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XV Västkustloppet Falkenberg

Falkenbergs Motorbana, Sweden

Date: 4/8/1968
Track length: 1.833 m
Attendance: 25.000
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Ljungfeldt in 0.49,8 (Gr 2 1600); Rothstein B. in 0.50,3 (Gr 2 +1600); Gunnarsson in 0.49,2 (Gr 5)
Fastest lap: Green in 0.49,2 (Gr 2 1600); Rothstein B. (Gr 2 +1600); Gunnarsson in 0.48,9 (Gr 5)

Distance: 16 laps (Group 2); 20 laps (Group 5)
Average speed:
Weather: Cloudy
Ruleset: Group 2/63, Group 5/63
Car info: 1968 Cars

 



Group 2 1000-1600 cc
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   14 Ford Motor Company
Ford Escort TC
Bo Ljungfeldt, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600 16 laps, 13.29,6 1 0.49,8    
2   10 Stockholms BK
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Tommy Johansson, S
1570 L4 Group 2 1600 16 laps, 13.46,9 2 0.50,1    
3   6 Karlskoga MK
Ford Lotus Cortina
Jonny Green, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600 16 laps, 13.47,9 4 0.50,8 0.49,2  
4   9 Sam Gillberg Bil AB
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Kjell Ehrman, S
1570 L4 Group 2 1600 16 laps, 13.49,6 5 0.51,2    
5   28 SMK Vingåker
Ford Lotus Cortina
Andreas Waerner, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600 16 laps, 14.13,5 7 0.51,7    
6   27 Skaraborgs SVK
BMC Mini Cooper S
Ragnar Eklund, S
1293 L4 Group 2 1600 15 6 0.51,4    
7   4 MS Stockholm
Ford Lotus Cortina
Leif Petterson, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600 15 8 0.52,2    
8   5 Eklunds Bilservice
Ford Lotus Cortina
Christer Hagberg, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600 15 10 0.53,1    
9   1 Karlskoga MK
Ford Lotus Cortina
Nils-Erik Eriksson, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600 15 13 0.53,5    
10   7 Filemon Racing Team
Ford Lotus Cortina
Roland Johansson, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600 15 11 0.53,1    
11   36 Halmstads AK
BMC Mini Cooper S
Claes Rothstein, S
1293 L4 Group 2 1600 15 18 0.55,4    
12   24 Team Tåkern Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina
Key Thun, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600 15 14 0.53,6    
13   26 MS Stockholm
BMC Mini Cooper S
Åke Hermansson, S
1293 L4 Group 2 1600 15 20 0.55,8    
14   16 Auto-Centrum
Ford Lotus Cortina
Ingemar Larsson, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600 15 23 0.56,4    
DNF/DNS   2 Bengtsfors MC
BMC Mini Cooper S
Erik Berger, S
1293 L4 Group 2 1600   3 0.50,5    
DNF/DNS   31 Team Baltzar
Ford Lotus Cortina
Carl Erik Nilsson, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600   9 0.52,3    
DNF/DNS   25 Liptons Racing Team
Ford Lotus Cortina
Bo Wallin, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600   12 0.53,1    
DNF/DNS   30 Europ.Bilbol.H Kronegård
Ford Lotus Cortina
Gregor Kronegård, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600   15 0.54,1    
DNF/DNS   19 Eskilstuna MK
BMC Mini Cooper S
Sture Danielsson, S
1293 L4 Group 2 1600   16 0.54,5    
DNF/DNS   21 Falkenbergs MK
Renault R 8 Gordini
Gert-Elis Elisson, S
1255 L4 Group 2 1600   17 0.55,4    
DNF/DNS   18 Auto-Centrum
Ford Lotus Cortina
Jan Larsson, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600   19 0.55,6    
DNF/DNS   23 Bogesunds BIL AB
BMC Mini Cooper S
Ronny Wallin, S
1293 L4 Group 2 1600   21 0.56,1    
DNF/DNS   22 Bogesunds BIL AB
Renault R 8 Gordini
Csaba Csisky de Lukats, S
1255 L4 Group 2 1600   22 0.56,3    
DNF/DNS   20 Malvac Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina
Åke Hermansson, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600   24 0.56,4    
DNF/DNS   15 Dalsland Ring
BMC Mini Cooper S
Ulf Hanes, S
1293 L4 Group 2 1600   25 0.58,0    
DNF/DNS   33 Tomelilla Bilrikt.
BMC Mini Cooper S
Lars-Göran Persson, S
1293 L4 Group 2 1600   26 0.58,7    
DNF/DNS   32 Team Viktor
BMC Mini Cooper S
Gösta Carlsson, S
1293 L4 Group 2 1600   27 0.59,1    
DNF/DNS   29 Rune Lindqvists Glas
Ford Lotus Cortina
Ulf Dahl, S
1594 L4 Group 2 1600   28 0.59,6    
DNF/DNS   3 Tomelilla MK
BMC Mini Cooper S
Kent Malmberg, S
1293 L4 Group 2 1600   29 1.00,3    

