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Så här såg bilen ut för 30 år sen :) Dagens bil är en ren kopia :)
Harlan Thompson left the United States drag racing scene in 1980 to race in Europe. Thompson had raced his funny cars, the “Fireball Vega,” the “Fireball Monza,” the “Tom ’n’ Jerry” Mustang, and “Saturday Night Fever” Starfire. The “Tre Kronor” job came by chance. Knut Soderqvist and Thompson frequented the same NY speed shop. Soderqvist offered the driving job on his newly acquired top fueler to Thompson. Thompson declined the job, but he told Soderqvist if he bought a funny car he would be interested. Knut Soderqvist bought Ed McCulloch’s former Arrow from Roy Wickard for $6,500.
Soderqvist and Thompson took the car to Maple Grove and ran a 6.43. The team also ran at Lebanon Valley. The call went out to Roy Phelps, then owner of England's Santa Pod Raceway, that Soderqvist had a six-second funny car to book. Soderqvist moved back home to Sweden with Thompson and the “Tre Kronor” Arrow. The Soderqvist and Thompson team made its European debut at Santa Pod in July 1980 and won the World Finals against Gene Snow a couple of months later. The pair became the dominant funny car team in Europe for the next 15 years until the duo split. (Photo courtesy of Alan Currans; info and text from Danny White and Andy Barrack)
Harlan Thompson left the United States drag racing scene in 1980 to race in Europe. Thompson had raced his funny cars, the “Fireball Vega,” the “Fireball Monza,” the “Tom ’n’ Jerry” Mustang, and “Saturday Night Fever” Starfire. The “Tre Kronor” job came by chance. Knut Soderqvist and Thompson frequented the same NY speed shop. Soderqvist offered the driving job on his newly acquired top fueler to Thompson. Thompson declined the job, but he told Soderqvist if he bought a funny car he would be interested. Knut Soderqvist bought Ed McCulloch’s former Arrow from Roy Wickard for $6,500.
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