Swedish Formula 3 Championship Race
Kinnekullering, 20 Jun 1976
Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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1 | Conny Ljungfeldt | Viking TH1A [03] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #7 Rotel Racing Team |
15 | 15m 40.2s |
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2 | Claes Sigurdsson | Ralt RT1/76 [15] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #24 Dalsy Konfektion AB |
15 | 15m 40.8s |
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3 | Håkan Alriksson | Ralt RT1/76 [20] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #4 |
15 | 15m 45.0s |
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4 | Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd | Van Diemen 376 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #9 Rotel Racing Team |
15 | 15m 49.8s |
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5 | Jan Ridell | GRD 372 [010-F3] - BMW M10 Billgren #10 Autosport (see note 1) |
15 | 15m 57.8s |
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6 | Ingvar Carlsson | GRD 375 [102-F3] - Ford twin cam #3 Bilsom Hörselskydd |
15 | 16m 00.1s |
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7 | Erkki Salminen | Ralt RT1/76 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #11 Vätterleden Racing |
15 | 16m 01.2s |
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8 | Bosse Hagberg | March 753 [19] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #18 Lerdalshöjden Rättvik |
15 | 16m 05.7s |
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9 | Ulf Karlsson | Viking TH1A [01] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #47 |
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10 | Thorbjörn Carlsson | Brabham BT38C [18] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #12 Team Viktor (see note 2) |
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11 | Lars Svensson | Brabham BT41 [14] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #46 Valvoline Deutschland (see note 3) |
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12 | Stefan Johansson | GRD 375 [373-047“K”] - Ford ohc Holbay #34 Kenitex |
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13 | Matts Nygren | March 743 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #2 |
14 | ||||||
14 | Thomas Gunnarsson | Merlyn Mk 22 [440/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #15 Bildelar Värnamo AB (see note 4) |
14 | ||||||
15 | Anders Hermansson | Brabham BT41 [20] - Ford twin cam #14 |
14 | ||||||
16 | C-G Linnaeus | Brabham BT28 [4] - Ford twin cam BRM #25 Auto Alfa/Team Castrol (see note 5) |
14 | ||||||
17 | Kjell Andersson | Merlyn Mk 21 [328/F3/72] - Ford twin cam #6 (see note 6) |
13 | ||||||
18 | Dragutin Ovcar | Brabham BT21 - Ford twin cam #39 |
12 | ||||||
19 | Nils-Åke Carlborg | Brabham BT41 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #16 Aneby Hus Racing Team |
11 | ||||||
R | Jan Melin | Brabham BT28 [32] - Ford twin cam Holbay #28 Team Bålsta Släpet |
9 | ||||||
R | Greger Aronsson | Brabham BT41 [14S] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #5 |
5 | ||||||
R | Jan Brunstedt | Brabham BT35 [26] - Ford twin cam #44 Industriflyg Aviation |
4 | ||||||
R | Bonde Hallenmark | Brabham BT38C [21?] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #26 (see note 7) |
2 | ||||||
UNK | Curt Norrman | Brabham BT41 [25] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #1 |
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UNK | Mats Peterson Paninder | Brabham BT28 [43] - Ford twin cam Holbay #22 Topprint Tröjtryck (see note 8) |
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UNK | Christer Johansson | (F3) 1.6-litre Veemax VW #41 |
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DNA | Eje Elgh | Viking TH1A [01] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #8 Rotel Racing Team |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Ebbe Karlsson | GRD 373 [049-F3] - Ford twin cam #13 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Ronny Steenberg | Brabham BT28 - Ford twin cam #31 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Egert Haglund | March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam #36 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Dick Berg | Brabham BT28/35 - Ford twin cam #42 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Thomas Waara | (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T252 VW #45 BeeVee Racing Service |
Did not arrive |
All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.
Qualifying | |||||
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1 | Jan Ridell | (F3) 2-litre GRD 372 [010-F3] - BMW M10 Billgren | 59.0s | ||
2 | Håkan Alriksson | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [20] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 59.2s | ||
3 | Ulf Karlsson | (F3) 2-litre Viking TH1A [01] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 00.0s | ||
4 | Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd | (F3) 2-litre Van Diemen 376 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 00.2s | ||
5 | Claes Sigurdsson | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [15] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 00.5s | ||
6 | Bosse Hagberg | (F3) 2-litre March 753 [19] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 00.6s | ||
7 | Stefan Johansson | (F3) 2-litre GRD 375 [373-047“K”] - Ford ohc Holbay | 1m 01.4s | ||
8 | Lars Svensson | (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT41 [14] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | 1m 02.4s | ||
9 | Erkki Salminen | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 03.1s | ||
10 | Matts Nygren | (F3) 2-litre March 743 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 03.7s | ||
11 | Conny Ljungfeldt | (F3) 2-litre Viking TH1A [03] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 03.8s | ||
12 | Ingvar Carlsson | (F3) 2-litre GRD 375 [102-F3] - Ford twin cam | 1m 04.1s | ||
13 | Kjell Andersson | (F3) 2-litre Merlyn Mk 21 [328/F3/72] - Ford twin cam | 1m 04.3s | ||
14 | Jan Brunstedt | (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT35 [26] - Ford twin cam | 1m 05.3s | ||
15 | Greger Aronsson | (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT41 [14S] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | 1m 05.6s | ||
16 | Curt Norrman | (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT41 [25] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | 1m 05.8s | ||
17 | C-G Linnaeus | (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT28 [4] - Ford twin cam BRM | 1m 07.9s | ||
18 | Nils-Åke Carlborg | (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT41 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 09.6s | ||
19 | Mats Peterson Paninder | (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT28 [43] - Ford twin cam Holbay | 1m 09.8s | ||
20 | Thorbjörn Carlsson | (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT38C [18] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | 1m 10.0s | ||
21 | Dragutin Ovcar | (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT21 - Ford twin cam | 1m 11.5s | ||
22 | Thomas Gunnarsson | (F3) 2-litre Merlyn Mk 22 [440/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | 1m 12.1s | ||
23 | Christer Johansson | (F3) 1.6-litre Veemax - VW | 1m 16.3s |
Notes on the cars:
- GRD 372 [010-F3] (Jan Ridell): Raced by Canadian David McConnell in the 1972 Tasman series, using 2-litre Hart BDA engines. McConnell had a new B72 on order, and his plan was to sell the prototype to Jacques Couture. When that fell through, 010 was converted to F3 and sold to Mo Harness. Harness had won the 1971 Formula Ford Johnsons Wax Euro Trophy but turned down the test drive that had been offered as a prize with Ken Tyrrell and an F2 March. After a brief relationship with GRD, he then used an old BT28 F3 car in the first half of 1972 before acquiring sponsorship from Revolution Wheels and returning to GRD mid-season. Harness raced the GRD in British Formula 3 using Leabro engines. He then sold it to Jac Nellemann for Swedish F3 in 1973. In 1974, the car went to Jan Ridell, who raced it in Swedish 3, now using 2-litre Vegantune engines. Retained by Ridell for 1975, when he used Billgren BMW engines. Retained again by Ridell for 1976. To Dick Berg for Swedish F3 in 1977 and 1978, again with the Billgren BMW engines. Next seen in 1980, when it was raced by Mats Karlsson, now using Vegantune twin cams. Retained by Karlsson for 1981.
