Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia

Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia is a one make sports car racing championship held in the Scandinavian countries with the majority of the races being in Sweden. The cars are Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) with 3.6 liters, flat-6 naturally aspirated engines that produce 420 bhp (310 kW) and 420 N·m.[1]

Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
CategorySports car Racing
One-make racing
CountryScandinavia
Inaugural season2004
ConstructorsPorsche
Engine suppliersPorsche
Tyre suppliersMichelin
Drivers' champion Johan Kristoffersson
Teams' champion Kristoffersson Motorsport
Official websiteCarrera Cup Scandinavia

Inspired by the success of the Porsche Carrera Cup in France and Germany, the first race in the Scandinavian edition was held on May 1, 2004.[2] Since then it has been one of the support series for the Swedish Touring Car Championship.

Among the competitors are former Speedway World Champion Tony Rickardsson and Prince Carl Philip of Sweden.[3] There has also been a number of famous guest drivers, like Mika Häkkinen and Kenny Bräck.[2]

The series is organised and maintained by Swedish racing team Flash Engineering that took over running of the series in 2005 when the series was close to bankruptcy. In 2009 the series became the biggest Carrera Cup-series in the world with 35 entries.[4] The series is currently shown live on Viasat Motor.

Champions
Season Champion Team Champion
2004 Robin Rudholm Podium Racing
2005 Fredrik Ros Podium Racing
2006 Fredrik Ros Flash Engineering
2007 Edward Sandström Kristoffersson Motorsport
2008 Jocke Mangs Xlander Racing
2009 Jocke Mangs Xlander Racing
2010 Robin Rudholm IPS Motorsport
2011 Robin Rudholm Xlander Racing
2012 Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport
2013 Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport
2014 Oscar Palm ?
2015 Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport

References
  1. Carrera Cup Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine Bilarna (in Swedish)
  2. Carrera Cup Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine Tävlingen (in Swedish)
  3. The Local Prince Carl Philip to launch motor racing career
  4. Åhman, Michael (4 April 2009). "Carrera Cup Scandinavia - störst i världen!". Auto Motor & Sport. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
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