The 25 Hours of Thunderhill remains one of the last real old-school endurance races. The annual December race in California, held by the National Auto Sport Association (NASA), blends an incredible variety of machinery in its classes with everything from prototype-style sports cars to Spec Miatas sharing the track. While those kinds of speed differentials are probably fairly close to what you might find at, say, the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring, this race puts almost 60 cars on a three-mile course, which means that managing traffic is a major part of winning the race. For a pro like Ryan Eversley in a bantamweight Wolf prototype with 370 horsepower, that means some tremendous video.
Eversley’s prototype actually failed to make the grid after qualifying fourth. That meant he had to start from the back of the 61-car field, behind the Miatas and Honda Civics. As you can imagine, the Dinner With Racers host and Honda factory driver spurred his prototype through the traffic masterfully, going from the very back to second place in just eight laps. The Wolf would eventually overheat toward the end of Eversley’s stint, but after getting it repaired, he reeled off the quickest lap of the entire race.
Here’s the onboard view of the opening laps just to give you a taste of that kind of insanity.
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