Swedish rallying championship news

[Rallyper]

Start this thread without knowing there is one.

This weekend second round of SRC goes in Östersund Winter Rally.

Pontus tidemand withdraw before start of first stage because of fuel problems. PT was to start with a Focus WRC.

Leading WRC-class after seven stages is Mats Jonsson in WRC Escort.

Complete rsults on link:

Race Consultings resultattjänst (http://ww2.raceconsulting.com/rally/resultat/tavling.jsp;jsessionid=D8258699902DC8F62841AC83A14 EC257?tavling=620)

[Rallyper]

Mats Jonsson swedish veteran wins second round of Swedish rally championship. Ramona Karlsson in Skoda WRC fifth in WRC-class just over a minute after MJ in her second event in WRC-car.

All results on www.raceconsulting.com (http://www.raceconsulting.com)

[Rallyper]

Swedish youngster Fredrik Ahlin fastest 2WD in second round of SRC. Ahlin made his comeback after his heavy crash in Spain last year in JWRC.
Åhlin in his Fiesta R2 was seconds ahead of winner in 2WD special class Tobias Söderqvist in a Toyota Corolla, winning the R2/N3 class over a minute ahead of second man.

[Tom206wrc]

A new entrant in the championship, junior class ;)
Thorsell Motorsport - NYHETER (http://www.thorsellmotorsport.se/)

[Tom206wrc]

Entrylist South Swedish Rally :confused:

[VFTS]

Entrylist South Swedish Rally :confused:

Several norwegians will compete in Sweden

Resultatservice - Anmälda (http://www.resultatservice.com/resserv/anml/ShowEntrants.jsp?RaceNbr=2013008)

[BleAivano]

Rally Radio; Rallyradio (http://www.rallysm.se/rallyradio)

[BleAivano]

Ramona Karlsson will offer live broadcast from next weeks round of the Swedish championship.
She will offer a live studio with a reporter as well as live in-car broadcast.

It will be broadcasted at https://rrplay.solidtango.com/ and https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/

However it will be pay per view and the cost is 129kr* for two days.

* €15 / £12.7 / $19.8

[Micke_VOC]

R2 will be really interesting in South Swedish Rally.
Tidemand, Åhlin, Frank-Tore Larsen, Anders Kjaer, Kalle Pinomäki, Adielsson ( with Peugeot 208 R2 ) and the young guns Mattis Olsson and Emil Bergqvist in Fiesta R2.

[Tom206wrc]

R2 will be really interesting in South Swedish Rally.
Tidemand, Åhlin, Frank-Tore Larsen, Anders Kjaer, Kalle Pinomäki, Adielsson ( with Peugeot 208 R2 ) and the young guns Mattis Olsson and Emil Bergqvist in Fiesta R2.

What about Gustav Thorsell :confused:

[BleAivano]

live results is is said to be available at this link: Liveresultat (http://www.rallysm.se/liveresultat)Info also at https://twitter.com/RALLYSM

[BleAivano]

live radio: https://rallysm.solidtango.com/live/ssr-south-swedish-rally
live results: Resultatservice - Resultat South Swedish Rally 2013-05-09--11 (http://www.resultatservice.com/rally/2013/ssr/resultat/1result1.html)
SS8 have been cancelled,

[Rallyper]

Ramona Karlsson takes first stage win on SS5 in WRC-class in South Swedish Rally on friday evening! Beating among others Mats Jonsson, Ingemar Svensson (in Fiesta WRC)...

[BleAivano]

A very good rally so far, the distance between podium and 7th is less then 10 seconds.
Ramona have had a good first day but loses some time on the short final stage of the day.

She is 5th after the first day, 32 seconds after Brynildsen, but only 4.3 seconds from 3rd,
I think tomorrow's longer stages will suite her better then today's mostly shorter stages.

[BleAivano]

flat tire for Ramona on SS10. She lost almost a minute on SS10.

[Tom206wrc]

Ramona lost a lot of time on SS10 this saturday morning :confused:

Edit: thanks BleAivano... ;)

[BleAivano]

Ramona lost a lot of time on SS10 this saturday morning :confused:

Edit: thanks BleAivano... ;)

SS11, Ramona strikes back with the fastest time so far on that stage.

[BleAivano]

overall result:



Eyviind Brynildsen [/*:m:3q7mu83i]
Patrik Johansson +2,4s [/*:m:3q7mu83i]
Martin Berglund +26,7 [/*:m:3q7mu83i]
Eddie Hörbring +58,3 [/*:m:3q7mu83i]
Hasse Gustafsson +1,06,6 [/*:m:3q7mu83i]
Ramona Karlsson + 1,07,2 [/*:m:3q7mu83i]
Anders Jonasson +1,36,0 [/*:m:3q7mu83i]
Per-Arne Ljung +1,59,7 [/*:m:3q7mu83i]

Full result overall: Resultatservice (http://www.resultatservice.com/rally/2013/ssr/resultat/1a16.html)
Full result by class: Resultatservice (http://www.resultatservice.com/rally/2013/ssr/resultat/1c16.html)
List of DNFs: http://www.resultatservice.com/rally/2013/ssr/resultat/brutna.html

[Rallyper]

Ramona lost a lot of time on SS10 this saturday morning :confused:

Edit: thanks BleAivano... ;)

Lost around one minute. If not we´d have had a female winner of WRC-class. Which country currently has as fast female driver??

[vino_93]

In France Charlotte Berton is official Opel driver ;)

[Rallyper]

In France Charlotte Berton is official Opel driver ;)

I said "as fast"... ;)

[BleAivano]

championship standings: Resultat (http://www.rallysm.se/resultat)

Ramona moved up to a tied 3rd with Per-Arne Ljung in the "WRC class."

[nr7wave]

Did Brynildsen drive his Mitshubishi group N car? If thats the case, it is a great result against the wrc cars!

[BleAivano]

Did Brynildsen drive his Mitshubishi group N car? If thats the case, it is a great result against the wrc cars!

I think all top 3 cars were grp N cars.

[tolis]

I think all top 3 cars were grp N cars.
Indeed: eWRC-results.com - results South Swedish Rally 2013 (http://www.ewrc-results.com/final.php?e=6654&t=South-Swedish-Rally-2013)

[EightGear]

Which country currently has as fast female driver??

Australia has Molly Taylor.

[Mirek]

Melissa Debackere in Belgium is fast too. Maybe not abroad but she is really fast at home soil.

[Rallyper]

Pontus Tidemand hit a concrete block and got a subframe which didn´t allow him to give Fredrik Ahlin and Kjaer a match to the end.

[BleAivano]

Ramona have released the entire Ramona Play broadcast, from the past weekend, for free at https://rrplay.solidtango.com/video/rally-sm-tingsryd-live-11-may-17-43
You still have to register though but that is free as well.

[peg306]

nice video
http://youtu.be/15Sh1qr30NY

[BleAivano]

Next Sunday (july 7th) there will be the summer edition of the Swedish Rally Sprint Championship.
it is a part of the Swedish championship week in Halmstad. It will be shown live at Svt play between 10.00 and 14.45 CEST.
It says that it will be available all over the world, hopefully that will be the case.

SM-veckan: Rally - 7/7 10.00 | SVT Play (http://www.svtplay.se/video/1309540/7-7-10-00)

Entry list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AnoehuK6yilzdDhOM2ZzWGZPSEZRZlBya3dPaU1Dd Hc&output=html
Stage map: Rally SM 2013 - Kartor (http://www.rallysm.se/kartor) (the same area on google maps: Halmstad - Google Maps (http://goo.gl/maps/j8cIE))

[Rallyper]

Exciting. But no Tidemand...?

[Micke_VOC]

Exciting. But no Tidemand...?

Its the European Rallycross Championship-round in Höljes same weekend.
Pontus are in the VW Dealer team Sweden there with a VW Scirocco Supercar.

[Fly]

This week-end in Sweden:

Entries: (No Tidemand, focussing on WRC Germany) Resultatservice - Anmälda (http://www.resultatservice.com/resserv/anml/ShowEntrants.jsp?RaceNbr=2013015)

[BleAivano]

This week-end in Sweden:

Entries: (No Tidemand, focussing on WRC Germany) Resultatservice - Anmälda (http://www.resultatservice.com/resserv/anml/ShowEntrants.jsp?RaceNbr=2013015)


results: Resultatservice - Resultat AM Snapphanerally 2013-08-09--10 (http://www.resultatservice.com/rally/2013/snapphanerally/resultat/1result.html)
rally radio: https://rallysm.solidtango.com/live/rally-sm-snapphanerallyt

[Tom206wrc]

Ramona Karlsson fourt after SS2 ;)

[Tom206wrc]

Podium for Ramona Karlsson :bounce:

Edit: it was a mistake from live results services: se ended 5 overall :mark:

[BleAivano]

Podium for Ramona Karlsson :bounce:

Edit: it was a mistake from live results services: se ended 5 overall :mark:


No it was not a mistake, there were faster cars coming in after her.

She still get a class podium finish.

She had a scary moment on SS6, a full speed spin, but she managed to regain control, Lost about 30 sec.
Then she had hydraulics problem on SS8, only 5th gear and no power steering.

[Fly]

Bad luck for Robin Friberg after a strong performance.

[Tom206wrc]

And Mattias Adielsson wins R2 ;)

[BleAivano]

one small correction, Ramonas spin at 200km/h was on SS4 not SS6.


the standings are:

Trimmat 4WD (Grp A above 2000 including WRC, Nat Spec accordingly to RY-T8, 4 WD )
1. Eddie Hörbring
2. Ramona Karlsson
3. Per-Arne Ljung


Otrimmat 4WD (GrpN)
1.Patrik Johansson
2.Martin Berglund
3.Thomas Thunström


Trimmat 2 WD (1601 - Grp A + R2C, R3C, R3T, R3D, grp H, Nat accordingly to RY-T8, 2 WD)
1. Johan Carlsson
2. Leif Peterson
3. Tobias Söderqvist


Otrimmat 2wd (1601- 2000, Grp R2B)
1. Mattias Adielsson
2. Mattias Olsson
3. Anton Alkberg


Juniors:
1. Johan Carlsson
2. Mattias Adielsson
3. Rickie Borgström

Rally SM 2013 - Resultat (http://www.rallysm.se/resultat)

Next event is Linköping and East Sweden Rally during the first weekend in September.
The final is event is in the beginning of October in Uppsala with it's Rally Uppsala.

