Eläintarhanajot
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Eläintarhan ajot or Suomen Suurajot (Finnish Grand Race) as it was called in 1932 was a motor racing competition arranged between years 1932 and 1963 in Eläintarha
, Helsinki
, Finland
. The idea for the race came from a racing driver, S. P. J. Keinänen. Its racing history included the pre-war Finnish Grand Prix.
-race was a success and it attracted around 25,000 spectators. There were ten cars in the first start, six of them Finnish and four Swedish. The very first win went to the Swede Per Viktor Widengren who drove a Mercedes-Benz
, second to qualify was S. P. J. Keinänen in a Chrysler and the third place went to Karl Ebb driving a Mercedes-Benz
.
, although the main start (Formula Junior
) was canceled after a fatal accident. At the start a driver (whose identity has not been confirmed) hit Curt Lincoln's Brabham
BT6 (Formula Junior), and the car slid to the left side of track. Most drivers managed to avoid a collision but the Swedish Örjan Atterberg hit his countryman Freddy Kottulinsky
. Unfortunately Atterberg's car flipped over and the driver was pinned under his vehicle. As a result of the crash Atterberg sustained fatal injuries. The race was stopped by the race officials one minute after crash and the jury told the race was over.
As the setup was considered too dangerous this was the final race to be conducted on the city circuit. The racing events that followed the ill fated Eläintarha race were held at Keimola Motor Stadium
between 1966–1978.
In the 1930s motor racing events were also arranged couple of times in Munkkiniemi
, a residential district in northwest Helsinki.
was present. Around 2005, a detailed and driveable virtual recreation of the circuit appeared for the Grand Prix Legends
historical racing simulation.
Eläintarha
Eläintarha is a large park in central Helsinki, Finland. The name "eläintarha" means "zoo".The park's location acts as a divisor between the districts of Töölö to the west, and Hakaniemi and Kallio to the east. The southern half of the park includes two bays of the Baltic Sea: Töölönlahti to the...
, Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. The idea for the race came from a racing driver, S. P. J. Keinänen. Its racing history included the pre-war Finnish Grand Prix.
First race
The first Grand PrixGrand Prix motor racing
Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver...
-race was a success and it attracted around 25,000 spectators. There were ten cars in the first start, six of them Finnish and four Swedish. The very first win went to the Swede Per Viktor Widengren who drove a Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
, second to qualify was S. P. J. Keinänen in a Chrysler and the third place went to Karl Ebb driving a Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
.
Motorcycles
Motorcycle races were also held from the beginning – the first motorcycle win was also taken by a Swede – Gunnar Kalén. The best-placed Finn was Raine Lampinen who finished second in the lower class.Last race
The Eläintarha race was an annual happening in Helsinki for almost 30 years until the final race was held in 1963. The winner of this last race was Timo MäkinenTimo Mäkinen
Timo Mäkinen was one of the original "Flying Finns" of motor rallying. He is most famous for his hat-tricks of wins in the RAC Rally and the 1000 Lakes Rally-Career:...
, although the main start (Formula Junior
Formula Junior
Formula Junior is an open wheel formula racing class first adopted in October 1958 by the CSI . The class was intended to provide an entry level class where you could use inexpensive mechanical components from ordinary automobiles...
) was canceled after a fatal accident. At the start a driver (whose identity has not been confirmed) hit Curt Lincoln's Brabham
Brabham Racing Organisation
Motor Racing Developments Ltd., commonly known as Brabham , was a British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team. Founded in 1960 by two Australians, driver Jack Brabham and designer Ron Tauranac, the team won four drivers' and two constructors' world championships in its 30-year...
BT6 (Formula Junior), and the car slid to the left side of track. Most drivers managed to avoid a collision but the Swedish Örjan Atterberg hit his countryman Freddy Kottulinsky
Freddy Kottulinsky
Winfried Philippe Adalbert Karl Graf Kottulinsky Freiherr von Kottulin, better known as Freddy Kottulinsky , was a German-Swedish racing and rallying driver who won the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1980. He was born in München....
. Unfortunately Atterberg's car flipped over and the driver was pinned under his vehicle. As a result of the crash Atterberg sustained fatal injuries. The race was stopped by the race officials one minute after crash and the jury told the race was over.
