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 [...]
A team led by high school students pulled off the win they have been seeking in E3S and gave team manager and teacher Al Angulo his first win in 17 attempts at 25 Hours of Thunderhill. The Placer High School automotive tech teacher celebrated with the students on pit lane after they won by two [...]
The next time anyone says a stock production car can’t win at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, introduce them to the MPACT Racing team. The group ran essentially a stock Ford Mustang GT, and the only upgrade was the suspension. The car came out of the Ford Performance Racing School in Utah. “We’re really excited. [...]
After 14 years of trying to win his class at 25 Hours of Thunderhill, Peter Hopelain of Technik Competition can finally raise the championship trophy over his head. The team passed TAPG Motorsports in the last hour of the endurance race to earn the victory and finish sixth overall. “We just had to claw our [...]
With the advent of the E3S class, E3 suffered a lack of attendance this year. Just two cars took the green flag and one of them was Team Brown/Heyer, which parks its car when it gets dark, heads to town for a nice hot meal and a warm bed, then returns when the sun comes [...]
Turn 3 Motorsports took the overall and ESR class win its first 25 Hours of Thunderhill presented by Hawk Performance. The team also achieved two “firsts” and did what no other team before had been able to do: get a Radical SR3 to last the whole race, take the overall and ESR class wins with [...]
When it comes to the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, few teams have had as much success as Valkyrie Autosport. The team took third in E0 in 2018 and first in E0 in 2016. The team added to its trophy case after campaigning two cars this weekend and securing first place in its Nissan GT-R and [...]