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Borgudd raced a Hillman Imp and a Volvo 122 in the Swedish Touring Car Championship from 1972 to 1975, finishing runner-up in 1972, as well as racing in the Scandinavian Formula Ford series, which he won in 1973.
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Karl Edward Tommy Borgudd, better known as Slim Borgudd ( born November 25, 1946 ) is a Swedish former Formula One driver who raced for the ATS and Tyrrell teams.
Failing to move to Formula 2 in 1980, he raced only in the F3 Monaco Grand Prix, where he reached third place before the bodywork became loose, forcing Borgudd to finish the race holding the body together with one hand.
From 1983 to 1985, Borgudd raced only on occasion, including his taking part in the 1984 and 1985 Macau Grand Prix.
Borgudd and Touring
It wouldn't be until 1993 that Borgudd made his full time return to automobiles, joining the works Mazda team and driving a Mazda Xedos 6 in the British Touring Car Championship ( BTCC ) with sparse results.
Borgudd and 1972
Borgudd began racing on and off in the mid 1960s with a Lotus Formula Ford car, but his racing career only became more serious in 1972, after taking five wins in five sports car racing club events.
Borgudd and racing
In 1976, Borgudd moved up Formula 3, racing sporadically until the end of the 1977 season.
Borgudd and Formula
In 1981, Borgudd, now 34, finally entered Formula 1 in ATS, making his debut in the San Marino Grand Prix, placing ABBA logos ( but no sponsorship money ) in the car's sidepods, a hopeful move to attract other investors.
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Borgudd was born in Borgholm, Kalmar County.
In spite of a run of non-qualifications, Borgudd managed to finish 6th in the British Grand Prix, scoring his first world championship point.
In spite of the added morale boost, Borgudd failed to score any more points.
In 1982 Ken Tyrrell hired Borgudd to partner Michele Alboreto, as the Swede had out-qualified the Italian on several occasions in 1981.
However, Borgudd did not adapt to his new team, and was unceremoniously dumped when his sponsorship money ran out early in the season.
In 1986 and 1987, Borgudd was champion in Divisions 2 and 3 of the European Truck Racing Cup, respectively.
Also in 1994, Borgudd went back to top form in the Truck Racing Cup, where the Swede lost the race to the championship title to British driver Steve Parrish, after a dogfight that lasted the entire season.
Borgudd responded in kind in 1995, beating Parrish and Markus Oestreich by a large margin.
In 1996 and 1997, Borgudd finished 5th and 4th only, and announced his retirement after accusing Mercedes-Benz of favoring other drivers.
raced and Hillman
Gerry raced Lotus Elans, the special Costin Amigo, Ford Escorts ( winning the inaugural Mexico Championship from Jody Scheckter in 1971 and also finishing runner up to Roger Clark in the 1974 Avon Tour of Britain ), Lola T70, Holden Torana at Bathurst, Hillman Avenger, Clan Crusader, Austin Marina, Birdcage Maserati, Mk2 Jaguar, Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans, Porsche 924, an Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet Camaro and BMWs.
raced and Imp
The Imp was also successfully raced and rallied in other parts of the world, notably Asia where Drivers like Andrew Bryson and Pardaman Singh regularly won saloon car categories even till as late as the eighties.
raced and Volvo
The 1800 Volvo engined cars are accepted for historic racing under FIA Appendix K, where they are very competitive, and there are still wooden chassis Ford-engined cars being raced.
He spent 2001 largely waiting for his European Touring Car Championship Volvo to be built, but he raced a Ferrari 550 Maranello in the FIA GT Championship for the Prodrive team.
raced and Swedish
The Swedish cavalry, previously bogged down in the swamp, raced ahead on the open terrain, and met the fleeing Saxons and Russians on the far outskirts of the town.
Followed in her fathers ( Gösta Jeppsson ) footsteps with then boyfriend Conny Strandberg as they raced in the final Swedish Championship of 1997 just for the fun of it.
Joakim " Jo " Bonnier ( 31 January 1930 – 11 June 1972 ) was a Swedish sportscar racing and Formula One driver who raced for various teams.
In 1978, he formed his own team and raced full time in the Swedish and European series, in an old Ralt-Toyota, which he took to the Swedish championship title in 1979, also finishing third in the European series.
He raced in Britain and Sweden in Formula Ford and Formula 3 ( he was Swedish junior Formula Ford Champion in 1986 ), in Europe in Formula Opel Lotus, in Scandinavia and Europe in the Renault Clio Cup ( Scandinavian Champion 1992 ) and in the USA in the Barber Saab Pro Series ( Champion in 1993 ).
Originally from Scotland, Jamie has also raced for Swedish and Danish clubs.
raced and Touring
* The old World Touring Car Championship, plagued by lack of support from the FIA, raced under the Group A regulations in 1987.
MG Sport + Racing raced in the British Touring Car Championships with the MG ZS between 2001 – 2003 as a factory team.
Briefly in demand for his services as a Touring Car co-driver, he raced occasionally in his home country's biggest endurance race, the Bathurst 1000 but success was elusive.
Hulme retired from Formula One at the end of the 1974 season and raced only sporadically until the mid 1980s when he began racing Touring Cars seriously.
He also raced in other formulae than single seaters, once finishing second in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship driving a Team Schnitzer BMW M3.
The ISCARS Dash Touring Series ( previously known as the NASCAR Baby Grand National, Goody's Dash Series and IPOWER Dash Series among others ) is a stock car racing series created by NASCAR in 1975 that involved V-6 powered cars raced over relatively short distances.
The Peugeot 307 has also been raced in the World Touring Car Championship, the British Touring Car Championship and TC2000 and the Danish Touring Car Championship.
In 1986 he raced in the British Touring Car Championship, again in a TWR Rover Vitesse.
In 1987, the race was a round of the short-lived World Touring Car Championship, and competitors in that championship raced against local teams.
Warick raced in the British Touring Car Championship ( BTCC ) after retiring from Formula One, driving for the Alfa Romeo works team in 1995.
One of the original prototypes still survives and was raced by British Touring car champion Bernard Unett.
Instead, he contested the 1986 Formula 3000 Championship, still with Genoa Racing, and also raced a BMW in the European Touring Car Championship.
Danner later raced in Champ Cars and also in the International Touring Car Championship for Alfa Romeo.
He subsequently raced in German Touring Cars Championships, winning the 1987 championship despite not winning a race all season.
2001 he drove a Peugeot in Danish Touring Car series ( DTC ) and raced in 8 ALMS races.
In 1995 he raced in the British Touring Car Championship ( BTCC ) for BMW.
In 2008 Lada entered the World Touring Car Championship, raced and developed by Russian Bears Motorsport, although badged as a factory team.
During the 1994 British Touring Car Championship ( BTCC ) he raced a Renault 19 for Harlow Motorsport in the Total Independents Cup coming equal fifth with 108 points.
In 1996 he raced in the full Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft International Touring Car Championship, driving an Opel Calibra V6.
He also raced in the 1997 Renault Megane Cup and in one race of the 2001 European Touring Car Championship.
He raced in Australian Touring Car Championship in the late 1980s, and in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship in 1990 and in some races of the 1997 and 1998 FIA GT Championship seasons.
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