video and production. They did a beautiful job on it.. (not just because we won. :P)!

-mike

Also Riley DP at Lime Rock 2013, correct?

Mike Hedlund · 5 Dec 2017, 17:32 (Ref:3785274)

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Also Riley DP at Lime Rock 2013, correct?

Sh*t, you're correct!

-mike

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