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Gothenburg 1000, 2-3 December 2006
Many of you have probably read race stories or seen results on the Sveslot pages. Here comes a short story with some images.
The annual Gothenburg 1000 race was once again hosted by the
club of GO-69. Track and place were Partille outside Gothenburg.
Contestants from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Great Britain
were present.
Production 1:24
Saturday started with Production 1:24. 42 entries. Qualifying
and mains were run. Most laps, regardless of main, wins.
Anders Gustafson was the top qualifier 5.254 with a big margin down to
Mats Andersson 5,384 and Brian Saunders 5,410.
Anders and Brian fought for the lead while the rest had to
battle for third place and downwards.
When all the mains were driven we could see that the top three came
from three different nations, Sweden, Great Britain and Denmark.
|
1. |
Anders Gustafson |
251.40 |
|
2. |
Brian Saunders |
249.45 |
|
3. |
Lars Nørkjær |
242.20 |
|
4. |
Lasse Åberg |
241.75 |
|
5. |
Lasse Törn |
241.30 |
|
6. |
Thomas Schüler |
235.50 |
|
7. |
Mikael Palmqvist |
234.10 |
|
8. |
Robin Lundmark |
230.75 |
Final C
Final B
Final A
2:nd place Brian Saunders. Winner Anders Gustafson 3:rd place Lars Nørkjær
Open 12
40 entries. Home "boy" Janne Ekman topped the qualifying
charts 4,659. In second Anders Gustafson 4,742 and Brian Saunders 4,777.
The race system was the same as in Production with
qualifying and several mains.
When all mains were driven we once again saw Anders Gustafson on top
followed by Brian Saunders.
|
1. |
Anders Gustafson |
274.60 |
|
2. |
Brian Saunders |
272.05 |
|
3. |
Lasse Åberg |
264.50 |
|
4. |
Tobias Lestrell |
261.10 |
|
5. |
Lars Nørkjær |
260.65 |
|
6. |
Christer Helgesson |
257.20 |
|
7. |
Torgny Nordgren |
254.95 |
|
8. |
Mikael Gustavsson |
252.15 |
Final C
Final B
Final A
2:nd Brian Saunders. Winner Anders Gustafson. 3:rd Lasse Åberg
Eurosport 24
We then moved to sunday and the Eurosport 24 class. Here we
ran qualifying, heats and one main. 34 cars were in the field.
Janne Ekman were fastest in qualifying 4,210. Lars Norkjaer 4,300 and Michael Landrud 4,358
After the heats were driven we could see that the British
drivers seem to favor the Eurosport class having all three of their
drivers in the main. Denmark had also all their drivers (1) in the main
leaving only four spots for Swedish drivers.
The main saw more drama then in the other classes. Many
drivers were fast early on but ran into some sort of problem.
Brian, on purple lane, took the lead in front of Graham Woodward and
Michael Landrud.
Graham took over the lead.
In the third heat Michael Landrud had the lead and after an impressive run in the fourth heat with yet one of Brians "body into gear back to pits" Michael seemed to be on his way to victory.
A gear change for Michael in the seventh heat shouldn't have caused any concern but some problems that meant it took a little bit longer time than expected saw things change letting Brian get closer to Michael.
In the last heat Brian drove his best lap total and were able to pass Michael with one lap. At the same time Janne Ekman on red also drove his best heat and came within three laps of victory.
|
1. |
Brian Saunders |
483.00 |
|
2. |
Michael Landrud |
482.00 |
|
3. |
Janne Ekman |
480.00 |
|
4. |
Lars Harrysson |
474.00 |
|
5. |
Lasse Törn |
455.00 |
|
6. |
Graham Woodward |
444.00 |
|
7. |
Keith Gibson |
381.00 |
|
8. |
Lars Nørkjær |
358.00 |
Link to Sveslot page result races 2006
2:nd place Michael Landrud,
Winner Brian Saunders. 3:rd Janne Ekman
Brians winning car in Eurosport
24¨
The British cars in the main
Mom, are you really using that
setting?