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[jorism]

Very good news for all the Ronnie fans........This Saturday (31st May) his own museum will be opened in Ronnie's hometown Örebro, Sweden of course

Of course this year it is 30 years since he was tragically killed at Monza. Five years ago there already was a temporal exposition in the municipal museum. I think this is the first museum totally dedicated to one racing driver, which says enough about Ronnie's popularity

Clive Chapman sent chassis 72/9 over to Sweden, although it was not raced by Ronnie in his most successful season (1975), it is still a nice eye catcher. There will be lots of original items over there, my sixwheeler upperdeck was transported this weekend.

Have a look on the Museum website

[Arjan de Roos]

This is GREAT news and another reason to go to beautiful Sweden

[Cirrus]

As I've aready said many times before on TNF - I love the 1 Litre F3 period. Adventurous racers would trail their cars around Europe, subsisting on start money, and living on their wits (and luck!).

There is a fantastic film, shot by longtime F3 privateer, Ulf Svensson, on the Ronnie Peterson site, showing what life was like, living this Gypsy existence.

http://www.ronniepet.../eng_index.html

Click on Video Archive, and choose the middle one - "Ronnie Peterson F3 1967-1968"

Wonderful!

[sterling49]

Originally posted by Cirrus
As I've aready said many times before on TNF - I love the 1 Litre F3 period. Adventurous racers would trail their cars around Europe, subsisting on start money, and living on their wits (and luck!).

There is a fantastic film, shot by longtime F3 privateer, Ulf Svensson, on the Ronnie Peterson site, showing what life was like, living this Gypsy existence.

http://www.ronniepet.../eng_index.html

Click on Video Archive, and choose the middle one - "Ronnie Peterson F3 1967-1968"

Wonderful!

I have said the same as well Alan, just brilliant nomadic days, always but always, the 1st thing I read in MN was the travelling circus, and they went everywhere! No swank motorcomes for theser guys, a tent and a Combi or old Transit van, and know which i would choose, it must be my age!!

I saw Ronnie in his early F3 days, I think that's why attchments and favourites take place, you grow up with them, I certainly watched Ronnie's journey from the beginning when he was on the radar.

Great film from another F3 racer that I used to watch in (IIRC) Brabhams, BT21/28? (Ulf Svenson)

[Tomas Karlsson]

If you haven't seen the museum, you'll have to be fast. The Ronnie Peterson museum will close down this coming weekend.

[gio66]

[WGD706]

Organizers of the Ronnie Peterson Museum are keeping ronniepetersonmuseum.com on line and are considering a mobile museum to replace the one that has had to close here in the 10-time F1 GP winner's home town Sunday.

Peterson, who won the Oct. 7, 1973 USGP at Watkins Glen, is perhaps best known for his sliding driving style and for being Mario Andretti's supporting driver during the Nazareth, Pa. driver's World Championship season in 1978. "SuperSwede," 34, died Sept. 11, 1978 of injuries from a starting line accident in the Italian GP at Monza Sept. 10.

Ronnie Peterson Museum Association Chairman Joakim Thedin told pitpass.com that the hometown exhibition was unable to obtain local or national government funding. The non-profit museum has had several underwriters since Peterson's daughter, Nina, cut the ribbon May 31, 2008.

"We've had over 14,000 visitors and brought in 1.8 million Kronen to the local community," said Thedin. "We've had visitors from Italy, Brazil, Germany, USA and England and from near and far in Sweden - people who have placed Orebro on the map. They (politicians) don't really understand how much Ronnie is admired around the world and how many times Orebro's mentioned with Ronnie in books and magazines."

[sonar]

I think the city of Örebro should be ashamed of itself for not recognizing the importance of this museum.
I've been saving up for a visit to Sweden and the Ronnie Peterson Museum.
And I was so very happy there even wás a museum about Ronnie!
Now, I haven't even been there yet and it has already been closed down.