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| Trackdayklub.dk
26. july 2006 ITR-man Morten Stjernholm swiftly gathered a 70-car strong field of road and track vehicles for a hot and humid trackday at the wonderful swedish race track Knutstorp. ITR participants: Gert Sterner - Alfa Romeo 145 Q (1996) (Fastest lap of the day: no official timing) |
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| Claus Larsen, Per Einarsson, Anton Norup, Simon Nielsen and Gert Sterner the evening before ... | Arrival at knutstorp at 8 o'clock, queueing up for registration at the paddock tunnel | ||||
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| Morten Stjernholm checks the cars in | After establishing the ITR paddock zone, the crew starts unpacking | ||||
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| The trackday officers with Morten Stjernholm (center) is briefing the assembly of 70-odd drivers | From first fall of the green flag the ITR cars are storming the tarmac | ||||
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| Gert Sterner gets himself ready for another stint | The black Alfa 145Q hugs an apex in fine style | ||||
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| Gert Sterner arriving at braking zone for Turn 1 | Morten Stjernholm shifted between his Mitsubishi Evo and the old trustworthy Alfa Romeo 156 TS | ||||
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| Stjernholm on his way to the 'Tändstiften' (Sparkplug) crest-on-a-righthander | Per Einarsson throws the big Alfa Limousine around in the esses leading up th the main straight | ||||
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| Simon Nielsen gathering clips for his documentary 'The thrills and anxieties off a trackdayer' | Our neighbour in the paddock was Bjarke in this elegant Alfa Romeo GTV | ||||
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| The first 20 minutes of every hour were reserved for race cars, such as this Ford Escort BDA | This swede in his highly tuned and wonderfully built Bertone GT always turns up at trackdays in Sweden | ||||
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| A very sleek Alfa Romeo 155 brakes for Turn 1 at the end of the main straight | A low-cost approach to trackdaying in a Daihatsu Charade with slicks and sports seats | ||||
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| One of many supercharged Hondas hisses its way down the straights | A VR6 Volkswagen Corrado | ||||
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| FiA-GTC driver Lindberg arrived for some practice in the team trailer with this very fast Lotus Elan ... | ... and a very loud and efficient De Tomaso Pantera | ||||
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| There are always a lot of Subaru Imprezas at trackdays - some more subtle than others | Peter Kolding left his 156 GTA Novitec at home and here brakes his Alfa Romeo 2.5 V6 for T1 | ||||
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| Besides Morten Stjerholm's Lancer Evo there was another participant i one of these family-supercars | Per Einarsson checks the oil level of the magnificently howling Alfa Romeo V6 engine | ||||
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| Simon Nielsen and Claus Larsen discussing the handling of the team cars in the hot sun | Simon went for a few laps later during the day when the participants thinned out | ||||
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| Morten Stjernholm accelerates the 156 with a busload of passengers on a show-and-tell lap | Peugoets are also very popular trackday cars | ||||
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| The team manager and Simon Nielsen (in the background) on video and photo stakeout | A malfunctional water pump forced Per Einarsson to go easy on the throttle and shorten the stints. | ||||
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| Morten's pal Torben brought his Yokohama Cup Alfa Romeo 156 2-litre race car for passenger-laps | Besides the racing Porsche 911s a few road cars also took the opportunity to use the cars as intended | ||||
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| The team manager hurls the silver Alfa Romeo 166 into turn 1 | The trackday was safely and very efficiently marshalled by the Track Team | ||||
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| The ITR team (without the busy Morten Stjernholm) - tired and spent after a day at the races | Gert and Claus, going back to Funen over the water in the evening after another exciting day | ||||