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XI. Kanonloppet

Gelleråsen, Karlskoga, Sweden

Date: 7/8/1965 to: 8/8/1965
Track length: 3.000 m
Attendance: 44.000 including Stefan Örnerdal
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 15 (division 1), rest unknown
Finishers: 13 (Div. 1);

Pole position: Swart (Div. 1); Ljungfeldt, 1.36,9 (Div. 2 and 3)
Fastest lap: Swart in 1.41,9 (Div. 1); Stewart and Ljundberg, 1.38,3 (Div. 2 and 3)

Distance: 35 laps
Average speed: 107,44 kmh
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group 2/63
Car info: 1965 Cars

 

Middle aged but fast Bo Ljungfeldt won the Saloon Car race in Alan Mann's Mustang. It was a tedious race with Whitmore second, winning Division 2 and Josephson in another Cortina third. De Adamich in the new Alfa GTA had bent his suspension on a marker trying to beat the Fords in the first corner (the car had been fastest qualifier of division 2), Jackie Stewart (who drove in F2 as well) broke his rear suspension with the wheel coming off. BMW decided to skip the event, as well as the Broadspeed team. Division 1 was won by Ed Swart in his Abarth, with Giunti second, while the fight between the Saabs, van Osch and Källström ended when the Saabs retired.


Division 1
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 16  
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Ed Swart, NL
982 L4 Div. 1/1000 35 laps, 1:00.16,9 1   1.42,0  
2 2 15  
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Ignazio Giunti, I
982 L4 Div. 1/1000 35 laps, 1:00.23,2 2      
3 1 2  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Hans Koster, NL
847 L4 Div. 1/850 35 laps, 1:01.56,4        
4 3 21 Botkyrka MK
Morris Mini Cooper S 970
Johnny Lundberger, S
999 L4 Div. 1/1000 35 laps, 1:01.57,6        
5 2 3  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Mauro Cintolesi, I
847 L4 Div. 1/850 34        
6 4 20  
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Jan-Erik Andreason, S
999 L4 Div. 1/1000 34       Car didn’t start at first
7 5 7  
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Jan van Osch, NL
982 L4 Div. 1/1000 34        
8 6 18 Botkyrka MK
Morris Mini Cooper S 970
Harry Källström, S
999 L4 Div. 1/1000 34        
9 3 8 Varbergs MK
Saab 96 Sport
Gösta Karlsson, S
841 L3 Div. 1/850 34        
10 4 7 Halmstads AK
Saab 96 Sport
Björn Rothstein, S
841 L3 Div. 1/850 33        
11 7 19 Botkyrka MK
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Freddy Kottulinsky, S
999 L4 Div. 1/1000 33        
12 5 9 Halmstads AK
BMW 700
Olof Wijk, S
697 B2 Div. 1/850 33        
13 6 10 SMK Västerås
Saab 96 Sport
Jan Fisk, S
841 L3 Div. 1/850 32        
DNF   5 SMK Munkedal
Saab 96 Sport
Boo Johansson ("Boo Brasta"), S
841 L3 Div. 1/850         Engine
DNF   6 SMK Trollhättan
Saab 96 Sport
Sigvard Johansson, S
841 L3 Div. 1/850         Clutch

Division 2 and 3
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 62 Ford International/Alan Mann Racing
Ford Mustang
Bo Ljungfeldt, S
4728 V8 Div. 3 35 laps, 58.34,6 1 1.36,9 1.38,3  
2 1/1 41 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina
John Whitmore, GB
1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 35 laps, 58.40,0 5 1.38,5    
3 2/1 32 DAU
Morris Mini Cooper S
Christian Nelleman, DK
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 34   1.41,2    
4 3/2 44 SSK
Ford Lotus Cortina
Anders Josephson, S
1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 34 6 1.40,1    
5 4/2 33 Botkyrka MK
Morris Mini Cooper S
Picko Troberg, S
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 34   1.41,2    
6 5/3 34 Medelpads AMK
Morris Mini Cooper S
Åke Persson, S
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 34        
7 2 64 Alingsås MK
Ford Mustang
Tarme Olsson, S
4728 V8 Div. 3 34        
8 6/4 36 SMK Köping
Morris Mini Cooper S
Börje Österberg, S
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 34        
9 7/1 51 Botkyrka MK
BMW 1800 TI
Freddy Kottulinsky, S
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000 34     1.43,1  
10 8/5 35 KAK/U
Austin Mini Cooper S
Jan-Erik Andreason, S
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 34        
11 9/6 31 DAU
Morris Mini Cooper S
Olle Trap-Nielsen, DK
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 34        
12 10/7 37 Halmstads AK
Morris Mini Cooper S
Gösta Pettersson, S
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 33        
13 11/8 28  
Morris Mini Cooper S
Jommi Salomaa, SF
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 33        
14 12/9 26  
Morris Mini Cooper S
Gunther Thiel, USA
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 32        
15 3 66 Botkyrka MK
Ford Falcon Sprint
Ove Nicklasson, S
4728 V8 Div. 3 32        
DNF   52 Göteborgs MF
Volvo
Lars Tärby, S
1778 L4 Div. 3          
DNF   61 Ford International/Roy Pierpoint
Ford Mustang
Roy Pierpoint, GB
4728 V8 Div. 3   3 1.37,7   Blown engine
DNF   40 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina
Jackie Stewart, GB
1594 L4 Div. 2/1600   4 1.37,8 1.38,3 Suspension
DNF   42  
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Andrea de Adamich, I
1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 1 2 1.37,7   Accident
DNS   45 Bengtsfors MC
Ford Lotus Cortina
Erik Berger, S
1594 L4 Div. 2/1600   (7) 1.40,4    
DNS   60 Ford International/Gawaine Baillie
Ford Mustang
Gawaine Baillie, GB
4728 V8 Div. 3         Damaged valve, withdrawn