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by Ola Hansson

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Alfa Romeo

Club Alfa Romeo Svezia

Mantorp Park, 11 September 1999

Quite a number of cars showed up as expected. The parking lot was almost crowded, the weather was absolutely perfect and some great entertainment lay ahead of us. Both for the ones participating in the action on the racetrack and for people like myself, running around trying to avoid to be overrun by Alfas in the pit, while focusing on taking some snapshots.

Something's the matter? Apart from the Alfa Romeos there were some other makes in the field too. Some small Fiat (or was it an Abarth) passed by the audience with its rear bonnet lid wide open, presumably to cool the engine, or was it left open to gain some extra down force…? Perhaps the owner had switched the engine to a bigger one thus making it impossible to shut the lid, who knows? Maybe a question for the forum!

One of the absolutely fastest cars around was, I’m sorry to say, not an Alfa but a “British Racing Green” (what else) Lotus Super Seven or similar. (I wonder what it feels like driving in that kind of speed without a roof)? Another probably still faster vehicle seemed to be a blue racecar, with at least an Alfa V6 engine, if nothing else had an origin from Alfa Romeo parts. Fight along the Mantorp start/finish straight.

At the parking lot I discovered, besides the overwhelming alfisti stuff, at least two remarkable Italians. One was a red Ferrari 308 GTB and the other was a white Maserati 222 belonging to my cousin Mattias. He picked me up for a little ride and I can tell you now what a 2.8 litre biturbo V6 engine with 225 hp and some 400+ Nm of torque can achieve!








Red Ferrari 308 GTB. I believe it's an Alfa underneith the racecar. Considering the price/taste relationship?
The weather this day was outstanding. This piece of...work is impressive! What will happen if he shuts the bonnet lid?
The owner of this 'saphire' must be proud of his work. A nice line of Alfas longing to race. The co-driver seems to enjoy the ride.



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