[Filip]

I noticed Rickie Borgström is among fastest in Volvos, can someone say a few more words about that driver, does he have a top car or is he one of those wild drivers ? :)

[BleAivano]

I noticed Rickie Borgström is among fastest in Volvos, can someone say a few more words about that driver, does he have a top car or is he one of those wild drivers ? :)

Well you tell me:

marknadsnatta 2012 ss4 Rickie borgström - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAkFKabm-T0)

vilda ryd ss4 2012 Rickie Borgström A-grh - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALMdob1g0ws)

Snapphanerallyt 2012, ss4, Rickie Borgström grh A förare - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uKPLZZ2Lts)

Rickie med i TV4 Sport sändning - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsfL5_erj88)

Rickie Borgström EMILTROFEN SS1 2011.wmv - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSvfys1mnUg)


Rickie Borgström - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rickie+Borgstr%C3%B6m&search=Search)

Krabbleboda RallyTeam - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/ltb021/videos)

Here is his website; Krbbleboda Rallyteam - Rally p grnsen (http://www.krabblebodarallyteam.se/)

[BleAivano]

Just a little over 2½ weeks to the next round of the Swedish championship.
Its East Sweden Rally in Linköping during September 6th-7th.
Rally SM 2013 - Start (http://rallysm.se/esr-start)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/East-Sweden-Rally/185623308178518

List of those who have entered so far: Resultatservice - Anmälda (http://www.resultatservice.com/resserv/anml/ShowEntrants.jsp?RaceNbr=2013027)

[BleAivano]

not a happy reading :( : Dödsstöten för rallysporten |

https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/live/sbf-play-magasin--3 (http://micke.bilsport.se/2013/08/28/dodsstoten-for-rallysporten/)

[Rallyper]

Just a little over 2½ weeks to the next round of the Swedish championship.
Its East Sweden Rally in Linköping during September 6th-7th.
Rally SM 2013 - Start (http://rallysm.se/esr-start)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/East-Sweden-Rally/185623308178518

List of those who have entered so far: Resultatservice - Anmälda (http://www.resultatservice.com/resserv/anml/ShowEntrants.jsp?RaceNbr=2013027)

Tommorow the second last round of SRC.

[Rallyper]

Ramona Karlsoon is flying today. Two stagewins out of two so far. Lost about one minute yesterday (and one stagewin) and is now 48 secs after leading car overall.

[Tom206wrc]

No Ponthus Tidemand in SS7 ??? :confused:

[BleAivano]

No Ponthus Tidemand in SS7 ??? :confused:

He had to withdraw. I think it was gearbox problems.

Also regarding Ramona, she lost over a minute on SS1 due to a punctured tire.

*edit Ramona lost allot of time on SS9. I don't know why. But she still managed to bring home 3rd overall about 40 seconds
after Jerker Axelsson who won with an eight second margin to Eddie Hörbring.

Full results: http://www.resultatservice.se/rally/2013/esr/resultat/1a9.html

Hörbrings second place should mean that his lead is now bigger then the remaining points to compete for
which means he is the 2013 champion in his class; "Trimmat 4wd". Ramona took a good grab around 2nd place
since Sääv had to retire and Ingemar Svensson only finishing fifth.

[BleAivano]

I read Ramonas report from the ESR and apparently the flat tire was not on SS1 as I thought but on a later stage that night.
However she did make a mistake on SS1, apparently she made a left turn instead of a right turn. :rolleyes:
Her co-driver said "höger ett" (right one) but Ramona still made a left turn. :laugh:

[Rallyper]

I read Ramonas report from the ESR and apparently the flat tire was not on SS1 as I thought but on a later stage that night.
However she did make a mistake on SS1, apparently she made a left turn instead of a right turn. :rolleyes:
Her co-driver said "höger ett" (right one) but Ramona still made a left turn. :laugh:

Still she was impressive by winning all stages last day. I saw her in her first run this season (first time in Fabia WRC) and the progress during the season is enormous.

[Rallyper]

Coming weekend the last round of SRC is run as Rally Uppsala in Uppsala. 90 cars, among them Patrik Flodin in a National Volvo 240, comebacking Mats Thorzelius in a Corolla WRC and Fredrik Åhlin in Fiesta S2000.


www.rallyuppsala.se (http://www.rallyuppsala.se)
http://www.rallysm.se

[Hartusvuori]

Is Åhlin starting with Fiesta S2000? He tweeted last week about testing a Fabia S2000.

[Micke_VOC]

Is Åhlin starting with Fiesta S2000? He tweeted last week about testing a Fabia S2000.
Skoda Fabia S2000 from Wallenwein Rallysport for Åhlin...

[BleAivano]

So far these are the drivers that have sent in notification of entry:

http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/anm ... ingslistor (http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/anmalan/listor/lista.jsp?tavling=665&urval=granskaddeltar&sortering=tavlingsklasslicensklassinkom&rubrik=Anm%E4lningslista&min=1&max=2&rubrik2=Anm%E4lningslistor)

Website: http://www.rallyuppsala.se/hem

Rally radio: http://www.rallysm.se/rallyradion

[Micke_VOC]

http://instagram.com/p/e5NIsVIVh-/
Livery Skoda S2000 Fredrik Åhlin...

[BleAivano]

Broadcasting times for the Rally Radio:

Fredag 4 oktober
17.30 – 21.00
FM-sändning och webbsändning

21.00 - 22.00
Webbsändning

Lördag 5 oktober
9.00-11.00
Webbsändning

13.00 – 16.00
FM-sändning och webbsändning

16.00-17.30
Webbsändning

http://www.rallysm.se/rallyradion

[Rallyper]

Sorry about Åhlins car. Of course it´s an Fabia. have been out of internet for some days now...

[BleAivano]

Any Iron Maiden fans here?

Bruce Dickinson will be at Rally Uppsala this weekend to hold a lecture about Business Creativity.

http://www.relation.se/News.aspx?newsId=318

[BleAivano]

live results at this link: http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/res ... avling=665 (http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/resultat/tavling.jsp?tavling=665)

First stage is going live at 18.45 Swedish time (37 minutes from now).

Rally radio at : http://sverigesradio.se/uppland/

[BleAivano]

Ingemar Svensson have rolled pretty hard on SS2. So he's probably out. Both driver and co-driver are ok though.

Ramona Karlsson leads Fredrik Åhlin and Jerker Axelsson with 0.8 seconds after tonight's two forest stages.
One 2.27 long Super special remains of day 1.

[BleAivano]

top 5 after SS3:


Jerker Axelsson 9:37,1[/*:m:1lw4psfq]
Fredrik Åhlin +0,5[/*:m:1lw4psfq]
Ramona Karlsson +5,3[/*:m:1lw4psfq]
Mats Jonsson +1.8[/*:m:1lw4psfq]
Mats Thorszelius +0,7[/*:m:1lw4psfq]

Ramona lost almost 6 seconds on the super special.

http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/res ... r%20SS%203 (http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/resultat/afterss.jsp?tavling=665&urval=granskad.deltar.ejutesluten.ejdebutant.harti defterss3&inkludera=tavlingsklass&sortering=tidefterss3&rubrik=After%20SS%203)

[Mirek]

Who is Jerker Axelsson? Tell me more about him. Thanks in advance.

[Rallyper]

Who is Jerker Axelsson? Tell me more about him. Thanks in advance.

He has a big MC import business in Trollhättan and drove SRC in a Renault Clio by the time Sandell and PG did SRC around 2004-2006. Very fast at the time. Then he had some years off and came back driving N4 a couple of yrs. Last year he bought one of the two Subarus of Olsbergs (driven by Rådström/Tobias Johansson) and suddenly he is one of the fastest in Sweden again.

http://www.biketrollhattan.se/

[BleAivano]

after SS6
1. Jerker Axelsson/Mattias Andersson
2. Ramona Karlsson/Miriam Walfridsson + 12.7
3. Fredrik Åhlin/Morten Erik Abrahamsen +4.8

Mats Jonsson lost allot of problems on SS6 due to turbo problems.

3 stages remaining.

[BleAivano]

retirements: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 46b0ad9b47 (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=435296979921488&l=46b0ad9b47)

Axelsson lead Ramona and Fredrik Åhlin with some 18 seconds.

Ramona is taking it safe to bring home the silver medal.

One stage remaining, Flymyra 20.6km long.

[BleAivano]

A big congratulations to Ramona and Miriam for their silver overall in the championship and
to the overall victory of the final round of the Swedish Championship. :beer: :beer: :champion:

Jerker Axelsson had a lead with 18 seconds before the stage but he suffered a flat tire
and lost several minutes on the final stage. Jerker Åhlin shared the 2nd place in the rally
before the stage but he was 1.8 seconds slower then Ramona on the stage.

More drama in the 2WD championship, both Leif Peterson and Tobias Söderqvist had the chance
to win the title. However both have suffered problem. Peterson had a flat rear right tire
and the entire wheel is damaged. Tobias Söderqvist is several minutes late, it seems
that Söderqvist is a DNF.

[Rallyper]

How many countries have an overall female winner in championship round?? Yes, I know. Probably Michele won in the 80´s. But in modern time?

For sure it should be Sweden to be first in that game...

Big congrats to Ramona and Miriam!!

[pantealex]

Ramona is good driver but level of Swedish championship is not that high.

[Rallyper]

Ramona is good driver but level of Swedish championship is not that high.

Agree, but several stagewins and in equal competition with Fredrik Ahlin in Skoda S2000 proves that the speed is there.

[AMSS]

Than again Ramona is in a 2,0l Turbo vs Ahlin in S2000 and with tarmac final gear, so his top speed was a litle over 160kph. From what I heard on some stages he was against the limiter over 20s in a straight so he for sure lost some time there.

[Mirek]

Than again Ramona is in a 2,0l Turbo vs Ahlin in S2000 and with tarmac final gear, so his top speed was a litle over 160kph. From what I heard on some stages he was against the limiter over 20s in a straight so he for sure lost some time there.

If I'm not mistaken such short gearing for Fabia doesn't exist ;) If I remember well the short gearbox used to be 171 km/h but even on tarmac they sometimes use longer gearing (for example in Ypres the factory team uses top speed around 182-184 km/h).

[AMSS]

To be honest I don`t know anything else but what I heard, and that was that top speed according to telemetry was 167kph, but regardless we know for sure that the top speed is alot less than in 2,0WRC cars

[Mirek]

To be honest I don`t know anything else but what I heard, and that was that top speed according to telemetry was 167kph, but regardless we know for sure that the top speed is alot less than in 2,0WRC cars

Maybe there is a small difference between gravel and asphalt tyre diameter and also bigger wheel spin on gravel. That would explain the difference of 4 km/h. Anyway You are sure right with big difference to WRC.

[PLuto]

And it is not only about top speed. Ramona is not slow driver, but when she was competing in grN cars against rivals on similar cars, she was almost without chance. It is easy to be fast with fastest car in the field...

[BleAivano]

And it is not only about top speed. Ramona is not slow driver, but when she was competing in grN cars against rivals on similar cars, she was almost without chance. It is easy to be fast with fastest car in the field...

I most definitely disagree with your statement. Actually that is a pretty rubbish statement.

