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Comfort Trofén

Anderstorp, 14 May 1978

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Ulf Svensson Ralt RT1/78 [110] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#3
12 19m 43.0s
2 Thorbjörn Carlsson Ralt RT1/76 [12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#13
12 19m 47.3s
3 Pär Olsson Chevron B38 [38.77.12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#22 (see note 1)
12 19m 53.7s
4 Bo Martinsson March 753 [3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#12 Bearcat Industridäck
12 19m 54.3s
5 Søren Aggerholm Ralt RT1/76 [17] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#76
12 19m 59.0s
6 Magnus Häggstam Ralt RT1/76 [15] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#7 Pastejköket
12 20m 17.1s
7 Lars Svensson Brabham BT41 [14] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#28 (see note 2)
12 20m 17.7s
8 Nils-Åke Carlborg Ralt RT1/78 [126] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#15 Aneby Hus Racing
12 20m 27.3s
9 Egert Haglund March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#23
12 20m 30.3s
10 Kaal Wirgin Brabham BT38C [14] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#5 (see note 3)
11
11 Stanley Dickens Ralt RT1/76 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#9 Zachry/Duckhams
11 Engine
12 Tryggve Grönvall GRD 375 [373-047“K”] - Ford ohc
#17
10
R Bonde Hallenmark Brabham BT38C [21?] - Ford twin cam
#19 (see note 4)
7
R Mats Peterson Paninder March 753 [19] - Renault Carlström
#18 Wilco Kemiprodukter
5
DNA Anders Olofsson Ralt RT1/77 [56] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#1 Strike Up Racing Team (see note 5)
Did not arrive
DNA Matts Nygren unknown
#2
Did not arrive
DNA Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd Ralt RT1/76 [37] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#4 Strike Up Racing Team
Did not arrive
DNA Dragutin Ovcar March 743 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#6 O Sole Mio Racing Team
Did not arrive
DNA Jan Swedenborg unknown
#8
Did not arrive
DNA Dick Berg GRD 372 [010] - BMW M10 Billgren
#11 Häkans Bildelar AB (see note 6)
Did not arrive
DNA Stefan Johansson Argo JM1 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#14 Anglia Cars Ltd
Did not arrive
DNA Per Sundet March 763 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#16
Did not arrive
DNA Ronny Persson Brabham BT41 [32] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#21 Seatrain Racing Team
Did not arrive
DNA Jan Ridell Van Diemen 376 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#24 Hans Wängstre
Did not arrive
DNA Kurt Liljekvist GRD 376 [373-043] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#25 Delta Racing DK
Did not arrive
DNA Jørgen Ørsum Chevron B38 [38.77.16] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#26 (see note 7)
Did not arrive
DNA Christian Häggstam Brabham BT28 [30] - Ford twin cam
#27
Did not arrive

All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Ulf Svensson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [110] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 37.6s
2 Stanley Dickens (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 37.8s
3 Pär Olsson (F3) 2-litre Chevron B38 [38.77.12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 38.0s
4 Thorbjörn Carlsson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 38.2s
5 Bo Martinsson (F3) 2-litre March 753 [3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 38.8s
6 Søren Aggerholm (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [17] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 39.1s
7 Lars Svensson (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT41 [14] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1m 40.2s
8 Mats Peterson Paninder (F3) 2-litre March 753 [19] - Renault Carlström 1m 40.2s
9 Magnus Häggstam (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [15] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 40.5s
10 Nils-Åke Carlborg (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [126] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 41.1s
11 Bonde Hallenmark (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT38C [21?] - Ford twin cam 1m 44.3s
12 Kaal Wirgin (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT38C [14] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1m 44.5s
13 Egert Haglund (F3) 2-litre March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Holbay 1m 44.6s
14 Tryggve Grönvall (F3) 2-litre GRD 375 [373-047“K”] - Ford ohc 1m 50.3s

Notes on the cars:

  1. Chevron B38 [38.77.12] (Pär Olsson): New to Fernando Spreafico and raced in European F3 in 1977. To Pär Olsson for Swedish F3 in 1978 and 1979. To Søren Aggerholm for the Swedish SSK series in 1980.
  2. Brabham BT41 [14] (Lars Svensson): New to Ulf Svensson in 1973.
  3. Brabham BT38C [14] (Kaal Wirgin): New to Ulf Svensson for European F3 in 1972, using Holbay engines and sponsored by Team Mum for Men. According to Magnus Haggstam, this car went to Lasse Karlsson for 1973 and raced by him in F3 until at least 1975. Then to Kaal Wirgin in 1976, and raced by him Swedish Formula 3 Championship races in 1977 and 1978, before he acquired a newer Argo. The car was next seen in 2000, when it was acquired by Carsten Frimodt (Denmark). It was restored to F2 specification with an 1860cc engine and was raced by Frimodt in Sweden in 2006 and 2007. Frimodt sold it to another Dane who sold it to Dr Sami Hamid (Vienna, Austria) in 2010. It was restored for him by Marcel Biehl of Biehl Racing (Moenchengladbach, Germany) to proper F3 specification. It was sold to John Albiston (Elgin, Scotland) in 2018, who modified it to Formula Atlantic specification and used to win the Scottish Historic Hillclimb and Sprint Championship in 2019 and 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. Ralt RT1/77 [56] (Anders Olofsson): New to Anders Olofsson for 1977 according to Ralt records, and raced by him in European and Swedish F3 with backing from Puss o Kram Jeans. Retained by Olofsson for 1978, now as Strike Up Racing Team. To Pomeroy Racing Team for 1979, when it was raced by Olofsson and by Björn Ohlsson. Raced by Hans Edvinsson in 1980.
  6. GRD 372 [010] (Dick Berg): 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.
  7. Chevron B38 [38.77.16] (Jørgen Ørsum): New to Texaco Racing Denmark for Henrik Spellerberg to race in European and Swedish F3 in 1977. Spellerberg replaced the car with a Ralt in mid-season. To Søren Aggerholm for a few races later in 1977. To Jørgen Ørsum in late 1977, and retained for 1978 and 1979.

Sources

Note that 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' published results.

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