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.

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. Home Page



25 hours of Thunderhill: Radical - YouTube

 

When is the race? Congrats man! I'll be rooting for you.

 

Thanks! December 8-9

 

So far so good.

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

 

John, best of luck to you and your Radical team. I recently picked up one of those RCR Superlite SL-C's like the #18 car. One of them won the Super Unlimited class in the NASA Championships last year, another was 3rd this year, and one is currently racing in 1st place in the current Thunderhill 25hr race. I hope we get to see both cars finish!! And I look forward to seeing you soon at Spring Mtn.

Live Timing Feed


NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill on Livestream

 

The Superlite had a problem and pitted for 20 laps. Falb and his Radical team are now in 1st position with almost 6 hrs completed.

 

Keep it up guys!

 

Great race! Falb and the Radical #48 SR3 finishing 3rd. The white Porsche #00 featured racing the Radical in the above video, is the winner of this years 25 HR of Thunderhill. The SL-C Superlight Eagle is finishing ( limping into) 2nd with serious damage to its rear. Great race, but too bad all of these 3 great cars couldn't have finished battling it out on the same lap at the end.

Big congrats to Falb and the SR3 Radical. They certainly proved what a Radical, powered only with a motorcycle engine, can do when competing against some of the very best. And once again Porsche, though not the fastest, held out for a great win.

 

Thanks Bodhii!!

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.


Factory 48 Motorsports Radical leads at Six Hours into USAF 25 Hours of Thunderhill

NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill

 

Set your DVR! This Friday NBC Sports will air the 2012 "Survive the 25". Our team was one that was featured and it will certainly be entertaining.



NBC Sports Network on March 15, 2013 at 12:00 am Eastern / 9:00 pm Pacific (channel 220 on Directv)



NASA News

Survive the 25 to Air on the NBC Sports Network March 15 at 12:00 a.m. ET

March 8, 2013 7:17 PM — NAPA VALLEY, CA - The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) is pleased to announce that “Survive the 25”, the documentary presented by Mazda and Hankook Tire chronicling four teams that competed in the 2012 25 Hours of Thunderhill presented by...



the United States Air Force will be airing on the NBC Sports Network on March 15, 2013 at 12:00 am Eastern / 9:00 pm Pacific (check local listings). The telecast will follow four different teams as they attempt to complete the longest and most punishing endurance road race in North America. It is sure to offer great moments of excitement and give insight to fans and drivers as to just how demanding the event truly is.

NASA’s 25 Hours of Thunderhill has become a staple of endurance racing drawing top competitors and teams from all around the world. The unpredictable nature of the weather and the challenging track layout make the event especially exciting for both drivers and fans alike. Be sure to check out the exciting documentary airing on the NBC Sports Network in just 1 week. 
For more information on the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, please visit NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill.



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