Group 2 over 1600 cc
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   27 SSK
Chevrolet Camaro
Hans Radefalk, S
  V8 Group 2 +1600 16 laps, 13.39,3 2 0.50,7    
2   11 Halmstads AK
Porsche 911 L
Björn Rothstein, S
1991 B6 Group 2 +1600 16 laps, 13.44,0 1 0.50,3 0.50,1  
3   10 Karlstads MC
Porsche 911 L
Rolf Bergström, S
1991 B6 Group 2 +1600 16 laps, 14.19,9 4 0.52,1    
4   23 MS Stockholm
Ford Mustang
Georg Scholger, S
4728 V8 Group 2 +1600 16 laps, 14.24,1 8 0.53,8    
5   7 Eklunds Bilservice
Ford Falcon Sprint
Karl-Eric Bengtsson, S
4728 V8 Group 2 +1600 16 laps, 14.27,8 6 0.52,9    
6   1 Stockholms BK
Opel Rallye Kadett
Bengt Dahlberg, S
1897 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 7 0.53,3    
7   18 Upplands Väsby MK
Volvo 122 S
Göran Kvist, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 9 0.54,0    
8   17 Upplands Väsby MK
Volvo 122 S
Kurt Johansson, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 11 0.54,3    
9   19 Auto-Centrum
Ford Mustang
Ingemar Larsson, S
4728 V8 Group 2 +1600 15 5 0.52,2    
10   12 Skara MK
Volvo 122 S
Claes Andersson, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 17 0.55,4    
11   30 Team Viktor
Volvo 142
Sven-Erik Frithiofson, S
1985 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 19 0.55,7    
12   4 Viskafors MK
Volvo 122 S
Jörgen Johannesson, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 23 0.56,7    
13   25 Seeo´s Racing
Volvo 122 S
Sveneric Olsson, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 18 0.55,6    
14   21 Borås MK
Volvo 122 S
Ingvar Lindén, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 15 0.54,6    
15   9 KAK/U
Volvo 122 S
Bengt Axelsson, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 25 0.57,0    
16   13 Göteborgs MF
Volvo PV 544
Tage Fuxmo, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 24 0.56,8    
17   29 Halmstads AK
Volvo PV 544
Berndt Haraldsson, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 14 0.54,6    
18   16 Karlstads MC
Volvo 122 S
Leif Eriksson, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600 15 13 0.54,5    
19   15 Toarps MK
Volvo 122 S
Staffan Holmberg, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600 13 20 0.55,8    
DNF/DNS   14 Prestone
Chevrolet Camaro
Bo Kasby, S
  V8 Group 2 +1600   3 0.51,4    
DNF/DNS   31 Team Viktor
Volvo 122 S
Jan-Eje Persson, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600   10 0.54,2    
DNF/DNS   32 SMK Örebro
BMW 1800 TI
Bo Karlsson, S
1773 L4 Group 2 +1600   12 0.54,4    
DNF/DNS   8 Petterssons Racing
Chevrolet Chevy II
Kent Hellström, S
ca. 5000 V8 Group 2 +1600   16 0.55,3    
DNF/DNS   3 Borås MK
Ford Mustang
Jan Liljeros, S
4728 V8 Group 2 +1600   21 0.56,2    
DNF/DNS   24 SMK Värnamo
Volvo 122 S
Kaj Hilding, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600   22 0.56,4    
DNF/DNS   28 Claes Andersson
Volvo 122 S
Claes Svensson, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600   26 0.58,8    
DNF/DNS   5 Borås MK
Volvo 122 S
Christer Roos, S
1778 L4 Group 2 +1600   27 1.00,9    

Group 5 under 2000 cc
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   14 BP Racing Club
Porsche 911
Sven-Olof "Esso" Gunnarsson, S
1991 B6 Group 5 2000 20 laps, 16.53,8 1 0.49,2 0.48,9  
2   24 KAK
Porsche 911
Anders Josephson, S
1991 B6 Group 5 2000 20 laps, 16.55,2 2 0.49,7    
3   1 SMK Munkedal
Opel Rekord 1900
Rune Tobiasson, S
1897 L4 Group 5 2000 20 laps, 17.16,9 3 0.50,8    
4   8 Svebra Racing
Volvo 122 S
Brage Sundström, S
  L4 Group 5 2000 20 laps, 17.23,0 4 0.51,6    
5   3 Saab AB
Saab 96 V4
Sigvard Johansson, S
1498 V4 Group 5 2000 20 laps, 17.32,7 5 0.52,0    
6   20 GP Bilservice AB
BMC Mini Cooper S
Gösta Pettersson, S
1293 L4 Group 5 2000 19 8 0.52,4    
7   13 Ridström Bilservice AB
Volvo 122 S
Bo Ridström, S
  L4 Group 5 2000 19 10 0.53,0    
8   9 Botkyrka MK
Volvo PV 544
Björn Löfgren, S
1778 L4 Group 5 2000 18 12 0.54,6    
9   12 Forshaga MC
Volvo 122 S
Håkan Swahn, S
  L4 Group 5 2000 18 14 0.55,8    
10   23 Halmstads AK
BMC Mini Cooper S
Claes Rothstein, S
1293 L4 Group 5 2000 18 13 0.55,6    
DNF/DNS   4 Svebra Racing
Volvo 122 S
Bo Emanuelsson, S
  L4 Group 5 2000   6 0.52,1    
DNF/DNS   15 Liptons Racing Team
Volvo PV 544
Conny Nyström, S
1778 L4 Group 5 2000   7 0.52,2    
DNF/DNS   22 Hyllinge MS
Opel Rekord 1900
Klaus Wunderlich, S
1897 L4 Group 5 2000   9 0.53,0    
DNF/DNS   19 KAK/U
Volvo 122 S
Richard Lorenz, S
  L4 Group 5 2000   11 0.54,1    
DNF/DNS   2 KAK/U
Volvo 122 S
Gunnar Brandqvist, S
  L4 Group 5 2000   15 0.56,8    
DNF/DNS   10 Göteborgs MF
Volvo PV 544
Thomas Baatz, S
1778 L4 Group 5 2000   16 1.00,4