The car that is not all that matters. A slow driver will still be slow no matter what car he/she have.
What matters is the combination of driver, co-driver car and team.

A slow driver won't be fast or good just because the car is good.
Look at Kimi Räikkonen when he drove the superb Citroen C4, how well did he do? Not particular good.
Look at Matthew Wilson, for many years did he drive a good Ford Focus WRC? What was his result? Constantly slow.
And what about Hirvonen? A good car but still way off the pace.
So your statement doesn't hold up.

Regarding Rally Uppsala, according the Expert Lasse Johansson most of the stages weren't "flat out stages"
but rather slow and twisty stages where the advantages of a car with higher top speed is either small
or non-existing. You can clearly see on the stage times which stages that was.

You also have to have in mind that Åhlin could drive without pressure as he didn't have any championships
medals to secure which means that he could take bigger risks while Ramona who wanted to secure
the silver medal and thus backed off a bit to play it safe. Especially when her biggest rival crashed out
in the beginning of the rally.

Regarding her fast car, sure the Skoda is fast but she's not the only one with a fast WRC car.

[PLuto]

I most definitely disagree with your statement. Actually that is a pretty rubbish statement.

And I dont agree with your statement. Especially older WRC cars with active differentials are "easy to drive" and it is no problem to be fast with them. We can see it in lot of national championships (here in czech rallysprint also) - some drivers are able to fight for stage wins (or at least podiums) with WRC cars, but in normal cars (like classic gr.N or S2000) they are really average...

[Rallyper]

And it is not only about top speed. Ramona is not slow driver, but when she was competing in grN cars against rivals on similar cars, she was almost without chance. It is easy to be fast with fastest car in the field...

And I dont agree with your statement. Especially older WRC cars with active differentials are "easy to drive" and it is no problem to be fast with them. We can see it in lot of national championships (here in czech rallysprint also) - some drivers are able to fight for stage wins (or at least podiums) with WRC cars, but in normal cars (like classic gr.N or S2000) they are really average...

I hear you´re not familiar with how the rally was performed. It was tricky stages, narrow roads and much loose material as well on the surface.
And taking Ramona´s performance for several or atleast 1,5 year ago doesn´t make sence as we all know driver are developing their skills over time.

[BleAivano]

It seems now that Ramona won't be around to defend her 2nd place since
she have decided to move on to the Rallycross World championship.

I don't know but I think it's a bit strange that she suddenly decides to stop
doing rally and instead moves on to Rallycross.

Also IMO the difference between this year's Ramona and previous years is not that
she suddenly is much faster since she have had the speed for a couple of year now.
The difference between this year and previous years is that she have been
much more consistent. Known when to attack and when to back off a bit.

Previous years she have been doing good stage times just to crash out because
going to fast or attacking too hard.

[Rallyper]

Yes, sad decision, but understandable because of all money I presume there is in RC at the moment. And also beatiful having a lady in the drivers set up...
However rallying is a decease and having started a rally you can´t resist coming back one day...

[janvanvurpa]

Ramona is good driver but level of Swedish championship is not that high.

True. How times have changed in just a few short decades.. what has happened in the culture since the 70s and 80s when there were endless battalions of good Swedish drivers constantly coming up and capable of decent WRC results?
Stackars svenskarna vad har hänt?

[Rallyper]

Ramona is good driver but level of Swedish championship is not that high.

True. How times have changed in just a few short decades.. what has happened in the culture since the 70s and 80s when there were endless battalions of good Swedish drivers constantly coming up and capable of decent WRC results?
Stackars svenskarna vad har hänt?

Well, I guess it´s about Money, that is needed to fund your rallying. In many other countries motorsport and rallying is something cool. But in sweden for decades rallying has been something you need to have gloves to touch, according to media. That doesn´t bring any money for the good drivers to make them even better and internationally competative.

The Swedish motorsport association haven´t done much more to help the process. So rallying has suffered to other sports like horse racing and sailing (you know "Volvo Ocean Race") and golf.

So we have a bunch of very good drivers but no Money. That´s the reason.

However, you should see Ramona and the other boys in the WRC-class in swedis rallies. They are not World top drivers but still very fast and Ramonas result was nothing else than good and fast tactical driving...

[BleAivano]

I agree with Per's latest post. Its not only Rallying but motorsport in general that are considered as something
"unwanted". Its "unglamorous" compared to football, icehockey and many other sports. Media gives it very little attention,
unless of course there has been an accident, coz then there suddenly are big headlines about it. Trying to bring motorsport into disrepute.

[BleAivano]

The Swedish rally championship have got a new co-ordinator
http://www.rallysm.se/mobile-start/518- ... ntaktgrupp (http://www.rallysm.se/mobile-start/518-nyheter-koordinator-och-kontaktgrupp)

[BleAivano]

Sweedish Championship Winter sprint rally will be broadcasted live by Svtplay (http://www.svtplay.se/?tab=live&sida=1) at January 18th.
Qualification is between 10.30 and 12.30 and finals is between 13.30 and 14.30.

The event that is an annual event is a part of "SM-veckan" (http://www.umea.se/smveckan2014) where allot of Swedish winter sports
have their annual Swedish championships at the same place.

[Micke_VOC]

Thomas Rådström will make comeback in SM-Sprint 18/1.
Not so much info yet, but he have entered in WRC-class in a Citroen.

Interesting news, also because Rådström is responsible for Citroen pre-tests before Rally Sweden

(Or maybe Petter Solbergs Citroen XSARA WRC, was some rumours a couple weeks ago that Petter also should drive both the SM-sprint Rally in WRC and Rallycross-Spint in DS3 RX-car)

[Micke_VOC]

Petter Solberg have also entered SM-Sprint !
Both him and Rådström will drive Citroen WRC-cars =)

[RICARDO75]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1511178_10152164560817922_1054441788_n.jpg

[Micke_VOC]

Petters codriver will be Oscar Solberg ( Son of Henning, age 16)
Rådström codriver will be Maria Andersson...

[tolis]

Petters codriver will be Oscar Solberg ( Son of Henning, age 16)
Rådström codriver will be Maria Andersson...
Oscar did his first rally in Norway, Sigdals Rally last weekend, right?

[Rallyper]

Petters codriver will be Oscar Solberg ( Son of Henning, age 16)
Rådström codriver will be Maria Andersson...
Oscar did his first rally in Norway, Sigdals Rally last weekend, right?

That´s correct. Youth class. I think with no timing.

[tolis]

Petters codriver will be Oscar Solberg ( Son of Henning, age 16)
Rådström codriver will be Maria Andersson...
Oscar did his first rally in Norway, Sigdals Rally last weekend, right?

That´s correct. Youth class. I think with no timing.
With timing it seems. 44th overall, 1st in class.
http://ewrc-results.com/profile.php?p=6 ... rg-Solberg (http://ewrc-results.com/profile.php?p=64482&t=Hellberg-Solberg)

[Rallyper]

Yes, my bad.

[BleAivano]

My former Ford college Thomas Rådström and I will be back as team mates AND
competitors at SM-veckan rally tomorrow

https://twitter.com/Petter_Solberg/stat ... 9666007040 (https://twitter.com/Petter_Solberg/status/424171089666007040)
https://twitter.com/Petter_Solberg/stat ... to/1/large (https://twitter.com/Petter_Solberg/status/424171089666007040/photo/1/large)

[Tom206wrc]

Any links for live results :confused:

[BleAivano]

live stream: http://www.svtplay.se/video/1711148/sm- ... rally-kval (http://www.svtplay.se/video/1711148/sm-veckan-rally-kval)



Any links for live results :confused:

yes:

http://www.resultatservice.se/rally/2014/vannas/

startlist; http://www.vannasmotorklubb.se/sites/va ... t%20RY.pdf (http://www.vannasmotorklubb.se/sites/vannasmotorklubb.se/files/Anm%C3%A4lningslista%20Sprint%20RY.pdf)

[BleAivano]

Maths Johnsson, from Ydre MK, driving a Volvo 949 is reported to have an off or something similar.

[Micke_VOC]

After Qualification-stage 1:
4WD Wrc:
Petter Solberg, Citroën C4 WRC 4.40,3
Thomas Rådström Xsara WRC +0.11,3
Mikael Gustafsson Skoda Fabia WRC +0.13,7
Mats Thorszelius Toyota Corolla WRC + 0.15,2
Mats Jonsson Ford Escort WRC +0.23,0

[BleAivano]

Top 5 after round 1:

1. Petter Solberg Citroen C4 WRC, 4.40.3
2. Tom Rådström Citroen Xsara WRC 4.51.6
2. Mikael Gustafsson Skoda Fabia WRC 4.51.6
4. Mats Thorszelius Toyota Corolla WRC, 4.55,5
5. Mats Jonsson Ford Escort WRC 5.03,3.

*edit Micke beat me to it.

[Tom206wrc]

Thanks Bleavaino ;)

[Micke_VOC]

Some more results from Qualification-stage 1:
R2/N3: ( 6 cars)
1.Emil Bergkvist, Ford Fiesta R2

N4: (3 cars)
1.Niklas Hägg, Mitsu. EVO 9

2WD: (15 cars)
1. Pelle Willen, VW Golf III Kitcar
2. Jörgen Jonasson, VW Golf IV Kitcar +1,9
3. Thomas Lahti, Volvo 940 +8,5

[Micke_VOC]

Qualification-stage 2: ( best time of two stages)
R2/N3: ( 6 cars)
1. Mattias Adielsson Peugeot 208 R2 5.20,3
2. Emil Bergkvist Ford Fiesta R2 + 0.04,9
3. Martin Jansson Skoda Fabia R2 +0.07,6

N4: (3 cars)
1.Mattias Rönnkvist Mitsubishi 5.05,4
2. Niklas Hägg Mitsubishi Evo IX + 0.01,1

2WD: (15 cars)
1. Pelle Wilén, VW Golf III Kitcar 5.13,2
2. Tobias Söderkvist, Toyota Corolla +0,7
3. Jörgen Jonasson, VW Golf IV Kitcar +3,6
4. Stefan Jonsson, Seat Kitar +5,2
5. Thomas Lahti, Volvo 940 +7,3

4WD WRC/Grp A:
1. Petter Solberg, Citroën C4 WRC 4.35,5
2. Thomas Rådström Xsara WRC +16,1 (With problems on stage 2)
3. Mikael Gustafsson Skoda Fabia WRC +17,0
4. Mats Thorszelius Toyota Corolla WRC + 19,9
5. Mats Jonsson Ford Escort WRC +22,7

[BleAivano]

The Final will be live at this link: http://www.svtplay.se/video/1711144/sm- ... ally-final (http://www.svtplay.se/video/1711144/sm-veckan-rally-final)

There might be some minor delays due to an off at Round 1.

Rådström's problems were a broken gear shift, should be ok for the final.

