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Results & photos from the 1955 Swedish Rally?

Started by Lucarally , Dec 22 2005 21:53

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#1 Lucarally

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Posted 22 December 2005 - 21:53

Hi ,
j would like to know if someone could help me , to find the results ( top 10 if is possible ) of Swedish rally 1955 ; and do you have photos of this drivers : Carl Magnus Skogh - Gunnar Andersson - Ake Andersson
Thanks in advance and happy Christmas
Luca

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#2 Rainer Nyberg

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Posted 22 December 2005 - 22:32

I don't have the top ten, just the class positions.

About the drivers, do you mean portrait photos?

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#3 JB Miltonian

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Posted 22 December 2005 - 23:10

Pardon my ignorance - The Swedish Rally is the same thing as the Rally of the Midnight Sun, correct? And it was run June 13-18, 1955? If so, Automobile Year 1955-56 has a listing of the top 10 on page 204. I'd be happy to type up the list for you if this information is correct. The event was won by A. Borgefors & A. Gustavsson in a Porsche 1500S.

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#4 Twin Window

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Posted 22 December 2005 - 23:13

Originally posted by JB Miltonian

Pardon my ignorance - The Swedish Rally is the same thing as the Rally of the Midnight Sun, correct?

My ignorance is greater! Is it worthwhile re-naming the thread [again!] to that effect for the sake of accuracy?

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#5 David McKinney

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Posted 23 December 2005 - 05:56

Originally posted by Twin Window
My ignorance is greater! Is it worthwhile re-naming the thread [again!] to that effect for the sake of accuracy?

No
I doubt if the existing title will confuse anyone - in fact it's likely to attract more attention than a switch to Rally of the Midnight Sun

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#6 jarama

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Posted 23 December 2005 - 06:34

JB,

I would like to have the top-10 also.

About the rally's name, up to 1964 was "Svenska Rallyt till Midnattssolen" (Midnight Sun) and from 1965 on was "K.A.K. Rallyt" (Swedish -KAK is the Swedish AutoClub).

Carles.

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#7 JB Miltonian

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Posted 23 December 2005 - 07:51

1955 Rally of the Midnight Sun. Classification:

1) A. Borgefors - A. Gustavsson, Porsche 1500S, 1st in Gran Turismo Sport Class up to 1500cc
2) O. Persson - S. Petersson, Porsche
3) S. Gruen - S. Jonsson, Peugeot 403, 1st in Touring Car Class 1300-1600cc
4) G. Kallstrom - B. Guterstam, Porsche
5) H. Meier - H. Luba, DKW, 1st in 750-1000cc Class for Touring Cars
6) J. Bonnier - B. Beesen, Alfa Romeo Ti, 1st in Touring Car Class over 1600cc
7) A. Hambert - M. Pavoni, Fiat 1100TV, 1st in Touring Car Class 1000-1300cc
8) H. Bengtsson - A. Righard, Volkswagen
9) T. Jansson - L. Jansson, Fiat 1100TV
10) M. Carstedt - G. Carstedt, Ford Taunus 15M

I'm afraid I do not have photos of the drivers you mentioned.

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#8 Roger Clark

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Posted 23 December 2005 - 07:53

From Autocourse. Threre are two columns missing from the scan: times on the final test and total marks lost.

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#9 Rainer Nyberg

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Posted 23 December 2005 - 10:36

As already stated, it was Svenska Rallyt till Midnattsolen . Or Swedish Rally to the Midnight Sun.

So both are actually correct, the other is just shortened.

When the event became a winter rally in 1965, it was for a time called KAK-Rallyt (btw Royal Automobile Club and not Swedish...).

From 1976 it became the Swedish Rally or International Swedish Rally.

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Maybe somebody can put a year on this photo, I am lacking that info...

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#10 Lucarally

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Posted 23 December 2005 - 22:17

Thanks very much for your help.
Merry Christmas and happy new year to all.
Best regards
Luca

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#11 jarama

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Posted 23 December 2005 - 23:43

Originally posted by Rainer Nyberg

Maybe somebody can put a year on this photo, I am lacking that info...

Rainer,

the picture shows the '63 winners: Berndt Jansson, Erik Pettersson and the Porsche 356 Carrera 2 Coupé.

Carles.

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#12 Lucarally

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Posted 24 December 2005 - 07:14

Originally posted by Rainer Nyberg
I don't have the top ten, just the class positions.

About the drivers, do you mean portrait photos?

Yes photos of the drivers , not of your cars.
regards
Luca

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#13 eukie

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Posted 26 December 2005 - 14:38

Maybe this is Borgefors?
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Picture - without precise caption - taken from the 1955 Rally of the Midnight Sun-feature in the Porsche mag "Christophorus".

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#14 Tomas Karlsson

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Posted 26 December 2005 - 14:43

Yes it is!

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#15 frogeye59

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Posted 26 December 2005 - 15:00

Originally posted by JB Miltonian
1955 Rally of the Midnight Sun. Classification:

6) J. Bonnier - B. Beesen, Alfa Romeo Ti, 1st in Touring Car Class over 1600cc

Would this be "The" J Bonnier ???

David

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#16 jarama

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Posted 26 December 2005 - 15:46

Frogeye,

yes this is "the" Jo Bonnier of F1 & Sportcars fame.

Carles.

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#17 frogeye59

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Posted 26 December 2005 - 16:11

Thanks Carles,

He must have been a young man in 55, did he start his career with rallying ?? Can you expand on other rally events that he competed in.

Cheers

David

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#18 jarama

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Posted 26 December 2005 - 18:40

frogeye,

I have listed him three times in my rallying database:

- '54 Midnightsun, Alfa Romeo 1900 ti, codriver Bo Boësen, 4th o/a, 2nd in Class
- '55 Midnightsun, Alfa Romeo 1900 ti, codriver Bo Boësen, 6th o/a, 1st in Class, #98
- '57 Midnightsun, Alfa Romeo Giulietta ti, codriver Karl Gustav Kanrell, 5th in class

By the way, 3rd in the Ladies classification this last time, there was a Birgit Bonnier as codriver of Margareta van Essen in a VW Beetle 1200. Any relation? Was she JoBo's sister? Or maybe his wife?.

Carles.

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#19 Tomas Karlsson

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Posted 27 December 2005 - 09:07

She was not a sister and certainly not his wife. Not even a cousin. But most probably a relative. Don't know the right connection though.
JoBo was born in 1930 and had done some realiability and orienteering competitions in the early part of the fifties.

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#20 Tomas Karlsson

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Posted 27 December 2005 - 09:12

Bo Boësen was a photographer who did some racing and rallying. He was also Bonnier's co-driver in Mille Miglia in 55 and'56.
KG Kanrell was a specialist on British sportscars and helped Bonnier with his first HRG. Kanrell also acted as Bonnier's mechanic during his first foray as a professional racing driver in Europe in 1956.