UNI
XX - TR MOTORSPORT
Asi
a After Dark got track si
de wi
th l
ocal Raci
ng Dri
ver Thomas Ral
dorf
SO THOMAS, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF?
I am 46 years ol
d, from Denmark and marri
ed. I have a 12 year ol
d
daughter and have l
i
ved here i
n Thai
l
and for 21 years. I ori
gi
nal
l
y came to
Thai
l
and worki
ng for a Travel Agency sel
l
i
ng package tours to Dani
sh
customers.
F ROM PACKAGE TOURS TO RACI
NG CARS,
HOW DI
D THAT HAPPEN?
I have al
ways l
oved raci
ng cars. When I was 10 years ol
d I was gi
ven a
membershi
p for raci
ng Motocross Bi
kes. However, the day I went my bi
ke
was not ready. I rel
uctantl
y agreed to j
ump i
nto a Go-kart and try my hand
at that and never l
ooked back. My father was a raci
ng dri
ver so I guess i
t
was j
ust meant to be, fol
l
owi
ng hi
s footsteps. I spent 26 years raci
ng
Go-Karts before swappi
ng to raci
ng cars whi
ch I have done for the l
ast 10
years now.
WHO DO YOU DRI
VE FOR?
I have my own raci
ng Team whi
ch i
s sponsored by UNI
XX. Thi
s year I wi
l
l
be competi
ng i
n both the Thai
l
and Super Seri
es and al
so the TOYO-3K
Champi
onshi
p.
SI
NCE RACI
NG CARS WHAT HAS BEEN
YOUR BI
GGEST ACHI
EVEMENT TO DATE?
I
n 2015 I managed a cl
ean sweep wi
nni
ng the Dri
vers Champi
onshi
p, the
Team Champi
onshi
p and al
so the Tyre Champi
onshi
p. Havi
ng won al
l of
these Champi
onshi
ps I was awared the Royal Trophy, an award I am so
very proud to have won as a raci
ng dri
ver.