British · Born 1993 · #60 Acura ARX-06 · Meyer Shank Racing
Tom Blomqvist's father Stig won the 1984 World Rally Championship driving for Audi — one of the most celebrated rally seasons in history, during the legendary Group B era when rally cars were the most powerful and dangerous racing machines on earth. Tom chose circuit racing instead of rallying, forging his own identity in DTM and endurance racing. The name Blomqvist carries enormous weight in motorsport, and Tom has done everything necessary to earn his own place within that legacy.
Tom Blomqvist was born in 1993 in England. His father Stig Blomqvist is Swedish and was one of the greatest rally drivers of his era — the 1984 World Rally Championship title came in one of motorsport's most spectacular seasons, with Group B cars like the Audi Quattro S1 producing over 500 horsepower and reaching speeds that would be breathtaking even by modern standards. The Group B era was ultimately stopped on safety grounds after a series of fatal accidents, but its legacy — and Stig's championship within it — is permanent.
Tom grew up with motorsport woven into his environment but made the deliberate decision to pursue circuit racing rather than rallying. This was not the obvious choice for a driver with his family background, and it demonstrated both independence of thought and a genuine engagement with what circuit racing offers as a discipline in its own right. Single-seaters, then touring cars, then GT and endurance racing — Tom built his career through earned progression rather than inherited advantage.
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters — DTM — is one of Europe's most prestigious touring car championships. Run on legendary German circuits like the Nürburgring, Hockenheim, and the Norisring street circuit, it has historically attracted manufacturer support from Audi, BMW, and Mercedes, meaning factory resources and genuine competition at the highest level of touring car racing.
Tom Blomqvist's years in DTM were a formative experience that tested and refined his car control, race management, and the specific technical demands of front-heavy touring car machinery. DTM cars are complex, demanding, and very different from the lightweight prototypes Tom would eventually race in IMSA — but the fundamentals of racecraft, of reading a race and managing tire degradation, translate directly.
The DTM also placed Blomqvist in direct competition with the best European touring car drivers, and he emerged from that environment with his reputation enhanced. Drivers who perform well in DTM tend to earn the attention of the factory programs that run endurance racing campaigns, and Blomqvist's transition to Acura and IMSA followed naturally from that attention.
Meyer Shank Racing is one of IMSA's most interesting teams — a family-owned American operation with factory Acura support that has consistently punched above its apparent weight. The team won the 2022 Rolex 24 at Daytona in dramatic circumstances, and has established itself as a genuine front-running operation in the GTP class despite being smaller and less traditionally resourced than some of its rivals.
Tom Blomqvist's full-time factory role at Meyer Shank gives him continuity — the same engineers, the same car, the same operational rhythm race after race — that allows a driver to build genuine speed and confidence. He knows the Acura ARX-06's characteristics intimately: its handling balance, its limits, how it responds to the setup changes that Sebring's specific demands require. That depth of knowledge is one of the things that separates the genuine factory regulars from the occasional guest drivers who populate endurance race grids.
In endurance racing, the hours between roughly midnight and 4 a.m. are where races are often decided. The track is cooler, which changes tire behavior. Visibility is limited to what the headlights illuminate, which changes the reference points drivers use for braking and turn-in. Traffic from slower classes is harder to judge. And physical and mental fatigue is at its worst — drivers who seemed sharp in the afternoon can make uncharacteristic errors at 2 a.m. if they are not physically prepared or mentally practiced.
Tom Blomqvist has been specifically praised for his night driving. His calm, methodical approach — the quality his teammates and engineers most consistently credit him with — pays particular dividends in the dark hours. While some drivers lose pace at night, Blomqvist maintains near-daylight lap times through precision and focus. In a twelve-hour race at Sebring that starts in the late afternoon and runs well into darkness, that consistency is invaluable.
Tom's co-driver Scott Dixon is a six-time IndyCar champion — one of the most decorated open-wheel racers in American motorsport history. Dixon brings a completely different discipline to the #60 car: IndyCar racing at speeds over 230 mph on ovals, with very different car dynamics and driving techniques from the endurance prototype world. Dixon's presence in the car adds a unique dimension to the #60's story, and the combination of his IndyCar precision with Blomqvist's endurance expertise and Colin Braun's IMSA experience makes the lineup genuinely multi-dimensional.
Watch Tom Blomqvist in the second half of the race. As the sun sets and Sebring moves from the afternoon heat into the cooler evening, Blomqvist's stints will reflect his prepared, consistent approach. He is the kind of driver who wins you laps rather than losing them — the quiet, reliable performance that endurance racing rewards above almost any other quality. And if you're following the story of a championship legacy playing out on a different stage, there is something genuinely resonant about watching Stig Blomqvist's son racing for an overall win at one of America's most storied circuits.
Tom's father Stig Blomqvist won the 1984 World Rally Championship for Audi during the extraordinary Group B era. Group B cars were unconstrained by modern safety regulations and produced terrifying performance: all-wheel drive, twin-turbocharged engines, and power figures that were essentially whatever the engineers could extract. Stig was one of the era's masters. Tom chose circuit racing over his father's discipline — a decision that reflects his independence and has led him to the top level of GTP endurance racing.
The Acura ARX-06 is Acura's (Honda's North American luxury brand) GTP competitor. Its twin-turbocharged V6 engine is paired with a hybrid system, and the car has been developed with significant input from Honda's motorsport engineering division. Meyer Shank Racing's intimate knowledge of the platform — built over multiple seasons — means the team is expert at optimizing the ARX-06 specifically for each circuit's demands. Sebring, with its harsh surface and long straights, requires a specific setup approach, and MSR brings the experience to find it.