[BleAivano]

Final podium:

1. Petter Solberg 4.35.5
2. Tomas Rådström, 4.46,4
3. Mats Jonsson, 4.53,3


Full results: http://www.resultatservice.se/rally/201 ... t/2a1.html (http://www.resultatservice.se/rally/2014/vannas/resultatsprint/2a1.html)

[Micke_VOC]

Final podium:

1. Petter Solberg
2. Tomas Rådström
3. Mats Jonsson

Yes and Rådström Swedish Champion because only Swedish Citizen who can win. ( Despite Petter lives in Sweden)

The other medals goes to:
R2/N3: ( 6 cars)
1. Mattias Adielsson Peugeot 208 R2
2. Emil Bergkvist Ford Fiesta R2
3. Martin Jansson Skoda Fabia R2

N4: (3 cars)
1. Niklas Hägg Mitsubishi Evo IX
2. Mattias Rönnkvist Mitsubishi
3. Kenneth Andersson Subaru

2WD: (15 cars)
1. Pelle Wilén, VW Golf III Kitcar
2. Jörgen Jonasson, VW Golf IV Kitcar
3. Stefan Jonsson, Seat Kitar

[BleAivano]

In car with Petter from today's rally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SynZnSX3jpA

[Astro83]

Nice in car!

[BleAivano]

A Map of the stages of the first round of the Swedish Championship in Östersund on Feb 28 to March 1st.

Friday 28/2
18:13 - SS 1 Lillsjöhögen
20:21 - SS 2 Campus

Saturday 1/3
07:53 - SS 3 Väster-Kälen
08:26 - SS 4 Glösa
09:59 - SS 5 Gällsåberget
12:57 - SS 6 Bölesbodarna
13:23 - SS 7 Sjöarsjön
14:11 - SS 8 Husås

http://www.ladda-upp.se/files/2014/b89313.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/OstersundWinterrally

Entrants: http://www.raceconsulting.se/ny1.htm

[Co-driven]

On this Swedish event the stages aren't repeated not even a single time? How do they manage to recce eight stages?
Here in Brazil we have a limit of 5 different stages, that can be run a maximum of 3 times, because with more than 5 stages to recce the grews wouldn't have time to do it.

[BleAivano]

On this Swedish event the stages aren't repeated not even a single time? How do they manage to recce eight stages?
Here in Brazil we have a limit of 5 different stages, that can be run a maximum of 3 times, because with more than 5 stages to recce the grews wouldn't have time to do it.

The stages themselves are usually not that long and are fairly closely situated.
There is 8 stages and the total stage distance is 119km. The participants have 4 hour recce on Thursday and
another 6 hours recce on Friday. All stages are "recce'ed" twice. So that is 8 hours for to recce 7 stages twice.

http://www.raceconsulting.se/wp-content ... lly-v2.pdf (http://www.raceconsulting.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Inbjudan-%C3%96stersund-Winter-Rally-v2.pdf)

[Rallyper]

Vasily Gryazin to drive the next round of SRC in Östersund 28-2 to 1 march in Fiesta S2000. Contenders in class will be Mats Jonsson Escort WRC and P-A Säv in Skoda S2000, mats Thorszelius in Toyota Corolla WRC and Jerker Axelsson in Subaru S10 WRC among others.

Entry list:

http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/anm ... ingslistor (http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/anmalan/listor/lista.jsp?tavling=697&urval=granskaddeltar&sortering=tavlingsklasslicensklassinkom&rubrik=Anm%E4lningslista&min=1&max=2&rubrik2=Anm%E4lningslistor)

[Tom206wrc]

Why isn't Mattias Adielsson on entrylist :confused:

[Rallyper]

Why isn't Mattias Adielsson on entrylist :confused:

Nothing on their website. My speculation is lack of money... Or motivation, or lack of time...

Seriously they´d have information for media about reasons.

[BleAivano]

Why isn't Mattias Adielsson on entrylist :confused:



Nothing on their website. My speculation is lack of money... Or motivation, or lack of time...

Seriously they´d have information for media about reasons.

I don't know either but judging from his blogpost he is aiming to do international Rallying
rather then another year with the Swedish championship.


nu när vi är inne i 2014 så har vi 2 SM guld och 2 SM silver i meritlistan. Nu lägger vi all fokus
på att försöka nå ut i den internationella rallyvärlden och bygga ett kontaktnät för framtiden.

http://www.eurosport.se/mattias-adielss ... full.shtml (http://www.eurosport.se/mattias-adielsson_blog285/mattias-adielsson_post2850003/blogpostfull.shtml)

[BleAivano]

live Rally radio from round 1 of the Swedish championship: https://rallysm.solidtango.com/live/ost ... nter-rally (https://rallysm.solidtango.com/live/ostersund-winter-rally)
Broadcasting times: Today: 16-22 and tomorrow 07-17. Times are CET

live results available at http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/res ... avling=697 (http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/resultat/tavling.jsp?tavling=697)

[BleAivano]

They also mentioned on the radio that Johan Rudengren have bought Ramona's Skoda Fabia WRC.

[Rallyper]

First R5 in Sweden.

https://twitter.com/MickeLindh/status/4 ... 52/photo/1 (https://twitter.com/MickeLindh/status/439431212810391552/photo/1)

[BleAivano]

First R5 in Sweden.

https://twitter.com/MickeLindh/status/4 ... 52/photo/1 (https://twitter.com/MickeLindh/status/439431212810391552/photo/1)

And also a Citroen DS3
--

Per Wilén is apparently standing beside the road with technical/mechanical problem.
Apparently the problem happened when they drove through a large poodle of water.

Wilén is confirmed as an engine failure, he had to rent a Seat with a very short notice when the
Golf he normally drives suffered a gear box failure yesterday.

[Rallyper]

First test (33km) won by Swede Jerker Axelsson by 4 secs from Valery Gryazin...

[BleAivano]

The result link i posted does not work, try this one instead: http://ww3.raceconsulting.com/rally/res ... avling=697 (http://ww3.raceconsulting.com/rally/resultat/tavling.jsp?tavling=697)

[Rallyper]

Edit: Gryazin only 1 sec behind WRC Subaru S10 on SS1. Next is MM-stage and tomorrow more stages.

[BleAivano]

Edit: Gryazin only 1 sec behind WRC Subaru S10 on SS1. Next is MM-stage and tomorrow more stages.

Yep some 90km SS tomorrow.

[BleAivano]

Mechanical problem for Vasily Gryazin his 4wd car is now a 2wd car.

[BleAivano]

Jennie-Lee Hermansson seems to have some sort of problem.

Also Team Wilén's service van just suffered an engine failure.

[Rallyper]

Young Fiesta R2 driver Emil Bergkvist probably one of the fastest coming swedish drivers. Unfortenately he had to retire with technical failure on first liason today.
Even comebacking Viktor Henriksson in 2WD Corolla doing very fast times leading the national 2WD class after Saturday morning loop.

[Rallyper]

Jerker Axelsson in Subaru S10 WRC won SRC 1 st round in Östersund today. 2nd Mats Jonsson.

[Rallyper]

Testing new mode.

[janvanvurpa]

Testing new mode.

Hur gick det? Va? Jag sriver på engelska och det kommer ut på svenska! Hur fan kan det vara!

[Rallyper]

Google-translating via maybe new Windows 8? Me myself was just verifying how and if the "new" forum working.

How are you btw? Coming to Sweden or Finland for NORF any time?

[janvanvurpa]

Google-translating via maybe new Windows 8? Me myself was just verifying how and if the "new" forum working.

How are you btw? Coming to Sweden or Finland for NORF any time?

I seriously doubt it. Too often it goes like today: Up at 0700, get little Natasha and Annoushka up and fed and walk to school, home and answer emails, then phone and pack junk for sending----just sent really nice LONG con rods and smidda CP pistons to 2 guys in Limmared for a classic Saab 99 and a classic MkI Escort, then errands then pick up the girlies at 15.10 bring 'em home fix some snackies, chase them and read with them, wifey gets home then down to machine shop for lite upp-karvning av aluminum and steel...then home--tonight was home at 22.45...eat some dinner and look in on things like this that require no thinking, then wash up and in bed aroud midnatt or 0030. If I have ANY time I want to spend it with my wifey and the squirmy-girls who are all so sweet and so full of curiosity and wonder. Just got a nice old "Light day service rig" aka Volvo 245 in case i have time to do any rally, if not then its perfect for filling with camping gear to go show the girls the mountains here.

Some days its not sooooo terrible and I can take it wasy and only work half day.............





12 hours....8(

[BleAivano]

Tragedy has stricken once again.

A 19 year old woman was killed in an accident at Skänningeknixen rally in Skänninge.
I don't know much about the accident more then that the car somehow lifted onto two wheels and hit a couple of spectators.
Hard to know but I think they might have been standing at an improper place.

http://www.corren.se/ostergotland/mjolby/tre-personerpakorda-under-skanningeknixen-6886932-artikel.aspx


I was at another Rally all day today at the Aprilsprinten rally sprint where there was a serious accident where a car was flipped up onto two wheels
and while being brought back down to four wheels driver struggled to maintain control and eventually spun and slide into a large stone which
it hit with the co-driver side. IIRC roll cage damaged, door and the door frame was ripped off and also large damage to the roof at the co-driver side.

Co-driver was stuck and fire fighters had to work quite long (maybe 20-30 min) to get her free. The official report said that she was fully conscious and
was brought to hospital for observation. However I overheard a discussion between a group of people, who were standing next to me, and
someone they knew who knew the couple that was involved in the accident. According to this discussion the co-driver suffered a puncture lung
but no other serious injuries.


As for the rest of the sprint rally, 140 entrants doing 3x2 laps each starting with 30-40 seconds interval with "floating start"*. Which worked very well.
Sunny weather for the first hour and half then more and more clouds and colder and colder temperature. It was almost freezing cold towards the end so
I left about slightly after halfway through the final round. The weather made it not worth staying for the final 30-40 cars.


Some good driving, one driver who managed to rip off a wheel, one driver who managed to roll his golf, allot of engine/gear box failures.
As usual, huge amount of Volvo 200 and 900-series rally cars. Did allot of filming so it might be available within the next few days.

*manual waving flag signalled start used in relation to position of previous starter.

[janvanvurpa]

Tragedy has stricken once again.

A 19 year old woman was killed in an accident at Skänningeknixen rally in Skänninge.
I don't know much about the accident more then that the car somehow lifted onto two wheels and hit a couple of spectators.
Hard to know but I think they might have been standing at an improper place.

http://www.corren.se/ostergotland/mjolby/tre-personerpakorda-under-skanningeknixen-6886932-artikel.aspx


I was at another Rally all day today at the Aprilsprinten rally sprint where there was a serious accident where a car was flipped up onto two wheels
and while being brought back down to four wheels driver struggled to maintain control and eventually spun and slide into a large stone which
it hit with the co-driver side. IIRC roll cage damaged, door and the door frame was ripped off and also large damage to the roof at the co-driver side.

