Contrast !

I got this great picture from my parents from a very snowy Sweden ! Saying "Happy Birthday Marten" :) I hope it will be another great year and I'm excited about 2011 ! It still feels weird to not have any snow here for Christmas and the other day I saw this:





















A Christmas tree surrounded by palm trees !!

Best,
Marten

Nice Trip !

Today I went with a friend to Napa Valley ! It's a perfect day, 70 F/ 20 C warm and just enjoy great foods, drinks and the beautiful view !!

Best,
Marten

The last couple of days have been really good ! Been cruising throw the days but still been productive ! We still get a lot of good feedback from the 25 hrs race and it’s such a great experience ! It’s still weird for me to see all the Christmas decorations and have no snow ! And last Saturday it even get weirder because I got invited to a Caribbean theme Christmas party ! Dressed up with surfer clothes and funny sunglasses in the middle of December ! We even got super lucky with the weather that day 68 F/ 20 C !!!! Pretty cool to have the Golden Gate Bridge behind you !
















Best,
Marten

Really good until...

Dave Smith started the race and did a great job the first couple of laps with cold tiers and a green track and then he picked up a fast pace around the track ! Right before I jumped in the car 6pm Jared Thompson had been fighting with the car with no power steering and drove in rain with slicks on !

It took me 10 laps to get use to the dark and get a feeling for the heavy rain and try to control the 700+ hp ! We did double stints which means we were out the for little more than 2hrs each. But during my session it started to get crazy out there, cars were flipping, oil on the track etc. Which made me drive for 4 ½ hrs !!!

Drive in the rain is one of my strongest side and was able to take us from 8th overall to leading the race with 12 laps !! It’s a great feeling to be the fastest guy and lead the race in an amazing Ford GT against a Grand-Am Porsche team with factory drivers, who actually won the race last year ! Then at midnight we got hit by a Mazda Miata and broke the right rear suspension, and our race were over :( That’s racing sometimes and it’s hard to swallow because we were leading the race and had a great chance to win the race, in our class and the overall title !!

Overall it’s a great weekend I couldn’t ask for more, we were just unlucky with the result !

Here’s some pictures from the race weekend !

Best,
Marten

Yeah !!

Right before qualify Dave went out with soft tiers and did couple of super fast lap times ! And when it was time for qualify it started to rain and with a lot of traffic we still pulled off a good lap time and got 3rd overall !!! We have been 2 seconds faster than the pole position time but we just got stocked behind traffic ! We are all happy and confident for the race tomorrow at 11am !

All Good !

Yesterday of practice went very well, we've big advantage with our 700 hp wich really helps with all the passes ! Today, friday we will just fine tune the set up and it seems it will rain during qualify :S

It's very hard to get any service here at the track, but I'll try to update as much as I can !

Best,
Marten

Now it starts !!

The race weekend have officially start ! No rain so far and the team is preparing the car for the first test ! We even have a big time celebrity here, Paul Walker from Fast & the Furious is pitted next to us and will drive a Mazda !!

Best,
Marten