As the setup was considered too dangerous this was the final race to be conducted on the city circuit. The racing events that followed the ill fated Eläintarha race were held at Keimola Motor Stadium
Keimola Motor Stadium
The Keimola Motor Stadium was a dedicated race track located in Vantaa, Finland. It was founded by Finnish racing driver Curt Lincoln after the closure of the Eläintarha track in 1963. Construction started in 1965 and the track was opened on 12 June 1966. The track was long, consisting of eight...
between 1966–1978.
In the 1930s motor racing events were also arranged couple of times in Munkkiniemi
Munkkiniemi
Munkkiniemi is a neighbourhood in Helsinki. Subdivisions within the district are Vanha Munkkiniemi, Kuusisaari, Lehtisaari, Munkkivuori, Niemenmäki and Talinranta.The land in Munkkiniemi was from the 17th century a part of Munksnäs manor...
, a residential district in northwest Helsinki.
Afterwards
The race has been arranged three times since to honour its memory – the first time was in 1982, then 1992 and the last time was in 2002. In the 1992 event Juan Manuel FangioJuan Manuel Fangio
Juan Manuel Fangio , nicknamed El Chueco or El Maestro , was a racing car driver from Argentina, who dominated the first decade of Formula One racing...
was present. Around 2005, a detailed and driveable virtual recreation of the circuit appeared for the Grand Prix Legends
Grand Prix Legends
Grand Prix Legends is a computer racing simulator developed by Papyrus Design Group and published in 1998 by Sierra Entertainment...
historical racing simulation.
Statistics
- Active years: 1932–39 and 1946–63
- Circuit length: 2034 m (1.26 mi) (1932), 2000 m (1.24 mi) (from 1933)
- Lap record: David Hitches, Lola Mk 5 Ford, time: 57.1 seconds/126 km/h (78.3 mph) (1963)
- Most spectators: 82,597 (1958)
- Most wins: Curt LincolnCurt LincolnCurt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races...
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Results 1932–1963
Year | Driver | Car | Class | Report |
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1932 1932 Grand Prix season The 1932 Grand Prix season was the second AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Tazio Nuvolari, driving for the Alfa Corse team. Nuvolari won two of the three events that counted towards the championship... |
Per-Viktor Widengren | Mercedes-Benz SSK Mercedes-Benz SSK The Mercedes-Benz SSK is a roadster built by German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz between 1928 and 1932. Its name is an acronym of Super Sport Kurz, German for "Super Sport Short", as it was a short wheelbase development of the earlier Mercedes-Benz S... |
Grand Prix Grand Prix motor racing Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver... |
Report 1932 Finnish Grand Prix The 1932 Finnish Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Eläintarharata on May 8, 1932.-Classification:... |
1933 1933 Grand Prix season The 1933 Grand Prix season was the first year of a two-year hiatus for the European Championship. Tazio Nuvolari proved to be the most successful driver, winning seven Grands Prix. Alfa Romeo's cars proved difficult to beat, winning 19 of the season's 36 Grands Prix.-Grandes Épreuves:-Other Grands... |
Karl Ebb | Mercedes-Benz SSK Mercedes-Benz SSK The Mercedes-Benz SSK is a roadster built by German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz between 1928 and 1932. Its name is an acronym of Super Sport Kurz, German for "Super Sport Short", as it was a short wheelbase development of the earlier Mercedes-Benz S... |
Grand Prix | Report |
1934 1934 Grand Prix season The 1934 Grand Prix season was the final year of a two-year hiatus for the European Championship. Achille Varzi proved to be the most successful driver, winning six Grands Prix. Alfa Romeo's cars proved difficult to beat, winning 18 of the season's 35 Grands Prix.-Grandes Épreuves:-Other Grands... |
Eugen Bjørnstad | Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza Alfa Romeo 8C -1935 Monoposto 8C 35 Type C:Eight 3.8 litre versions, sharing no castings with the earlier blocks, were individually built for racing in five months, most being used in the Alfa Romeo Monoposto 8C 35 Type C, as raced by Scuderia Ferrari. The 3.8 produced at 5500 rpm, and had from... |
Grand Prix | Report |
1935 1935 Grand Prix season The 1935 Grand Prix season was the third AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Rudolf Caracciola, driving for the Mercedes-Benz team.-Teams:-Works teams:-Independent teams:-Private entries:... |