- Brabham BT38C [18] (Thorbjörn Carlsson): New to Allan McCully and raced as part of the Australian International Racing Organisation (AIRO) in British F3 and some European events in 1972. The car was owned by Larry Sevitt's Tiran Auto Centre, which ran the AIRO F3 operation in the UK. Badly damaged on its debut at Silverstone in April but presumably repaired and the car driven by McCully at Monaco in mid-May. Then raced by Bill McGovern at Brands Hatch two weeks later, and crashed again, after which AIRO split up and McCully flew back to New Zealand. Irishman Damien Magee took over the drive, now entered by Tiran Auto Centre, and finished second at Brands Hatch and third at Thruxton in August. Sevitt was planning to test Ian Taylor and Barrie Maskell in August, but Magee retained the drive until the end of October. The "ex-Magee" car was advertised with Novamotor engine from a Tunbridge Wells number in January 1973. This would presumably be the "ex Magee" BT38C of Leif Spalding in Swedish F3 in 1973. Then with Thorbjörn Carlsson in 1975 and 1976. Subsequent history unknown.
- Brabham BT41 [14] (Lars Svensson): New to Ulf Svensson in 1973.
- Merlyn Mk 22 [440/F3/73] (Thomas Gunnarsson): New to Håkan Dahlqvist for British and European F3 in 1973, and described as a "Mk 22". Dahlqvist won the Swedish F3 title in this car. Retained by Dahlqvist for Swedish F3 in 1974, when it was also driven at one race by Matts Nygren. To Lars-Åke Olsson for Swedish F3 in 1975. To Thomas Gunnarsson for Swedish F3 in 1976. To Thorbjörn Bäck for Swedish F3 in 1977. Subsequent history unknown, but in about 1987 or 1988, Richard Parkin located the car in Sweden and brought it back to England. He sold it to Anthony Taylor about a year later, and Taylor restored it to Formula B specification, using it briefly in HSCC historic racing. Taylor's understanding was that it was Dahlqvist's Swedish F3 championship winning car. The car was later sold via Chris Alford about 1994 or 1995. Richard Taylor, Anthony's son, recalls that it might have gone to Canada.
- Brabham BT28 [4] (C-G Linnaeus): New for Ulf Svensson (Sweden) and raced in European F3 in 1969. Retained for 1970 and entered for Conny Andersson in European F3. Retained early 1971 but then unknown until noted by F1 Register as the car of C-G. Linnaeus in 1976. Subsequent history unknown but a car with this number in historic racing from 1999 onwards.
- Merlyn Mk 21 [328/F3/72] (Kjell Andersson): New to Håkan Dahlqvist for Formula 3 in Sweden and England. Dahlqvist won at Mantorp Park in June and Knutstorp in September. Retained by Dahlqvist's Karlssons Klister Racing Team as a second car in 1973 and driven by Stig Blomqvist and Conny Ljungfeldt. It was then sold to Mats Byström for 1974. To Kjell Andersson for 1975. Retained by Andersson for 1976 and 1977. Subsequent history unknown.
- Brabham BT38C [21?] (Bonde Hallenmark): Bonde Hallenmark raced a Brabham BT38C in Swedish Formula 3 in 1976, 1977 and 1978. As Ulf Svensson's BT38C/14 and Thorbjörn Carlsson's "ex Magee" BT38C/18 can be traced into 1976 or 1977, this is likely to have been the ex-Conny Andersson BT38C/21. Subsequent history unknown.
- Brabham BT28 [43] (Mats Peterson Paninder): A new car for Gustaf Dieden which first appeared at Karlskoga in August 1970 and raced in Scandinavian F3. Then hired by Torsten Palm, who had previously raced a BT28 for Picko Troberg's Mennen Racing Team, and used as a private entry in the Torneio Brasileiro de Formula 3. Retained by Palm in 1000cc form for the start of the 1971 Swedish F3 series as his new 1600cc BT35 was not yet ready. To Leif Engström 1972-1975 then Mats Peterson Paninder 1976 and 1977. Subsequent history unknown.
Sources
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