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Swedish Formula 3 Championship Race

Anderstorp, 6 May 1979

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd Ralt RT1/78 [126] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#3 Strike Ten Racing Team
12 19m 19.19s
150.2 mph
2 Jan Ridell Argo JM1 [003-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#9
12 19m 20.61s
3 Thorbjörn Carlsson Ralt RT1/76 [12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#2
12 19m 21.07s
4 Mats Peterson Paninder Martini MK27 [005] - Renault 20TS Danielsson
#12 Wilko Bilvardskem
12 19m 38.36s
5 Bengt Trägårdh Ralt RT1/78 [110] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#15 Meltonian
12 19m 40.00s
6 Magnus Häggstam Ralt RT1/76 [15] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#10 Pastejköket
12 19m 42.25s
7 Per Sundet March 763 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#26
12 20m 12.73s
8 Egert Haglund March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#8
12 20m 13.90s
9 Tryggve Grönvall Ralt RT1/78 [123] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#14
12 20m 27.72s
10 Olav Rønningen GRD 375 [102-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#29
12 20m 42.66s
11 Björn Ohlsson Ralt RT1/77 [56] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#18 Pomeroy Racing (see note 1)
12 20m 57.64s
12 Kaal Wirgin Argo JM3 [027-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#16
12 21m 06.83s
13 Håkan Backman Brabham BT41 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#25
11
R Pär Olsson Chevron B38 [38.77.12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#5 (see note 2)
7
DSQ Jan Hedström Ralt RT1/76 [37] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#28
12 20m 26.36s
DNS Per-Erik Johansson March 753 [19] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#22 Wilko Bilvardskem
Did not start
DNA Tomas Kaiser Ralt RT1/76 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#17
Did not arrive
DNA Christer Lundberg March 753 [19] - Ford twin cam
#19 Wilko Bilvardskem
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 1m 36.01s
2 Jan Ridell (F3) 2-litre Argo JM1 [003-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 36.04s
3 Thorbjörn Carlsson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 36.09s
4 Mats Peterson Paninder (F3) 2-litre Martini MK27 [005] - Renault 20TS Danielsson 1m 36.62s
5 Bengt Trägårdh (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [110] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 36.74s
6 Pär Olsson (F3) 2-litre Chevron B38 [38.77.12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 36.75s
7 Per Sundet (F3) 2-litre March 763 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 38.08s
8 Björn Ohlsson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/77 [56] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 39.94s
9 Egert Haglund (F3) 2-litre March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Holbay 1m 40.43s
10 Jan Hedström (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [37] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 40.61s
11 Magnus Häggstam (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [15] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 41.61s
12 Olav Rønningen (F3) 2-litre GRD 375 [102-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1m 42.25s
13 Tryggve Grönvall (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [123] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 43.06s
14 Kaal Wirgin (F3) 2-litre Argo JM3 [027-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 43.46s
15 Håkan Backman (F3) 2-litre Brabham BT41 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 49.83s
16 Per-Erik Johansson * (F3) 2-litre March 753 [19] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1m 52.86s
 
* 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 [38.77.12] (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.

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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