Co-driver was stuck and fire fighters had to work quite long (maybe 20-30 min) to get her free. The official report said that she was fully conscious and
was brought to hospital for observation. However I overheard a discussion between a group of people, who were standing next to me, and
someone they knew who knew the couple that was involved in the accident. According to this discussion the co-driver suffered a puncture lung
but no other serious injuries.


As for the rest of the sprint rally, 140 entrants doing 3x2 laps each starting with 30-40 seconds interval with "floating start"*. Which worked very well.
Sunny weather for the first hour and half then more and more clouds and colder and colder temperature. It was almost freezing cold towards the end so
I left about slightly after halfway through the final round. The weather made it not worth staying for the final 30-40 cars.


Some good driving, one driver who managed to rip off a wheel, one driver who managed to roll his golf, allot of engine/gear box failures.
As usual, huge amount of Volvo 200 and 900-series rally cars. Did allot of filming so it might be available within the next few days.

*manual waving flag signalled start used in relation to position of previous starter.

Sad news...Poor girl. Poor driver.


You should come over to the No1 Volvo rally site in America with your vids..

(well its No1..Serious......Oh okej, there aren't any others... Still we're it..
www.rallyanarchy.com

[Rallyper]

Coming weekend 4th round of SRC will start in Linköping. 92 crews will start in the East Sweden Rally with Norwegian Frank Tore Larsen and swede Jerker Axelsson as favourites.

http://rallysm.se/tavlingar/2014-09-05-east-sweden-rally

[Rallyper]

Mats Jonsson won this weekends round of SRC. Main contender Jerker Axelsson went off road today when only thing he had to do was to finish the round to become champion in 4WD class. Jerker had to bring a Mitsu Evo9 when his S10 Subaru wasn´t able to be driven.

Now the championship will be battled out in the last round in Rally Uppsala 3-4th of October.

[VFTS]

Mats Jonsson won this weekends round of SRC. Main contender Jerker Axelsson went off road today when only thing he had to do was to finish the round to become champion in 4WD class. Jerker had to bring a Mitsu Evo9 when his S10 Subaru wasn´t able to be driven.

Now the championship will be battled out in the last round in Rally Uppsala 3-4th of October.

Jerker started with an Evo10 R4.

[Rallyper]

yepp, my bad.

[Micke_VOC]

Some nice photos from the event:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.762868693754436.1073741853.147741308600514&type=1

[janvanvurpa]

Mats Jonsson won this weekends round of SRC. Main contender Jerker Axelsson went off road today when only thing he had to do was to finish the round to become champion in 4WD class. Jerker had to bring a Mitsu Evo9 when his S10 Subaru wasn´t able to be driven.

Now the championship will be battled out in the last round in Rally Uppsala 3-4th of October.

Pelle, is that hemmatrakten for you? Where are you anyway exactly (I'm betting I've been there)

And I am confused..
Klassen SM "trmmat 2wd" seem to be some very strange cars at the top...Toyota, Suzuki, Citra?

First nice car down in 6th??? Johansson i 240 Volvo... Can you tell us about those Toyotas and Susuki and Citroen--What cars? what spec?
You going to Finalen?

Take piccies.

[Rallyper]

Pelle, is that hemmatrakten for you? Where are you anyway exactly (I'm betting I've been there)

And I am confused..
Klassen SM "trmmat 2wd" seem to be some very strange cars at the top...Toyota, Suzuki, Citra?

First nice car down in 6th??? Johansson i 240 Volvo... Can you tell us about those Toyotas and Susuki and Citroen--What cars? what spec?
You going to Finalen?

Take piccies.

How did you know my nickname is Pelle? You´re a swedish language genius aren´t you? Bring you some pics from earlier this summer from SRC.

http://rallybild.se/gallerier/2014/snapphanerallyt2014/snapphanerallyt2014.php

And yes- it´s in my neighbourhood Rally Uppsala coming last round of SRC. I´m from a place called Östhammar 70 K east of Uppsala at the swdish coast of Baltic Sea also called Roslagen. Have you been here?

[Micke_VOC]

And I am confused..
Klassen SM "trmmat 2wd" seem to be some very strange cars at the top...Toyota, Suzuki, Citra?

First nice car down in 6th??? Johansson i 240 Volvo... Can you tell us about those Toyotas and Susuki and Citroen--What cars? what spec?
You going to Finalen?

Take piccies.

The Toyota are a swedish-build "kitcar" from Asterhag ( Toyota Team Sweden) build in the late 90´s...
-> http://www.pontustidemand.se//wp-content/uploads/2013/01/307867_284317104916379_1176242252_n.jpg

The others are a Suzuki Swift S1600 and the Citroen are a DS3 R3T

[janvanvurpa]

The Toyota are a swedish-build "kitcar" from Asterhag ( Toyota Team Sweden) build in the late 90´s...
-> http://www.pontustidemand.se//wp-content/uploads/2013/01/307867_284317104916379_1176242252_n.jpg

The others are a Suzuki Swift S1600 and the Citroen are a DS3 R3T


Okej those old Corolla ex-WRC shells and all the nice godis... So real crazy stuff and a DS3...
Well then I guess that's what it takes to beat a good 240....:arrows:

I see that the guy Johansson has only been on the right track --in a nice car---for about 3-4 events and had previously been in a Misterbitchy Evo....better late than never!

[janvanvurpa]

How did you know my nickname is Pelle? You´re a swedish language genius aren´t you? Bring you some pics from earlier this summer from SRC.

http://rallybild.se/gallerier/2014/snapphanerallyt2014/snapphanerallyt2014.php

And yes- it´s in my neighbourhood Rally Uppsala coming last round of SRC. I´m from a place called Östhammar 70 K east of Uppsala at the swdish coast of Baltic Sea also called Roslagen. Have you been here?

Äääsch, inte så svårt att räkna ut. Naturally you were named after the famous Pelle...Erövraren
eller? Not so many "Perra" running arund

And of course I've been to Östhammar....40 år sen på hösten Östhammar MK. Vi had been up in Grängesberg the day before and drove down and slept in Hotel Ford transit..then and again in Spring 76. Rode 250B
Also been to Rasbo, Tierp Uppsala, Sala ( finns det en Nersala? I could then say I'vce been to Upp o Ner Sala..
In may of these places I was upp o ner...They din't call me Jan van Vurpa for nothing ya know.

[Rallyper]

I guess my classmates nicknamed me from Pelle Svanslös, the famous storybookcat from Uppsala (No Nersala there is). It was back in the early 60´s starting school. (Per/Pär often gets nickname Pelle - you know that of course)

Back in 1974 then, you were here! So funny and what a coincidence. Me myself had an Opel Kadett Rallye Sprint driving local rallies and my club was ... Östhammars MK. Any names you remember from that time? I guess it was motocross back then for you. Svanberg?

[Micke_VOC]

Tomorrow last round of Swedish Championship starts
Entrylist here: http://www.raceconsulting.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Anm%C3%A4lningslista-Rally-Uppsala-Omseedad-SECURED.pdf

Notable entrants:
Fredrik Åhlin in MM Motorsport Fiesta R5
Jerker Axelsson in Subaru WRC S10
Emil Bergvist ( Top driver in Opel Adam Cup in Germany) in a Volvo 940 !

[Rallyper]

Fredrik Åhlin in Fiesta R5 won last round of SRC over local hero Mats Thorszelius in an old Corolla WRC. Jerker Axelsson took gold overall after third place. Mats Jonsson fourth.

[janvanvurpa]

Fredrik Åhlin in Fiesta R5 won last round of SRC over local hero Mats Thorszelius in an old Corolla WRC. Jerker Axelsson took gold overall after third place. Mats Jonsson fourth.


And? well? What about in the real action? Grupp H (is it still called GpH?)

[Andre Oliveira]

I need help, Mikael Lindqvist used this car in 2003 season with plate TNK 805, someone know from who bought it and to who sell it before? Thanks

http://ewrc-results.com/carinfo.php?cid=40&car=799&t=Ford-Escort-WRC

[Micke_VOC]

On Saturday 31 January the Swedish Sprint-Championship on snow are held in Örebro.
Not much snow or ice, but they will accomplish the event anyway.

Great entrylist with Pontus Tidemand in Fiesta WRC and Jerker Axelsson in Subaru S10 WRC and lot of fast 2WD drivers. ( in total 33 2WD and 15 4WD)

Links for live-broadcast ( free everywere in the world)
Qualifying starts 08.15 in SVT Play http://www.svtplay.se/video/2609984/sm-veckan-rally-kval/sm-veckan-rally-kval-sasong-1-sm-veckan-rally-kval
Final starts 13.50 in SVT Play http://www.svtplay.se/video/2609989/sm-veckan-rally-final/sm-veckan-rally-final-sasong-1-sm-veckan-rally-final

[Tom206wrc]

Why did Robin Friberg retire from Skutskärsratten Rally :confused:

[Rallyper]

Why did Robin Friberg retire from Skutskärsratten Rally :confused:

Broken driveshaft 300 metres into SS1, from rumours.

[Micke_VOC]

On saturday 7/2 first round of Swedish Championship starts in Sandviken.

Great entry with 73 cars.
Notable entries:
Pontus Tidemand, Fiesta WRC
Jerker Axelsson, Subaru S10 WRC
Robin Friberg, Citroen DS3 R5
Thomas Thunström, Citroen DS3 R5
Martin Berglund, Mitsubishi R5 !! ( Weng-project)
Björn Adolsson, Peugeout 208 R5
Viktor Henriksson, Citroen DS3 R3 MAX

Rallyradio: http://www.rallysm.se/rallyradio
Live-Results: http://www.rallysm.se/liveresultat

[Tom206wrc]

Why SS1 Vinterpokalen cancelled yesterday evening :confused:

[RICARDO75]

Östersund Winter Rally entry list
http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/anmalan/listor/lista.jsp?tavling=774&urval=granskaddeltar&sortering=tavlingsklasslicensklassinkom&rubrik=Anm%C3%A4lningslista&min=1&max=2&rubrik2=Anm%C3%A4lningslistor&lang=en

[Tom206wrc]

Robin Friberg leading Östersund after SS1 this evening ;)
http://raceconsulting.com/rally/resultat/tavling.jsp?tavling=774

[Rallyper]

Jerker Axelsson Subaru S12 in the lead of Winter Rally Östersund after 5 SS. 28,9 secs before Robin Friberg in DS3 R5. Two 22 km stages to go before finish.

[Rallyper]

Jerker Axelsson Subaru S10 in the lead of Winter Rally Östersund after 5 SS. 28,9 secs before Robin Friberg in DS3 R5. Two 22 km stages to go before finish.

