Re: Racecars shipped to Sweden back in the day.
That Mustang was all out state of the art and I would consider it the fastest car EVER to run on a Swedish dragstrip. That is if you compare it to the comparable times in the USA. On its premiere event at Mantorp Park in 1976 it ran 8,9 which was just a 0.1 slower than the NHRA record.
Unfortunately the chute didn't deploy on the run after and they rolled the car after the finishline.
The chassi wasn't hurt, it was only body damage. The flew in new bodyparts and had it back on track for the next race 2 weeks later, The beautiful Circus paintjob was of course gone.
Lars Flodhman took the car back to the states the year after and raced it on the east coast for a few years with some success, mostly matchracing. The car ended in another crash, it wasn't repairable after that.
The chassi was built by Don Hardy Race Cars, engines by Gapp & Roush, 4-speed Lenco.
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