Karl Ebb | Mercedes Benz SSK 7.1L | Grand Prix | Report |
1936 1936 Grand Prix Season The 1936 Grand Prix season was the fourth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Bernd Rosemeyer, driving for the Auto Union team... |
Eugen Bjørnstad | Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza Alfa Romeo 8C -1935 Monoposto 8C 35 Type C:Eight 3.8 litre versions, sharing no castings with the earlier blocks, were individually built for racing in five months, most being used in the Alfa Romeo Monoposto 8C 35 Type C, as raced by Scuderia Ferrari. The 3.8 produced at 5500 rpm, and had from... |
Grand Prix | Report |
1937 1937 Grand Prix Season The 1937 Grand Prix season was the fifth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Rudolf Caracciola, driving for the Mercedes-Benz team... |
Hans Rüesch Hans Rüesch Hans Ruesch was a Swiss racing driver, a novelist, and an internationally prominent activist against animal experiments and vivisection.-Family:... |
Alfa Romeo 8C-35 3.8L Alfa Romeo 8C -1935 Monoposto 8C 35 Type C:Eight 3.8 litre versions, sharing no castings with the earlier blocks, were individually built for racing in five months, most being used in the Alfa Romeo Monoposto 8C 35 Type C, as raced by Scuderia Ferrari. The 3.8 produced at 5500 rpm, and had from... |
Grand Prix | Report |
1938 | Not held | |||
1939 1939 Grand Prix season The 1939 Grand Prix season was the seventh AIACR European Championship season. The championship winner was never officially announced by the AIACR due to the outbreak of World War II less than two weeks after the final event in Switzerland. The Italian GP initially had been a fifth event, but it... |
Adolf Westerblom | Alfa Romeo Monza 2.6L Alfa Romeo 8C -1935 Monoposto 8C 35 Type C:Eight 3.8 litre versions, sharing no castings with the earlier blocks, were individually built for racing in five months, most being used in the Alfa Romeo Monoposto 8C 35 Type C, as raced by Scuderia Ferrari. The 3.8 produced at 5500 rpm, and had from... |
Grand Prix | Report 1939 Finnish Grand Prix The 1939 Finnish Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Eläintarharata on May 7, 1939.-Classification:... |
1946 | Only motorcycles | |||
1947 | Asser Wallenius Asser Wallenius Asser Rafael Wallenius was a Finnish speed skater and racing driver who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.... |
Ford Roadster 1934 | Class B | – |
Helge Hallmann | Ford special | Formula Libre Formula Libre Formula Libre is a form of automobile racing allowing a wide variety of types, ages and makes of purpose-built racing cars to compete "head to head". This can make for some interesting matchups, and provides the opportunity for some compelling driving performances against superior machinery... |
– | |
1948 | Magnus Knutsson | BMW | Class A | – |
Leo Mattila | Ford Roadster | Class B | – | |
S. P. J. Keinänen | Chrysler Chrysler Chrysler Group LLC is a multinational automaker headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. Chrysler was first organized as the Chrysler Corporation in 1925.... special |
Formula Libre | – | |
1949 | S. P. J. Keinänen | BMW 328 BMW 328 The BMW 328 is a sports car made by BMW between 1936 and 1940, with the body design credited to Peter Szymanowski, who became BMW chief of design after World War II .... |
Class A | – |
1951 | S. P. J. Keinänen | Jaguar XK120 Jaguar XK120 The Jaguar XK120 is a sports car which was manufactured by Jaguar between 1948 and 1954. It was Jaguar's first sports car since the SS 100, which ceased production in 1940.-History:... |
Production | – |
1952 | Michael Head | Jaguar XK120 Jaguar XK120 The Jaguar XK120 is a sports car which was manufactured by Jaguar between 1948 and 1954. It was Jaguar's first sports car since the SS 100, which ceased production in 1940.-History:... |
Division +2000 | – |
Valdemar Stener | Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta Ferrari 166 S The Ferrari 166 S was an evolution of Ferrari's 125 S sports race car that became a sports car for the street in the form of the 166 Inter. Only 39 Ferrari 166 S's were produced, soon followed by the production of the 166 Mille Miglia which was made in much larger numbers from 1949 to 1952... |
Division 2000 | – | |
Roger Laurent Roger Laurent Roger Laurent was a racing driver from Belgium. He was born in Liège and died in Uccle. He participated in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 22 June 1952. He scored no championship points.... |
Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago was a French automobile manufacturer based in Suresnes, Hauts de Seine, outside of Paris.-Origins:The Anglo-French STD combine collapsed in 1935. The French Talbot company was acquired and reorganised by a Venetian born engineer called Anthony Lago and after that, the Talbot-Lago... T26C |
1952 Formula One season 1952 Formula One season The 1952 Formula One season was the third season of FIA Formula One motor racing. In comparison to previous seasons, the 1952 season consisted of a relatively small number of Formula One races, following the FIA's decision to run the Grand Prix events counting towards the World Championship of... |
Report | |
1953 | Robert Nelleman | Allard Allard The Allard Motor Company was an English car manufacturer founded in 1936 by Sydney Allard. The company, based in Putney, London. until 1945 and then in Clapham, London, produced approximately 1900 cars until its closure in 1966.... |
+2000 GT | – |
Valdemar Stener | Ferrari 166 MM Touring Barchetta Ferrari 166 S The Ferrari 166 S was an evolution of Ferrari's 125 S sports race car that became a sports car for the street in the form of the 166 Inter. Only 39 Ferrari 166 S's were produced, soon followed by the production of the 166 Mille Miglia which was made in much larger numbers from 1949 to 1952... |
2000 GT | – | |
Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey was a British racing driver from England he started in 500cc Formula 3. He entered two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 August 1953, although his place in the 1954 British Grand Prix was ultimately taken by Eric Brandon... |
Cooper T23 | 1953 Formula One season 1953 Formula One season As in , the 1953 Formula One season consisted of a small number of Formula One races, following the FIA's decision to once again run the World Drivers' Championship to Formula Two regulations rather than Formula One.... |
Report | |
Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Cooper-Norton | Formula 3 | – | |
1954 | Michael Head | Jaguar C-type Jaguar C-Type The Jaguar C-Type is a racing sports car built by Jaguar and sold from 1951 to 1953. The "C" designation stood for "competition".... |
GT +2000 | – |
John Bengtsson | Ferrari 166 Touring Barchetta | GT 2000 | – | |
Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey was a British racing driver from England he started in 500cc Formula 3. He entered two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 2 August 1953, although his place in the 1954 British Grand Prix was ultimately taken by Eric Brandon... |
Cooper-Bristol F2 | Formula Libre | – | |
Eric Brandon Eric Brandon Eric Brandon was a motor racing driver and businessman. He was closely associated with the Cooper Car Company, and was instrumental in the early development of the company.... |
Cooper-Norton | Formula 3 | – | |
1955 | Michael Head | Jaguar D-type Jaguar D-type The Jaguar D-Type, like its predecessor the C-Type, was a factory-built race car. Although it shared the basic straight-6 XK engine design with the C-Type, the majority of the car was radically different... |
Division +2000 | – |
Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Jaguar C-type Jaguar C-Type The Jaguar C-Type is a racing sports car built by Jaguar and sold from 1951 to 1953. The "C" designation stood for "competition".... |
+2000 production | – | |
Joakim Bonnier Joakim Bonnier Joakim "Jo" Bonnier was a Swedish sportscar racing and Formula One driver who raced for various teams.-Early life:... |
Alfa Romeo 1900 Alfa Romeo 1900 The Alfa Romeo 1900 is a sports sedan designed by Orazio Satta for the Alfa Romeo company in 1950. It was Alfa Romeo's first car built entirely on a production line and was also Alfa's first production car without separate chassis and first Alfa offered with left-hand drive... Sprint |
2000 production | – | |
Eric Brandon Eric Brandon Eric Brandon was a motor racing driver and businessman. He was closely associated with the Cooper Car Company, and was instrumental in the early development of the company.... |
Cooper | Formula 3 | – | |
1956 | Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Jaguar D-type Jaguar D-type The Jaguar D-Type, like its predecessor the C-Type, was a factory-built race car. Although it shared the basic straight-6 XK engine design with the C-Type, the majority of the car was radically different... |
+2000 production | – |