[Rallyper]

Big drama on last stage in Swedish championship round two. Overall leader and more cars hindered by car on the roof making sensational winner in Winter Rally Östersund. Rules to be questioned..

[wwbroe]

Big drama on last stage in Swedish championship round two. Overall leader and more cars hindered by car on the roof making sensational winner in Winter Rally Östersund. Rules to be questioned..

Can you explain what exactly happened on last stage?

[janvanvurpa]

Big drama on last stage in Swedish championship round two. Overall leader and more cars hindered by car on the roof making sensational winner in Winter Rally Östersund. Rules to be questioned..


menar du att dom hann ikapp en bil på taket och kunde inte spöa den? Hur fan kör en bil när det är på taket?

Vänta! du menar sträck var delvis spärrat?

I need more tea++and links pelle, links.. va? länk!

[peg306]

Can you explain what exactly happened on last stage?

A car rolled and blocked the road for the cars behind, including the top guys in 4wd.

[Rallyper]

But now on www.raceconsulting.com all cars in 4WD (trimmat - customed) had same time like fastest on stage. Peculiar...

[Rallyper]

menar du att dom hann ikapp en bil på taket och kunde inte spöa den? Hur fan kör en bil när det är på taket?

Vänta! du menar sträck var delvis spärrat?

I need more tea++and links pelle, links.. va? länk!

Använde jag fel engelskt ord kanske? Du vet John, jag är inte lika bra på engelska som du på svenska. Du borde komma över en dag...?

[Rallyper]

Changes again in SRC. Blocking car made results in the way rules says. Three top cars after six stages lost several minutes and rules were folllowed as they lost time in results as well...

[janvanvurpa]

Nu visas ingen tider all för 4wd grabbarna. Wot dafuq?

[Rallyper]

Oh yes. Times showed for all drivers. Jerker Axelsson in 15th overall and Mats Jonsson 19th. Winner overall was Thomas Thunström in DS3 R5. However before last stage he was 4th overall gaining first place on other drivers unluck.

[RICARDO75]

Oh yes. Times showed for all drivers. Jerker Axelsson in 15th overall and Mats Jonsson 19th. Winner overall was Thomas Thunström in DS3 R5. However before last stage he was 4th overall gaining first place on other drivers unluck.

Stupid rule! A car blocking the road and nothing is done?
I've never seen anything like that

[Rallyper]

That has been the standard rule in sweden for ages. Been an victim myself back in the 80´s being blocked by a car stucked in a snowbank in local rally. But agree to it being a stupid rule in championships. Should be better ways solving the problem when fighting for points.

[Tom206wrc]

Yes stupid rule :mad:

[BleAivano]

It was announced today on the rally radio from South Swedish Rally (3rd SweCh.) that Per-Arne Sääv passed away sometime during the night after being ill for a short time.

[Mirek]

Sad news. May he rest in peace.

[focus206]

it was announced today on the rally radio from south swedish rally (3rd swech.) that per-arne sääv passed away sometime during the night after being ill for a short time.

r.i.p

[janvanvurpa]

Och nu i veckan Eric Karlsson klockade in till sista kontrollen.
Vila i fred..

[Rallyper]

I remember as a nine year old boy watching him in Midnattssolsrallyt 1963 and also 1964 on a stage in Uppland in between Rasbokil and Vattholma. You could hear him start the stage standing at near of the finish. And what an experience it was. That marked me for rallying for life, man!!

[OldF]

R.I.P. One legend less.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii284/OkdF/ErikCarlssonMidnightSunRally.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii284/OkdF/ErikCarlssonMidnightSunRally2.jpg

Mont Carlo

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii284/OkdF/Erik_Monte.jpg

[Rallyper]

Emil Bergkvist to start in SRC last round in Uppsala this weekend. He wil drive an Astra GrH. same car he won Swedish Winter sprint Championship.

[janvanvurpa]

Emil Bergkvist to start in SRC last round in Uppsala this weekend. He wil drive an Astra GrH. same car he won Swedish Winter sprint Championship.

Detär int långt ifrån hemmatrakten din. Ska du ute o titta_ Ta me kamera för fan och plåta massor av action bilder! Hur är höstvädret? Hoppas finns ingen moln eller nåt äckligt så gabbarna orka gassa..

[Rallyper]

Detär int långt ifrån hemmatrakten din. Ska du ute o titta_ Ta me kamera för fan och plåta massor av action bilder! Hur är höstvädret? Hoppas finns ingen moln eller nåt äckligt så gabbarna orka gassa..

Gasa kommer de nog att göra. We have nice weather atm. Sunny and 15-18 degrees. Weather forecast says good weather on Friday and Saturday as well. Will be out tomorrow and do some recce for SS1 which is nearest stage for me (~50km). Know it well already but will check for changes in environment. Only visit 1 st stage on Friday night. Will work nightshift after and have to sleep on Saturday. :(

Try to take som photos but don´t have good equipment though. Du vill väl bara ha Saab och Volvo-bilder?

Look at this link(which btw is the guy who is COC in Rally Uppsala):
www.fotogubben.eu I hope it´s his current link.

And this:

http://www.rallysm.se/nyheter/europamastaren-emil-bergkvist-kor-rally-uppsala/

[Rallyper]

Today I studied by doing recce, two stages in coming Rally Uppsala, SS1 and SS9. SS9 will be so challenging! This stage hasn´t been used since early 60´s and passing the home of Ove "Påven" Andersson.

[BleAivano]

Live GPS tracking: http://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/2015uppsala1/?v=m3
live results: http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/resultat/tavling.jsp?tavling=811
Live comments and live radio: http://www.rallysm.se/live/

[BleAivano]

GPS link for day 2: http://www.tulospalvelu.fi/gps/2015uppsala2/

[Rallyper]

Emil Bergkvist wins 2WD by 9,7 over 2nd placed Leif Peterson and by 21 sec over already crowned Swedish Champion. Emil in older Astra Kit Car. Jerker Axelsson wins 4WD championship and Mats Jonsson 2nd.

http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/resultat/afterss.jsp?tavling=811&urval=granskad.deltar.ejutesluten.ejdebutant.harti defterss10&inkludera=tavlingsklass&sortering=tidefterss10&rubrik=After%20SS%2010

[BleAivano]

in car with Pelle Wilén https://www.facebook.com/teamwilen/videos/10154412621014152/

He normally drives a Golf but for this rally he had borrowed a much weaker Suzuki Swift from Rally Radio reporter Ola Strömberg.

The point was to prove that a simple car as the Swift is just as fun to drive as a more advanced/expensive cars.

Wilén also showed that in the hands of a good driver, a simple car as the Swift also can be faster than anticipated.

[Micke_VOC]

Supplementary Regulations out for first round in Swedish Championship, Rally Bilmetro. (Was called Vinterpokalen in the past, but now moved from Sandviken 20 km to the east to city of Gävle)
110 km SS on snow.

http://www.resultatservice.com/rally/2016/sandviken/Inbjudan_sandviken_sm16.pdf
Entry-list: http://www.resultatservice.com/resserv/v2/tvlinfo/ShowEntrants.jsp?RaceNbr=2016008

[janvanvurpa]

in car with Pelle Wilén https://www.facebook.com/teamwilen/videos/10154412621014152/

He normally drives a Golf but for this rally he had borrowed a much weaker Suzuki Swift from Rally Radio reporter Ola Strömberg.

The point was to prove that a simple car as the Swift is just as fun to drive as a more advanced/expensive cars.

Wilén also showed that in the hands of a good driver, a simple car as the Swift also can be faster than anticipated.

Kul som fan...Kollade videot och det fanns länk till Olas FB sida..Han är gamla ploare sen just innan jag startade rally åkandet.. Och färsta inlägg på hans sida var från Erik Waldenström f.d. ''Din Rallyboutique'' in vackra Västra Ämertik i Värmland, som jag importerade massor av rally godisar...2 enmanföretag som vill växa och se runt i rallyvärlden..kul.

Tack för länken till videot.

[Mirek]

This is English-speaking forum. It's quite impolite to use other language without translation. Just saying...

[Rallyper]

This is English-speaking forum. It's quite impolite to use other language without translation. Just saying...

Well, John is referring to the video frpm last round of SRC Rally Uppsala with Pelle Wilén incar. (Btw a stage not used since the 60´s in the backyard of Ove Påven Anderssons´family country farm)
John also recognized some ol´friends from his days in sweden and also a supplier of rallyparts he used to do business with.

@Mirek You know John. He is a linguistic genius and for me it´s sometimes nice to read his thoughts in my own language... ;)

[janvanvurpa]

This is English-speaking forum. It's quite impolite to use other language without translation. Just saying...

Upp very early.less than 2 cups of tea, hade just stumbled onto 2 old friends and wrote them notes in that other SLIGHT VARIATION, that mere dialect difference from Engleski.
Wasn't think. I beg humbly for forgiveness... It must be a huge trauma not knowing exactly what somebody said even if its mostly just a little tint bit different:


Kul som fan...Cool as Pan (the greek demi-god)


Kollade videot och looked (at) the video and...


det fanns länk till Olas FB sida. There found a link to Ola's FB side


.Han är gamla polare sen just innan jag startade rally åkandet. He are (is) old buddy since just before I started rallydriving


. Och första inlägg på hans sida and first comment on his page


var från Erik Waldenström f.d. ''Din Rallyboutique'' were from Erik Waldenström formerly ''Your rally Boutique''


in vackra Västra Ämertik i Värmland, in beautiful Westen Ämtervik in Värmland (heart of WRC Swedish Rally country)

som jag importerade massor av rally godisar which I imported masses of rally goodies


...2 enmanföretag som vill växa och se runt i rallyvärlden..kul. 2 one-man-business which wanted to grow and see around in the rally world



Tack för länken till videot. Thanks for the link to the video

See how similar it is? so easy to get them mixed up if you are half awake.

[janvanvurpa]

Well, John is referring to the video frpm last round of SRC Rally Uppsala with Pelle Wilén incar. (Btw a stage not used since the 60´s in the backyard of Ove Påven Anderssons´family country farm)
John also recognized some ol´friends from his days in sweden and also a supplier of rallyparts he used to do business with.

@Mirek You know John. He is a linguistic genius and for me it´s sometimes nice to read his thoughts in my own language... ;)

Tack grabben. Ooops!

It was really nice to see Ola's Facebook page and that 'the fingers still in the pie'. I had seen a blog post that he had picked up a car...He was always so very friendly and helpful and good humor.
And he blushed so much.
Very good to see his head is still in the right place and he knows there's something beyond just gassa on SS and that fairness and justice and a good heart means something to him...so different than so many other motorsportmän..(That's one thing I like about Lukyanuk: he speaks up on the need for peace in Ukranie)

just a little ironisk to be blabbering about Swedish rally in a foreign language to the rally itself, and foreign to the 3+5 people who are regular looker-inners.
But I'll shut up, gotta write an email to some Klassisk Cup guys in Westcoast.

