Camaro Cup

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Two current-generation Camaro Cup Cars on the starting grid.
Two current-generation Camaro Cup Cars on the starting grid.

Camaro Cup, officially the Camaro Cup 2000, is a Swedish-based Stock car racing series using Chevrolet Camaro Z28's.

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[edit] History

The idea about an American class in Swedish racing was born by the SSK acting director Robin Shorter in 1974. He spread his idea to active racers and to dealers selling American car brands. Work was begun by a group of people, including Shorter, Sven Hjansons, Picko Troberg and Göran Boström, to start a series called the Woodhead Super Star Cup. The first season was held in 1975 and was won by Bo "Emma" Emanuelsson, who also won the first ever race of the championship, held at the SSK premiere at Kinnekulle Ring. The series continued for several more seasons and had a couple of famous drivers including Swedish Formula One driver Reine Wisell. 1982 saw the class being changed into the Swedish Super Saloon championship and it was opened for other manufacterors.
Super Saloon was a somewhat extreme championship concerning the cars participating - e.g. Volkswagens and Porsches with double turbos. Some of the old Camaro Cup drivers stayed, including two-times champion Peter Norlander who won the premiere in a spaceframe Camaro. In 1988 Camaro Cup was resumed, with Boström being one of the driving forces behind the series' resumption. Between 1994-1998 the series was dominated by Thomas Engström, winning five driver's titles.

The first cars of the current generation of Camaro Cup cars took to the track in 1999. The old cars were phased out during 2000, when two classes (one with the new cars and one with the old cars) was run. Some of the old cup cars later found a new home in the V8 Challenge championship organized by the Swedish Longdistance Championship (SLC). During 2000 the series was called Super Stock Racing.

Camaro Cup had for several years run as a support series to the Swedish Touring Car Championship, but in 2004 it was axed and was forced to return to its SSK roots. The 2005 season was a miserable one, with an average of six cars per weekend, and the grid never made it over seven cars. To bolster the number of starters other SSK classes were added, including old Super Touring cars such as the Audi A4 Quattro and BMW 320i.
2006 saw the series somewhat return to its former glory. It returned as a part of the STCC program, and grid sizes increased to around 20 cars again. Several notable drivers made guest appearances, including ex-F1 test driver and current Formula Nippon driver Björn Wirdheim, OMV Kronos Citroën WRC driver Daniel Carlsson, Junior WRC champion P-G Andersson and STCC driver Edward Sandström. As of February 2006, 24 cars have confirmed their entry for the full 2007 season.

[edit] 2007 Season

Teams and drivers signed up for the 2007 Camaro Cup season.

[edit] Teams and Drivers

No. Driver Team
2 Flag of Sweden Jonny Gustavsson Independent
7 Flag of Sweden Lars Lundqvist Sundsta Racing
8 Flag of Sweden Ronny Nygård Nygård Motorsport
11 Flag of Sweden Frederick Bylund Team Bylund/ Roos Racing
12 Flag of Sweden Sofia Liljegren Rättviks Racing
18 Flag of Sweden Mårten Hansen Nygård Motorsport
20 Flag of Sweden Christian Nilsson Team Cash Nilsson
21 Flag of Sweden Jan Nilsson Team Cash Nilsson
31 Flag of Sweden Leif Gåije Gåije Racing
33 Flag of Sweden Anders Roos Team Bylund/ Roos racing
34 Flag of Sweden Kristoffer Lundström Lundström Motorsport
35 Flag of Sweden Jan Aronsson Independent
37 Flag of Norway Ole Martin Lindum Lindum Racing
38 Flag of Norway Terje Andersen Independent
39 Flag of Norway Bernard Kongsrud Lindum Racing
43 Flag of Sweden Markus Lundström Lundström Motorsport
45 Flag of Sweden Jörgen Eriksson Berså racing
57 Flag of Sweden Daniel Svensson Independent
69 Flag of Sweden Anders Brofalk Bryntesson Motorsport
74 Flag of Sweden Johan Klahr Bryntesson Motorsport
96 Flag of Sweden PG Andersson Bryntesson Motorsport
99 Flag of Sweden Niklas Johansson Trackstar Racing
969 Guest car Bryntesson Motorsport

[edit] Game

Camaro Cup is one of the two available championships (along with STCC) in the Digital Illusions, CE. PC Game STCC 2.

[edit] Previous Champions

Yr. Driver
1975 Flag of Sweden Bo "Emma" Emanuelsson
1976 Flag of Sweden Ulf Granberg
1977 Flag of Sweden Bo "Emma" Emanuelsson
1978 Flag of Sweden Ulf Granberg
1979 Flag of Sweden Peter Norlander
1980 Flag of Sweden Peter Norlander
1981 Flag of Sweden Ulf "Rökar'n" Larsson
1988 Flag of Norway Anders Berggren
1989 Flag of Sweden Greger Kronegård
1990 Flag of Sweden Greger Kronegård
1991 Flag of Sweden Greger Kronegård
1992 Flag of Sweden Anders Hultqvist
1993 Flag of Sweden Anders Hultqvist
1994 Flag of Sweden Thomas Engström
1995 Flag of Sweden Thomas Engström
1996 Flag of Sweden Thomas Engström
1997 Flag of Sweden Thomas Engström
1998 Flag of Sweden Thomas Engström
1999 Flag of Sweden Göran Boström
Flag of Sweden Markus Lundström (Classic)
2000 Flag of Norway Thomas Nielsen
Flag of Sweden Jörgen Eriksson (Classic)
2001 Flag of Norway Ole Martin Lindum
2002 Flag of Norway Ole Martin Lindum
2003 Flag of Sweden Kristoffer Lundström
2004 Flag of Sweden Kristoffer Lundström
2005 Flag of Norway Ole Martin Lindum
2006 Flag of Norway Ole Martin Lindum

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