Carl Rydquist, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Carl Rydquist

Swedish racing driver

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1977

Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Profession: racing driver, racing automobile driver

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Carl Rydquist (born 1977 in Göteborg) is a Swedish-American FIA Intl B/SCCA Pro/NASA Pro racing driver and a SAG-AFTRA licensed stunt and precision driver who has won many auto races and racing championships.
Rydquist gained notoriety for his speed in 2001 when he beat more than 1100 enthusiasts and professional racedrivers in a gocart challenge created by Eurosport to promote their Super Racing Weekend FIA GT and ETCC sports coverage.
The event propelled him to his first GT Endurance ride with Apex Racing's Porsche.
Rydquist actively competes in racing and has competed in professional drifting.
In Rydquist's auto racing career, he currently has a victory in more than one third of his races and podium finishes in three out of four Touring and GT car endurance and sprint races. Rydquist won the Zandvoort 500 during the 2005 Dutch Winter Championship making him the first of only three Swedish drivers to ever win this race, following three successful seasons in the Swedish Endurance Racing Cup which earned him two GT-class titles (2001, 2004).
This was the starting point of his international racing career in Europe and the USA.