[Rallyper]

John. You´ve got PM.

[janvanvurpa]

John. You´ve got PM.


No in Amerika we have a "President"... And the odd thing is when I vote it really doesn't count, it "advises people" called "electorates" in are members of what's called "the electoral college"..
I really think we should have a PM and a Paliamentery system and maybe something like the Australian "instant run-off" thing so you vote for 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice..
Question is for people with politics formed in more just and fair countries which party..
And who would vote for me as PM?

Join the Party!
http://obeythekitty.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/chairman_meow_poster_protest.jpg


EDIT, but no PM I can find.. Try harder in the struggle to beat the Corporate Software!

[Rallyper]

Now tried in two separate ways... :)

[janvanvurpa]

Now tried in two separate ways... :)


I found your PM, but we still must elect a new President!

Vote Sanders! No more Demipublican'ts
Upp Trälar!

[Rally Power]

http://obeythekitty.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/chairman_meow_poster_protest.jpg


Only the cat's missing!
http://www.hino.co.jp/content/dam/hino/common/img/dakar/img_members_2016.jpg
HINO MOTORS/Team SUGAWARA for Dakar 2016 :)

[Rallyper]

PG Andersson to start in Swedish Rally Champinship 2016 with Skoda Fabia WRC.

[BleAivano]

Next Sunday (Jan 31st) there will be the annual Swedish championship winter rally sprint. It is part of SM-veckan (sort of a Swedish mini olympics)
It will start at 09.00 and will likely be broadcasted live on SVT play.

In the mean time you can watch the broad cast from last summers SM-vecka.
http://www.svtplay.se/video/3030419/sm-veckan-bilsport-backtavling-drifting-rallycross/sm-veckan-bilsport-backtavling-drifting-och-rallycross-sm-veckan-bilsport-backtavling-drifting-och-rallycross

[Micke_VOC]

Next Sunday (Jan 31st) there will be the annual Swedish championship winter rally sprint. It is part of SM-veckan (sort of a Swedish mini olympics)
It will start at 09.00 and will likely be broadcasted live on SVT play.

In the mean time you can watch the broad cast from last summers SM-vecka.
http://www.svtplay.se/video/3030419/sm-veckan-bilsport-backtavling-drifting-rallycross/sm-veckan-bilsport-backtavling-drifting-och-rallycross-sm-veckan-bilsport-backtavling-drifting-och-rallycross

http://www.svtplay.se/video/5262514/sm-veckan-rally-och-rallycross/sm-veckan-rallt-och-rallycross
Link to livestream qualifying, Sunday 31/1 13:20 CET
http://www.svtplay.se/video/5937374/sm-vecka/sm-vecka-31-01-13-20
link to the livestream finals Sunday 31/1 08:20 CET

Also RallyX Supercar lites will be in this broadcast.

[janvanvurpa]

Hej grabbar, shall there be any natioinella classes running same time as WRC this year?
or Historic cars? That's always fun to see, as much fun as all the little blob shopping cars.
Links?

[Rallyper]

Hej grabbar, shall there be any natioinella classes running same time as WRC this year?
or Historic cars? That's always fun to see, as much fun as all the little blob shopping cars.
Links?

Historic cars will attend. This coming weekend first round of Swedish Championship: www.rallysm.se

Historic Rally Sweden: http://www.rallysweden.com/tavlande/

Regards

Per

[BleAivano]

Historic cars will attend. This coming weekend first round of Swedish Championship: www.rallysm.se (http://www.rallysm.se)
Per

Two pics from the stages: https://www.facebook.com/RallySm/posts/870727746378407

Seems to be more snow there then in Värmland.

It will be interesting to see how Pelle Wilén will perform with his new car. Hopefully there will be a good battle between him and Söderqvist.

Rally Radio live tomorrow at 17.00 local time (CET) and probably from around 07.30-08.00 on Saturday : https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/live/rallyradio-fran-rally-bilmetro-med-rally-live
Live results: http://resultatservice.se/resserv/v2/tvlinfo/rally.jsp?tvlnr=2016008

[Rallyper]

Two pics from the stages: https://www.facebook.com/RallySm/posts/870727746378407

Seems to be more snow there then in Värmland.

It will be interesting to see how Pelle Wilén will perform with his new car. Hopefully there will be a good battle between him and Söderqvist.

Rally Radio live tomorrow at 17.00 local time (CET) and probably from around 07.30-08.00 on Saturday : https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/live/rallyradio-fran-rally-bilmetro-med-rally-live
Live results: http://resultatservice.se/resserv/v2/tvlinfo/rally.jsp?tvlnr=2016008

Haru några tips? Thought of end of SS2, SS4 middle and end of SS6.

[BleAivano]

So far it's PG Andersson show. After 4 stages, he is 1 minute and 14 seconds ahead of Niklas Hägg in 2nd place, Jerker Axelsson in 3rd is another 4.4 seconds behind.

http://resultatservice.se/rally/2016/sandviken/resultat/1result.html

[BleAivano]

Results:

http://resultatservice.se/rally/2016/sandviken/resultat/1c7.html
http://resultatservice.se/rally/2016/sandviken/resultat/1result.html

[BleAivano]

Some interviews and a few clips from the stages: https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/video/sm-magasinet-rally-sandviken

[Rallyper]

PG Andersson yesterday in 1st round of SRC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhTH8QlM5-c

[BleAivano]

Pelle Wilén incar:

SSS1: https://www.facebook.com/teamwilen/posts/10154702611714152
SS4: https://www.facebook.com/teamwilen/posts/10154706103444152
SS6: https://www.facebook.com/teamwilen/posts/10154705950254152

And a few roadside clips: https://www.facebook.com/teamwilen/posts/10154706421034152

[Rallyper]

2nd round of Swedish RC starts tonight in Östersund, Winter Rally. Results on

http://www.resultatservice.com/rally/2016/ostersund/resultat/1result.html

[BleAivano]

2nd round of Swedish RC starts tonight in Östersund, Winter Rally. Results on

http://www.resultatservice.com/rally/2016/ostersund/resultat/1result.html

Live radio: https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/live/rallyradio-fran-ostersund-winter-rally-med-rally-live

[BleAivano]

PG Andersson won with about 3 minutes. Mats Jonsson was second.

[BleAivano]

Some info about this summer's SM-sprint during the SM-week, http://www.rallysm.se/nyheter/rally-far-sallskap-av-crosskart/
There will be Rallysprint and corss cart racing sharing the track and race day.

Everything will be live broadcaseted by SVT, either on their tv-channels and play channel or on their play channel only.

[BleAivano]

Apparently there are some problems with the South Swedish Rally. People who live along the stages have reported that many drivers have illegitimately
performed recon of the stages that will be used. The amount of traffic on these small roads have increased allot without any other reasonable explanation.
The stages are not yet officially published but they can still be found out by requesting info from Länsstyrelsen since the organizers obviously need
to have permission to use the roads.

The residents along the stages have taken notes of license plate numbers and the organizers are now investigating those license plate numbers to
see of they can connect them to any of the participants. Any driver who is caught might get suspended and some staged might also have to be cancelled.

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=86&artikel=6409785

[BleAivano]

So far 79 cars have entered South Swedish Rally (SM round #3) which is held next weekend.

http://www.rallysm.se/nyheter/79-anmalda-till-ssr/

[BleAivano]

Entry list for this weekends South Swedish rally: http://www.resultatservice.se/resserv/v2/tvlinfo/ShowEntrants.jsp?RaceNbr=2016017
Rally radio: https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/live/rallyradio-fran-south-swedish-rally-med-rally-live

[BleAivano]

Live results; http://www.resultatservice.se/rally/2016/ssr/resultat/1result.html SS1-4 this afternoon/evening and then 8 stages tomorrow.

[Rallyper]

Third round in SRC, third win for PG Andersson i Skoda WRC in South Swedish Rally. 2nd goes to Jerker Axelsson Subaru WRC, 1:45 after PG. Third o/a was Emil Bergkvist in Mitsu N4 just 23 secs after Axelsson.

[BleAivano]

Third round in SRC, third win for PG Andersson i Skoda WRC in South Swedish Rally. 2nd goes to Jerker Axelsson Subaru WRC, 1:45 after PG.
Third o/a was Emil Bergkvist in Mitsu N4 just 23 secs after Axelsson.

PG is in a league of his own. I heard on the rally radio that PG and atleast one other driver actually sponsored one of their competitors.

Next up in the Swedish Rally champ. is the summer sprint at Norrköping in July which will be streamed live on svtplay.se

[janvanvurpa]

Third round in SRC, third win for PG Andersson i Skoda WRC in South Swedish Rally. 2nd goes to Jerker Axelsson Subaru WRC, 1:45 after PG. Third o/a was Emil Bergkvist in Mitsu N4 just 23 secs after Axelsson.


Kom nu, 4:an Mats Jonsson in a soon to be legal Histroic old 1997 spec Escort Cosworth Whirled Rally Car--19 year old car.
Borde ha notis..
"Gammal är äldst"

[Rallyper]

Kom nu, 4:an Mats Jonsson in a soon to be legal Histroic old 1997 spec Escort Cosworth Whirled Rally Car--19 year old car.
Borde ha notis..
"Gammal är äldst"

Yes, 4th o/a. Men han börjar tappa fart. Inte bara bilen, tror jag. Bra gjort ändå. (But he starts loosing speed however. Not only old car. Good enough, though)

[janvanvurpa]

Yes, 4th o/a. Men han börjar tappa fart. Inte bara bilen, tror jag. Bra gjort ändå. (But he starts loosing speed however. Not only old car. Good enough, though)

Yeah I think so.. It was 25 years ago he was in those Toyota All-Trac that Asterhag built and winning WRC Sweden...
Impressive on one hand that he could keep it up so long/on the other hand worry a bit that rally scene structure is such that one or 2 guys could dominate so long after their obvious peak..

[Rallyper]

This one´s for John:

http://www.wrchd.com/south-swedish-rally-2016-crash-action/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Many Volvos GrH! And first 3 o/a presentation in the end.

[BleAivano]

Next year's calendar have been firmed.

4-5/2 Söderhamn (Sprint-SM during SM-week)
24-25/2 Östersund
25-27/5 Karlskrona (South Swedish Rally)
16-17/6 Sandviken
18-19/8 Kolsva
8-9/9 Linköping

http://www.rallysm.se/uncategorized/kalendern-2017-ar-spikad/

Söderhamn replaces Sandviken as one of two winter rallies and Sandviken/Gävle then moves to a new June slot. Good to see that we have a rally in June next year.
I don't like the big gaps that we have had previously. 3 months is a bit too long between two rounds, obviously during March-April it's difficult
to have a really due to de-frosting period but a rally in June and/or July have been much needed.

