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SSK F3 Series Race

Mantorp Park, 18 Apr 1976

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Stefan Johansson GRD 375 [373-047“K”] - Ford twin cam
#34
6 09m 39.0s
2 Thorbjörn Carlsson Brabham BT38C [18] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#12 Team Viktor (see note 1)
6 09m 44.8s
3 Jan Ridell GRD 372 [010-F3] - BMW M10 Billgren
#10 Autosport
6 09m 45.9s
4 Thomas Gunnarsson Merlyn Mk 22 [440/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#15 Bildelar Värnamo AB
6 09m 58.2s
5 Nils-Åke Carlborg Brabham BT41 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#16 Aneby Hus Racing
6 10m 36.1s
6 C-G Linnaeus Brabham BT28 [4] - Ford twin cam BRM
#25 Auto Alfa/Team Cast (see note 2)
6 10m 40.7s
7 Walter Backen Brabham - Ford twin cam
#37
5
R Bengt Arvelid Van Diemen 376 - Ford twin cam
#17 Bilsom Hörselskydd
2
UNK Jan Melin Brabham BT28 [32] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#28 Team Bålsta Släpet

UNK Bonde Hallenmark Brabham BT38C [21?] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#26 (see note 3)

UNK Søren Poul Hansen GRD 375/376 - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#27 Niewing Auto

UNK Sven Bengtsson unknown
#29

UNK Ronny Steenberg Brabham BT28 - Ford twin cam
#31

UNK Stanley Dickens unknown
#32

UNK Hans Johansson unknown
#33

UNK Egert Haglund March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#36

All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Stefan Johansson (F3) 2-litre GRD 375 [373-047“K”] - Ford twin cam
2 Thorbjörn Carlsson (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT38C [18] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
3 Jan Ridell (F3) 2-litre GRD 372 [010-F3] - BMW M10 Billgren
4 Thomas Gunnarsson (F3) 2-litre Merlyn Mk 22 [440/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
5 Bengt Arvelid (F3) 2-litre Van Diemen 376 - Ford twin cam
6 Nils-Åke Carlborg (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT41 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
7 Jan Melin (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT28 [32] - Ford twin cam Holbay
8 Walter Backen (F3) 2-litre Brabham - Ford twin cam
9 C-G Linnaeus (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT28 [4] - Ford twin cam BRM

Notes on the cars:

  1. 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. 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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Sources

The identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' original results.

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