Stockholm open 2013

[Bowtieracing]

Take a look how Swede's do it. No bubba drama, just racing.

[Twoblackmarks...]

Well, in my opinion, Sweden have always been number one in Street Racing, especially in the "old days"



But they are attracting so big crowds now. I remember I heard about Stockholm Open when I was younger and thought it was the coolest thing ever, heard about storys from the 80`s With Bagarn and Bostic Bolero

I will never street race myself, like this atleast, but there is something With an street driven full drag badass car that just is giving me goosebumps, same when you get strapped inside a drag car, cant move, start it up and the hearts start beating in the line-up. Does the burnout and stages, even so short you drive and if it is an 10 second car or slower there is just point the car and pedal to the floor, even so easy it is, it really is fun. The hard part is to cut the light good.

[Bowtieracing]

Originally Posted by Twoblackmarks...

Well, in my opinion, Sweden have always been number one in Street Racing, especially in the "old days"

I totally agree, Ronnie Rullcams was an legend in Finnish street racing scene too.

[GregWeld]

Here! Fixed it for ya!

[Twoblackmarks...]

Originally Posted by Bowtieracing

I totally agree, Ronnie Rullcams was an legend in Finnish street racing scene too.

Was it Ronnie Rullkam (Ronnie Rollercam) that was over in US and blew the doors of the americans in the Street Finals 92-93? Or Bagarn maybe? And after they raced they cruised around With the car while the other wrenched.. He..He..

For you that dont know of this people, if Your interested, Bagarn (The Baker) is Lennart Bergquist, an Engine Builder legend from Sweden, who started Autoshop Racing Engines in Florida.

He won Engine Masters in 2005ish or around there, and sadly passed away in 2006 from cancer. It was a bit suddenly I believe.

He was a very good engine Builder, like "high Level good"

[intocarss]

I've been following the Stockholm open on Youtube for a couple years now Thanks for the post

[TheJDMan]

Sorry, I have no respect for street racers!

[SuperB70]

Swedes know how to build street racers. They where nearly invincible at the World Street Finals, held yearly in Orlando at 90's.
I was in Stockhom Open as a mechanic in early '90 for one Swede/Finn team and it was awesom experience.
It's been done all around the town, on normal open highways, highly illecal,
Other play cat and mouse with police and same time others race.

City officials and the military offered an old military airfield (Tullinge) for racers to use and they did for coulple years but then it moved back to streets. Army took it back or they build it full of houses, cant remember, something like that.

In here (Europe) we dont have raceways in every city and open twice a week for street guys. We got coupple of track and no weekly happenings at all.

If we want to race, its been done at the streets.

And greenies are trying to stop our track operating at all so maeby our nitrocars have to get down to the alley also..

[Twoblackmarks...]

Originally Posted by TheJDMan

Sorry, I have no respect for street racers!

I agree, and to my knowledge I dont think those old racers did it like they do it now, they did not attract such crowds or Block of the highway like that, it was a bit more away from traffic. More kept to them self.

One of those old Racers I think also wanted to make some sort of arrangement to get the street racers of the street now in later years, I dont know how it is now though. There is a few tracks here and there, but thats much traveling for most People. And few are open more than a few times a year.

Where I live, next to Sweden, in Norway, there is actually a bit of street legal arranging, not where i live, but other Places.

Where they put up full Christmas tree and timing and race 1/8 mile, but it is allowed, like on old air strips, and even real "streets" someplaces.

Sadly not much in my part of the country.

We have 1 real drag strip in Norway.

Other than that we have a very motor-interest UN FRIENDLY country that tries to stop everything unless it is Soccer... Sadly..