Got an email from my good friend Peter Fröbel, about the contestans of this years German Open!

The following people are coming: 

Finnland: Juha, Jyri-Ville, Hannu, Pekka, Juhu, Atte, Teri.

Sweden: Stefan Törnfeldt, Janne Andersson.

Czech republic: Zdenek, Jiri Micek, Vlado.

Brazil: Gugu, José Mario and maybe Bambi.

US: Les

Germany: Peter, Klaus, Siggi, Heiko, Rainer, Micha Kaiser, Kehlo, Michi Saifart, Ralf Klose, Roland Faix, Chopper, Werner Lange, Hanna & Rebecca Fröbel.

 

Our very favourite, Peter, takin a powernap to gather some energy for this years German Open!

 

So the time has finally come for Swedish slotracings highlight - Gothenburg1000, which is raced the first weekend of December. Seems like the race has managed to attract over 50 entries, and we'll see seven old champs in the header. Below is a list with the name of the champs and the years they won!
Janne Ekman, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002.

Egil Aksnes, 1987.

Anders Gustafson, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2010.

Stefan Törnfeldt, 1994, 1998.

Kenneth Signal, 2004.

Michael Landrud, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011.

Steen Michaelsen, 2009.

 

In the picture is the very first race result from 1972, taken from the Swedish paper "Miniracing" created by Hasse & Bjarne.

 

 It was a dark and rainy Saturday morning, me and Janne were heading for the Hasse Nilsson king in Asker. Two drivers from Sweden and five drivers from Norway gathered in the basement for some good old racing. Stefan won both the qualifying and the whole race in Prod24, with Egil on 2nd place and Tor Henning from Fredrikstad on 3rd. When it came to Box-12, Egil won both qualifying and the race, with the two Swedes - Stefan and Janne - on 2nd and 3rd place. Sure was a fun race, even though we had some technical problems, with a real good lunch from Pizzastuen!

Results.
Saloon Production 24.
1. Stefan Törnfeldt 297.60 laps TQ 4.364
2. Egil Aksnes 281.55 laps Q 4.621
3. Tor Henning J 255.55 laps Q 4.673
4. Janne Andersson 251.35 laps Q 4.994
5. Jens Petter Nakken 234.70 laps Q 5.583
6. Geir Jensrud 214.25 laps Q 4.644
7. Johnny Andersen 33.00 laps Q 4.803

Box-12.
1. Egil Aksnes 455.55 laps TQ 2.706
2. Stefan Törnfeldt 437.10 laps Q 2.856
3. Janne Andersson 404.50 laps Q 2.902
4. Geir Jensrud 391.40 laps Q 3.004
5. Johnny Andersen 375.55 laps Q 3.243
6. Tor Henning J 325.43 laps Q 2.851
7. Jens Petter Nakken 255.00 laps Q 3.025