My Team Racing Performance (and lack thereof)

Updated August 2004

Mechanic: Myself. Pilot: Mats Bejhem or Jan Gustafsson(*)

Swedish Nats: Champion 1995 , 3rd 1996, 4th 1997 (negative trend...), 3rd 1998 (next year... -- not:) 4th 1999, and no better 2000: 4th, 2001: 4th again (...every excuse you can come up with and then some..), 2002: 3rd, a little better, but only 169 laps in the final. 2003: 3rd again, mostly due to lack of competition, but at least we finished, in 7:44. 2004:Lousy season! Against all expectations, 2nd, 7:10.
Nordic (Scandinavian) Champs: Champion 1998 , No Entry 2000, Second 2002, 4th 2004
Personal Bests:
  • Heat time (100 laps): 3:18.5, 8th Sept 2002 (World Record: 3:09.8, Swedish Record: 3:18.3)
  • Final time (200 laps): 6:54.4 (only to finish second) (World Record: 6:28.9, Swedish Record: 6:47)
  • Practice speed, 10 laps: 214 km/h (16.8 sec)
  • Speed in a heat, 10 laps: 208.9 km/h (17.23 sec)
World And European Champs
  • 1995, 12th place in the European Champs. (*) Official time 3:32.2. Actually 3:22 something, good enough for the semi-finals, but the officials made a 10 second error. (Ms. Borer had 3:22.4)
  • 1996, 23rd place by 3:29.8 in the World Champs. (*)
  • 1999, 20th place by 3:35.5 in the European Champs. (*)
  • 2002, 20th place by 3:25.1 in the World Champs.
    Read my excuses!
Composed Winners 1998: (L: Göran; R: Mats)

Pictures by Fredrik Hallgren

2002 Model:

Crashed 17 August 2003 due to a down line loop break inside the wing. Engine and tank were saved.