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Swedish Formula 3 Championship Race

Anderstorp, 14 Aug 1977

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Stefan Johansson Argo JM1 [003-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#2 Anglia Cars
15 11m 44.4s
2 Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd Ralt RT1/76 [37] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#9 National Racing Team
15 11m 47.5s
3 Matts Nygren March 763 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#17
15 11m 48.1s
4 Thorbjörn Carlsson Ralt RT1/76 [12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#54
15 12m 04.1s
5 Håkan Alriksson Ralt RT1/76 [20] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#5 National Racing Team
15 12m 04.7s
6 Mikael Bender Van Diemen 376 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#38
15 12m 31.3s
7 Jan Swedenborg Van Diemen 376 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#16 LB Hus Racing
14
8 Per Sundet GRD 375 [102-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#34
14
9 Kjell Andersson Merlyn Mk 21 [328/F3/72] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#18 (see note 1)
14
10 Bonde Hallenmark Brabham BT38C [21?] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#8 (see note 2)
14
11 Magnus Häggstam Brabham BT28 [30] - Ford twin cam
#42
14
12 Ronny Persson Brabham BT41 [32] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#24
13
R Egert Haglund March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#27
8
R Ingvar Carlsson Viking TH1B - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#47 Ferguson HiFi o TV
4 Snurrade
UNK Dragutin Ovcar March 743 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#15

UNK Dick Berg GRD 372 [010-F3] - BMW M10 Billgren
#19 Håkans Bildelar AB (see note 3)

UNK Greger Aronsson Brabham BT41 [14S] - Ford twin cam
#25

UNK Kaal Wirgin Brabham BT38C [14] - Ford twin cam
#37 (see note 4)

UNK Kenny Bodén Brabham BT35
#39

DNS Jan Ridell March 753 [19] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#4 Viso Pro Team
Did not start
(Accident)

All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Stefan Johansson (F3) 2-litre Argo JM1 [003-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 45.7s
2 Matts Nygren (F3) 2-litre March 763 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 46.0s
3 Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [37] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 46.1s
4 Håkan Alriksson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [20] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 46.4s
5 Thorbjörn Carlsson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 46.7s
6 Ingvar Carlsson (F3) 2-litre Viking TH1B - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 47.0s
7 Jan Ridell * (F3) 2-litre March 753 [19] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 47.8s
8 Mikael Bender (F3) 2-litre Van Diemen 376 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 48.3s
9 Jan Swedenborg (F3) 2-litre Van Diemen 376 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 48.4s
10 Dragutin Ovcar (F3) 2-litre March 743 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 48.7s
11 Per Sundet (F3) 2-litre GRD 375 [102-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 48.8s
12 Egert Haglund (F3) 2-litre March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Holbay 49.5s
13 Bonde Hallenmark (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT38C [21?] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 49.6s
14 Dick Berg (F3) 2-litre GRD 372 [010-F3] - BMW M10 Billgren 52.1s
15 Ronny Persson (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT41 [32] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 52.4s
16 Kjell Andersson (F3) 2-litre Merlyn Mk 21 [328/F3/72] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 52.5s
17 Magnus Häggstam (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT28 [30] - Ford twin cam 54.2s
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. GRD 372 [010-F3] (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.
  4. 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.

Sources

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