In sprint racing, the strategy is simple: Start as far forward as you can and improve your position from there until the checkered flag waves. In endurance racing, there are a lot more factors in play, and someone on the team needs to put them all together to form a comprehensive strategy the whole team [...]
Five up-and-coming young drivers from NASA’s Teen Mazda Challenge series are headed to Thunderhill Raceway to take on the 25 Hours of Thunderhill Presented by Hawk Performance, a grueling annual endurance race that runs from 11 a.m. Saturday until noon Sunday. The 25 Hours of Thunderhill Presented by Hawk Performance is the longest closed-course endurance [...]
Like so many things in 2020, the 25 Hours of Thunderhill Presented by Hawk Performance was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. For 2021, there has been a surge of renewed interest in the longest closed-course endurance race in North America, which is back on for 2021 and scheduled to take place Dec. 3-5! Registration [...]
The pageantry is back, the drama, the challenge, the triumph! Registration is set to open for the 2021 25 Hours of Thunderhill Presented by Hawk Performance on August 1, and this year’s event will enjoy a little twist. In a move to commemorate the lack of an event in 2020 due to COVID-19, NASA Executive [...]
Due to travel restrictions and precautions related to COVID-19, NASA has made the painful decision to cancel the 2020 25 Hours of Thunderhill Presented by Hawk Performance. This is the time of year when registrations usually begin rolling in and teams begin serious planning efforts, so it was better to announce the decision to cancel [...]
As the adage goes, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. And try, and try and try. Such is the case with Peter Hopelain and Team Technik Competition, which took its first class win in E2 at the 2019 25 Hours of Thunderhill Presented by Hawk Performance after more than a decade of [...]
NASA NorCal racer Tommy Lo raced in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill for the first time in 2003, the inaugural year the race expanded from 12 to 25 hours. From that moment on, Lo has been enticed by the allure of the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, the longest closed course endurance race in North America. [...]
The first hour of the 2019 25 Hours of Thunderhill Presented by Hawk Performance was pretty wild, and now we have some good video to show you just what it was like. Team Technik Competition driver Matt Million posted this video from the time he strapped into the car on grid and about an hour [...]
This one comes to us courtesy of the fine folks at Toyo Tires. Each year, Toyo sends a video crew to the 25 and each year they produce a video from the event, and it’s always done well. This year is no exception, and it really captures how challenging the weather became at this year’s [...]
Finishing the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, much less winning it, brings about feeling of completion and contentment like no other race you can name. As we look forward to a new year and a new season of racing, let’s take one look back at the 2019 25 Hours of Thunderhill and the people, action and [...]