Photo Gallery 2003,
Historic Grand Race, Ahvenisto, 16.-17.8.
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| As always, Upi Pihlman and Johan Furuhjelm had a close race in their BMW 2002 Ti cars in the Historic Touring/GT period G race. |
| The rush of the firrst corner of the combined Roadsport B and C race. |
| Historic Formula V's heading for their race. Nearest to the camera Antero Mannila in a ’71 Veemax. |
| Ford Special that has a competition historiy from 40's and 50's pleased the crowd in the parade. |
| Historic motorcycle racers had also their own demonstration run. |
| Track full of cars in the period E-F Historic Touring/GT race. |
| There was a good view to the track happenings from the Club cathering area up the hill. |
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| VanDiemen SR Sport's race - Kari-Tuomas Pietilä in front, followed by Tapani Koski and Jari Nieminen. |
| The parade of the car clubs presented a wide selection of classic cars and other enthusisasts vehicles. |
| Big and small in the Roadsport practice. Plymouth Duster ´70 of the V8 -class and Datsun 100A '76 of the C -class. |
| In the end of the paddock straight, Petri Kuusisto's Opel Kadett C and Mika Lampela's Ford Cortina. |
| Finnish Historic Formula cars drivers had a hard time with the Swedish competitors. Basicly only the 3rd position was reachable as 1st and 2nd of the B-class took an overwhelming lead. The next group of three had a very close fight over the whole race, here Sven-Erik Hedman leading in Kaimann followed by Kim Petterson in RPB and Jarmo Brandes in Veemax. In the end Kim Petterson was fastes of these three. |
| Erkki Heusala's ’67 Veemax in front of the group of Historic Formula cars. |
| '63 Buick Special that suffered a crash in the qualification on Saturday, was rebuilt during the night and fairly successfully - Tomi Naaramo drove the car as 1st and 2nd in Sunday's races. |
| Tapani Koski drove his Historic Touring/GT period F Lotius Cortina to the pole, won one race and was second in another. Here followed by Clas Palmberg in his Lotus Elan. |
| Father and son -Formula team. Peter Hasselgren got the rebuilding of the '66 Slymper to the point that it was ready to meet the race track. Father Caj Hasselgren is already a familiar sight in his ´68 RPB. |
| Pekka Huotari's Fiat Abarth, followed by Jyri Hollmén in Austin Cooper and Henrik Weiner in Ford Cortina. |
| Petri Sorri in Roadsport B-class Lada ´84 and Matty O. Suonsivu in a car that originates from Fiat 600 SLE '73 and belongs to the Roadsport class C. |
| Jyrki Lahti in his '77 Volvo 240 tries to get away from Esa Peltonen's Toyota Starlet '79 in the start of the Roadsport B -class. |
| The leading group of the Historic Touring/GT-cars, Lotus Elan, Ford Falcon and Cortina Lotus, about to overtake an Alfa Romeo Giulia Super. |
| Overall view fron the crest of the hill on Sunday afternoon. |
| Pekka Korkeakoski in his Porsche and behind him tough Swedish Mini Cooper -drivers Yngve Gustavsson and Tommy Jagerwall, followed by Lasse Peltola in BMW 1800Ti. |
| Almost all awarded drivers of the Historic Grand Race 2003. |
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