2007 Post-Event Wrapup

The fifth annual running of the United States Air Force 25 Hours of Thunderhill^TM came to a close on Sunday, December 2, 2007 after over a day's worth of severe endurance racing. The event saw 72 teams enter with 67 of them taking the green flag at the Thunderhill Raceway Park complex in Willows, CA. The field for this year was extremely diverse and included racecars ranging from Daytona Prototypes to Mazda Miatas. Of particular interest were two Norma M20F racers entered by Team Green Alternative/Alliance Financial that were powered by eco friendly E-85 fuel for the race.

As the 25 hour contest drew to a close, the overall lead and the ESR class win securely belonged to the Crawford DP03 entry of the Parallax Racing team with 661 laps completed. One of the Green Alternative team entries sewed up the second overall spot and second in ESR 23 laps behind the winning team. The E1 class winning MX5 Cup entry from the Team MER/Mazdaspeed crew was next up with the E1 Team Honda Research S2000 Club Racer just 1.6 seconds behind after over a full day of racing hard to the checker. Another one of the Team MER/Mazdaspeed entries buttoned up third overall and 1st place in E1. The next two overall spots belonged to the ES-class topping Competition Associates FR500S Ford Mustangs that are destined for the Miller Cup series in 2008 with the C-Note racing/Highlander Motorsports entry taking third in ES. In E0, the Nitto/Diffsonline USTCC BMW entry managed to topple the mighty PDQ Racing team that has taken home wins in prior years but had to settle for second this year with the Fantasy Junction Racing entry in third. E2 was dominated by Mazda Miatas with the BiggsB Enterprises entry on top followed by the Kumho Tires USA team and the K1 Speed entry in third.

Next year's event is already in the works, so be sure to visit www.nasa25hour.com for updates on the 2008 race and more news from 2007