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Västkustloppet

Falkenburg, 20 May 1979

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Magnus Häggstam Ralt RT1/76 [15] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#10 Pastejköket
25 18m 05.4s
151.7 mph
2 Tryggve Grönvall Ralt RT1/78 [123] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#14
25 18m 05.7s
3 Leo Andersson Ralt RT1/76 [37] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#27
25 18m 24.5s
4 Olav Rønningen GRD 375 [102-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#29
25 18m 31.5s
5 Kaal Wirgin Argo JM3 [027-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#16
24
6 Björn Ohlsson Ralt RT1/77 [56] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#18 Pomeroy Racing (see note 1)
24
R Jørgen Ørsum Chevron B38 [38.77.16] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#41 (see note 2)
20
R Egert Haglund March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#8
16
DNS Greger Aronsson Brabham BT41 [14S] - Ford twin cam
#23
Did not start
DNA Christer Lundberg March 753 [19] - Ford twin cam
#19 Wilko Bilvardskem
Did not arrive
DNA Håkan Backman Brabham BT41 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#25
Did not arrive
DNA Per Sundet March 763 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#26
Did not arrive

All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Magnus Häggstam (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [15] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 40.2s
2 Björn Ohlsson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/77 [56] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 40.4s
3 Tryggve Grönvall (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [123] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 40.5s
4 Leo Andersson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [37] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 40.6s
5 Egert Haglund (F3) 2-litre March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Holbay 40.7s
6 Jørgen Ørsum (F3) 2-litre Chevron B38 [38.77.16] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 40.8s
7 Olav Rønningen (F3) 2-litre GRD 375 [102-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 41.4s
8 Kaal Wirgin (F3) 2-litre Argo JM3 [027-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 42.1s
9 Greger Aronsson * (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT41 [14S] - Ford twin cam 42.8s
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Ralt RT1/77 [56] (Björn Ohlsson): 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.
  2. 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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