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Swedish Formula 3 Championship Race

Kinnekullering, 24 Jun 1979

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Thorbjörn Carlsson Ralt RT1/76 [12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#2 		15 13m 21.3s
142.8 mph
2 Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd Ralt RT1/78 [126] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#3 Strike Ten Racing Team 		15 13m 27.2s
3 Jan Hedström Ralt RT1/76 [37] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#28 		15 13m 32.4s
4 Jan Ridell Argo JM1 [003-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#9 		15 13m 32.9s
5 Bengt Trägårdh Ralt RT1/78 [110] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#15 Meltonian 		15 13m 38.4s
6 Mats Peterson Paninder Martini MK27 [005] - Renault 20TS Danielsson
#12 Wilko Bilvårdsprodukter 		15 13m 42.9s
7 Pär Olsson Chevron B38 [38.77.12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#5 (see note 1) 		15 13m 45.6s
8 Tryggve Grönvall Ralt RT1/78 [123] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#14 		15 13m 48.7s
9 Magnus Häggstam Ralt RT1/76 [15] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#10 Pastejköket 		15 13m 55.9s
10 Per Sundet March 763 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#26 		15 13m 57.2s
11 Kaal Wirgin Argo JM3 [027-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#16 AB Dentalteknik 		15 14m 11.7s
12 Håkan Backman Brabham BT41 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#25 		14
R Olav Rønningen GRD 375 [102-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#29 		10 Accident
R Tomas Kaiser Ralt RT1/76 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#17 		3
R Christer Lundberg March 753 [19] - Ford twin cam
#19 Wilko Bilvårdsprodukter 		1
DNA Egert Haglund March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#8 		Did not arrive
DNA Björn Ohlsson Ralt RT1/77 [56] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#18 Pomeroy Racing (see note 2) 		Did not arrive
DNA Bertil Neth GRD 375 [373-047“K”] - Ford ohc Holbay
#24 		Did not arrive

All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [126] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 52.73s
2 Thorbjörn Carlsson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 52.84s
3 Jan Hedström (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [37] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 53.18s
4 Pär Olsson (F3) 2-litre Chevron B38 [38.77.12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 53.47s
5 Mats Peterson Paninder (F3) 2-litre Martini MK27 [005] - Renault 20TS Danielsson 53.5s
6 Jan Ridell (F3) 2-litre Argo JM1 [003-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 53.57s
7 Magnus Häggstam (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [15] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 53.89s
8 Tomas Kaiser (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 54.11s
9 Bengt Trägårdh (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [110] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 54.18s
10 Per Sundet (F3) 2-litre March 763 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 54.2s
11 Kaal Wirgin (F3) 2-litre Argo JM3 [027-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 55.42s
12 Olav Rønningen (F3) 2-litre GRD 375 [102-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 55.57s
13 Håkan Backman (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT41 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 58.91s
14 Tryggve Grönvall (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [123] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 04.54s
15 Christer Lundberg (F3) 2-litre March 753 [19] - Ford twin cam 1m 13.57s

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. 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.

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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