[itix]

I hope to be home and around my summer house when the Norrköping rally goes... The stages should go past it!

[BleAivano]

Live stream for Tuesday: http://www.svtplay.se/video/8792196/sm-veckan/sm-veckan-rally-och-crosscart?info=visa Should be available all over the world.

[BleAivano]

Live stream for Tuesday: http://www.svtplay.se/video/8792196/sm-veckan/sm-veckan-rally-och-crosscart?info=visa Should be available all over the world.

Start time is 11.00 CEST (4 hours from now).

[focus206]

Live stream for Tuesday: http://www.svtplay.se/video/8792196/sm-veckan/sm-veckan-rally-och-crosscart?info=visa Should be available all over the world.

That's a nice coverage, very nice considering it's a rallysprint for a national championship. Will it end at 19:30 CET?
Loved the variety of cars too, what's with those Corollas (not the WRC one)? They look like some kind of A7, any spec?
Thanks for the link by the way.

[Rallyper]

That's a nice coverage, very nice considering it's a rallysprint for a national championship. Will it end at 19:30 CET?
Loved the variety of cars too, what's with those Corollas (not the WRC one)? They look like some kind of A7, any spec?
Thanks for the link by the way.

National class (Gr H). FWD.

[Coach 2]

They are homologated (only in Sweden) with parts from other Toyota cars that are usable for rally, they have sequential gearbox and 2,000 ccm Lexsus engine. As far as I now.

[BleAivano]

5th round (4th full length round) of the Swedish rally championship is held this weekend. 2 stages y-day and 8 stages today.

Rally radio. https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/live/rallyradio-fran-am-snapphanerallyt-med-rally-live
Live results: http://resultatservice.se/rally/2016/snapphanerally/resultat/1result.html

[BleAivano]

Pg Andersson and his co-driver have already won the title despite that two rounds are rremaining.

http://www.vf.se/sport/bilsport/pg-klar-mastare
http://www.rallysm.se/nyheter/p-g-sakrade-guldet-i-hassleholm/
http://www.resultatservice.se/rallysm/rallysm2016/rasm4.html

Click links under Kompletta SM-resultat 2016 to get the c
complete and updated results.
http://www.rallysm.se/resultat/

[BleAivano]

East Sweden rally is taking place this weekend. It is the penultimate round of the Swedish championship.

Drivers: http://resultatservice.se/resserv/v2/tvlinfo/ShowEntrants.jsp?RaceNbr=2016042
Live results will be available at http://resultatservice.se/resserv/v2/home/home.jsp

[janvanvurpa]

East Sweden rally is taking place this weekend. It is the penultimate round of the Swedish championship.

Drivers: http://resultatservice.se/resserv/v2/tvlinfo/ShowEntrants.jsp?RaceNbr=2016042
Live results will be available at http://resultatservice.se/resserv/v2/home/home.jsp


Inte ens 90 anmälda. 9 klasser. va fan har hänt?

[BleAivano]

Inte ens 90 anmälda. 9 klasser. va fan har hänt?

I don't know. However I suspect that it will be even fewer at the final round in Uppsala since over 30 out of 89 cars have retired due to offs or other mechanical problems.

http://resultatservice.se/rally/2016/esr/resultat/brutna.html

results: http://resultatservice.se/rally/2016/esr/resultat/1result.html

[itix]

I spectated east sweden rally... Loads of fun! I'm impressed by Linköping letting their park to be used for Rally!

The amount of audience was a bit of disappointment though.

Ss4 passed right outside my summer house :)

Not every day you can just wake up and spectate the rally from your porch.

[BleAivano]

Kolsvarundan today, it is not part of the championship but it is covered live by SBF play rally radio: https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/live/rallyradio-fran-kolsvarundan-med-rally-live
Live results here: http://resultatservice.se/rally/2016/kolsvarundan/resultat/1result.html

Last weekend, Per "Pelle" Wilén secured his second straight title in JSM trimmat 2wd, in the final round he will drive a Mitsubishi Evo9.
http://resultatservice.se/resserv/v2/artiklar/artikel.jsp?id=1474055282719&year=2016&type=1

[itix]

Good luck to Pelle, hope he has a future. No doubt that he is quick...

[janvanvurpa]

Kolsvarundan today, it is not part of the championship but it is covered live by SBF play rally radio: https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/live/rallyradio-fran-kolsvarundan-med-rally-live
Live results here: http://resultatservice.se/rally/2016/kolsvarundan/resultat/1result.html

Last weekend, Per "Pelle" Wilén secured his second straight title in JSM trimmat 2wd, in the final round he will drive a Mitsubishi Evo9.
http://resultatservice.se/resserv/v2/artiklar/artikel.jsp?id=1474055282719&year=2016&type=1

Jössus! 10 Volvo i topp 20...
53 uot of 124 finishers..

Over here the 'salty old sea dogs' in the sport say
"In Europe most guys start with FWD cars...low powered Front wheel drive...its the best for learning.."

They obiously have never looked at a start or finish list for anywhere in Norway, Sweden of Finland

[BleAivano]

Mats Jonsson have announced that he will not participate in the final round in Uppsala. His car (an old Ford Escort WRC) suffered a major breakdown in
East Sweden rally and it will be too expensive to repair it with this short notice. He also says that it is difficult to find parts for such an old car.

https://www.facebook.com/RallySm/photos/a.187832644667924.40229.187189098065612/1024825574301956/?type=3&theater

[BleAivano]

This weekend; P-G Andersson vs. Pontus Tidemand in the final round of this year's Swedish championship.

http://www.rallysm.se/nyheter/p-g-vs-pontus-i-dromkamp/

[Rallyper]

No fight as PG rolled on first stage earlier tonight. Retired but maybe starts tomorrow on Rally2. Pontus leads by some 40 secs.

http://www.motorsport4sale.com/artiklar/nyheter/pg-andersson-i-trubbel-pa-ss1-i-rally-uppsala/

[BleAivano]

No fight as PG rolled on first stage earlier tonight. Retired but maybe starts tomorrow on Rally2. Pontus leads by some 40 secs.

http://www.motorsport4sale.com/artiklar/nyheter/pg-andersson-i-trubbel-pa-ss1-i-rally-uppsala/


Rally Radio: https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/live/rallyradio-fran-rally-uppsala-med-rally-live--2


Results: http://resultatservice.se/rally/2016/rally_uppsala/resultat/1result.html

Pics and videoclips here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/rallyradion/

[BleAivano]

A video clip: https://www.facebook.com/stig.hellberg/videos/vb.641132445/10154740561592446/?type=2&theater

[BleAivano]

Jerker Axelsson who finished second in this year's championship have decided to opt for a timeout for a few years.
PG Andersson is also unlikely to do a full championship next year.

http://www.vf.se/sport/bilsport/silvermedaljor-tar-timeout

[BleAivano]

For this winter's championship winter sprint (during SM-veckan (http://www.smveckan.se/OmSM-veckan/)), a record amount of crews/cars have submitted their entry.
128 crews will drive in this year's sprint but that also mean that there only will be two qualification heats
on Saturday, compared to the three that was originally planned. the 40 fastest will advance to Sunday's finals.

This sprint will be held on February 4-5th (the weekend before RS).

At least Sunday's heats will be televised/live streamed.

http://www.rallysm.se/nyheter/rekordmanga-till-sm-veckan/

[dimviii]

Adapta Motorsport ‏@TeamAdapta 2h
2 hours ago

Huge disappointment for @MadsOstberg & Ola 1.4 km into SS1. Broken suspension arm after cut in left hand corner. Finished for the day


Larsen Motorsport ‏@lmsg_rally 2h
2 hours ago

SIGDALSRALLY 2017 - OVERALL AFTER SS2: 1. Brynildsen (FiestaR5) 12:19.2 / 2. LARSEN (FiestaR5) +12.5 / 3. Grøndal (FiestaR5) +19.2 #RallyNM

[Rallyper]

Well, no offence, but it was Norway, however they belonged to Sweden up to 1905, so never mind. ;)

[Micke_VOC]

The legend Mats Jonsson has finally uppgraded to a newer WRC-car. Sold his old Escort WRC to Spain and also the new-build Escort WRC i think. Now he have a Skoda Fabia WRC, maybe ex. PG Andersson.

[BleAivano]

Bergslagsrallyt this weekend. It is not a championship round but it will be covered by Rally Live rally radio
between approx 09.00-17.00 on Saturday. https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/live/rallyradio-fran-bergslagsrallyt-med-rally-live

https://www.facebook.com/rallyradion/ http://www.raceconsulting.se/bergslagsrallyt-281/
Entered http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/anmalan/listor/lista.jsp?tavling=1039&urval=granskaddeltar&sortering=tavlingsklasslicensklassinkom&rubrik=Anm%C3%A4lningslista&min=1&max=2&rubrik2=Anm%C3%A4lningslistor

[Fly]

Bergslagsrallyt this weekend. It is not a championship round but it will be covered by Rally Live rally radio
between approx 09.00-17.00 on Saturday. https://sbfplay.solidtango.com/live/rallyradio-fran-bergslagsrallyt-med-rally-live

https://www.facebook.com/rallyradion/ http://www.raceconsulting.se/bergslagsrallyt-281/
Entered http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/anmalan/listor/lista.jsp?tavling=1039&urval=granskaddeltar&sortering=tavlingsklasslicensklassinkom&rubrik=Anm%C3%A4lningslista&min=1&max=2&rubrik2=Anm%C3%A4lningslistor

Is Dennis Radström related to Thomas?

[Micke_VOC]

Is Dennis Radström related to Thomas?

No,he is from Torsby and son to nationaldriver Arne Rådström (App-K Volvo 240 now and Volvo 240/940 and Audi in the past)

[BleAivano]

stage results http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/resultat/tavling.jsp?tavling=1039
mobile link http://www.raceconsulting.com/rally/resultat/tavling_m.jsp?tavling=1039

[BleAivano]

The legend Mats Jonsson has finally uppgraded to a newer WRC-car. Sold his old Escort WRC to Spain and also the new-build Escort WRC i think. Now he have a Skoda Fabia WRC, maybe ex. PG Andersson.


Mats and his Skoda: https://www.facebook.com/RallySm/photos/a.187832644667924.40229.187189098065612/1147489935368852/?type=3&theater

Next week is the Winter sprint championship in Söderhamn. As before it is part of SM-veckan (http://www.smveckan.se/) (like a Swedish national mini-olympics).
Schedule (http://www.smveckan.se/Program/):

Saturday 2017-02-04
kl. 09:00 First start SS 1
kl. 11:20 ca first start SS 2.

Sunday -05
08.00-15.00
Rallycross (sprint) Helsinge Motorstadion

08.00-15.00
Rally (sprint) Helsinge Motorstadion

It should be live on SVT play (will be available outside Sweden) but the links for next weekend are not up yet