Harry Saaristo | Triumph TR2 | 2000 production | – | |
John Kvarnström | Ferrari 750 Monza | +2000 | – | |
Eric Brandon Eric Brandon Eric Brandon was a motor racing driver and businessman. He was closely associated with the Cooper Car Company, and was instrumental in the early development of the company.... |
Halselec-Climax | 2000 | – | |
Eric Brandon Eric Brandon Eric Brandon was a motor racing driver and businessman. He was closely associated with the Cooper Car Company, and was instrumental in the early development of the company.... |
Cooper | Formula 3 | – | |
1957 | Joakim Bonnier Joakim Bonnier Joakim "Jo" Bonnier was a Swedish sportscar racing and Formula One driver who raced for various teams.-Early life:... |
Maserati 200S Maserati 200S Maserati 200S were twenty-eight racing cars made by Maserati of Italy, to take over for the aging Maserati A6 GCS racing variants.The Tipo 52 development started in 1952, led by Giulio Alfieri. The car had a 1994.3 cc inline-four cylinder light-alloy engine, dual OHV per cylinder and DOHC... |
S+2.0 | – |
Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Ferrari 500 TR | S 2.0 | – | |
Arne Lindberg | Mercedes-Benz 300 SL | GT+2.0 | – | |
J.A. Iversen | Porsche 356 Carrera | GT 2.0 | – | |
Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Cooper T 42 Mark XI | Formula 3 | – | |
1958 | Graham Whitehead Graham Whitehead Graham Whitehead was a British racing driver from England. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on July 19, 1952. He finished 12th, scoring no championship points... |
Aston Martin DB3S Aston Martin DB3S The Aston Martin DB3S was a sports racing car built by Aston Martin as a replacement for the heavy and uncompetitive Aston Martin DB3. In total 31 cars were made, with 11 works cars and 20 cars being sold for customer use. The DB3S was introduced in 1953 and it proved somewhat more successful than... |
Division +2000 | – |
Ivor Bueb Ivor Bueb Ivor Léon John Bueb was a sports car racing and Formula One driver from England.... |
Lotus 12 Coventry Climax | Division 2000 | – | |
Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Ferrari 250 GT TDF | GT +2000 | – | |
Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Cooper T 42 Mark XII | Formula 3 | – | |
1959 | Carl-Otto Bremer | Ferrari 750 Monza | S+2.0 | – |
Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Cooper Monaco | S 2.0 | – | |
Carl-Gunnar Hammarlund | Porsche 356 Carrera | GT | – | |
Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Cooper T 42 Mark XII | Formula 3 | – | |
1960 | Jimmy Blumer | Cooper Monaco | S 2.0 | – |
Heimo Hietaranta | Cooper/Norton | Formula 3 | – | |
Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Cooper | Formula Junior | – | |
1961 | David Hitches | Lola | 2000 | – |
Heimo Hietaranta | Cooper/Norton | Formula 3 | – | |
Carl-Otto Bremer | Elva 100 Elva (car manufacturer) Elva was a sports and racing car manufacturing company based in Bexhill, then Hastings and Rye, East Sussex, United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1955 by Frank G. Nichols. The name comes from the French phrase elle va .-Racing cars:... |
Formula Junior | – | |
1962 | Carl-Gunnar Hammarlund | Porsche 356 Carrera | GT +1300cc | – |
Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Lotus Elite | GT 1300cc | – | |
Curt Lincoln Curt Lincoln Curt "Curre" Richard Lincoln was one of the most famousrace car drivers in Finland. His racing career started with hydroplanes in 1947. In 1949 he changed to a 500 cc Effyh, later he also drove cars such as Jaguar D types, Ferraris and Formula 3 Coopers.During his career he drove around 400 races... |
Cooper T 42 Mark XII | Formula 3 | – | |
Olle Nygren Olle Nygren Harald-Olof Ingemar Nygren is a former international speedway rider who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship five times. Nygren was Swedish Champion in 1949 and became Nordic Champion in 1960... |
Cooper T56 Cooper T56 The Cooper T56 represented the second series of Formula Junior cars offered by the Cooper Car Company. Although officially a 1961 model, the first T56 raced in 1960. In addition to the factory constructed cars, a number of kits were sold.... |
Formula Junior | – | |
1963 | Holger Laine | Volvo PV544 | ST +1600cc | – |
Timo Mäkinen Timo Mäkinen Timo Mäkinen was one of the original "Flying Finns" of motor rallying. He is most famous for his hat-tricks of wins in the RAC Rally and the 1000 Lakes Rally-Career:... |
Morris Mini Cooper | ST 1150cc | – | |