Flash Engineering
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| Founded | 1996 |
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| Team principal(s) | Jan "Flash" Nilsson |
| Current series | STCC Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia ETCC |
| Former series | JTCC, Volvo S60 Challenge |
| Teams' Championships | 1 (2007) |
| Drivers' Championships | 3 (1996, 1997, 2008) |
Flash Engineering is a Swedish motorsport team based in Karlstad[1] founded and owned by two-time Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) winner Jan "Flash" Nilsson. The most recent time the team won the STCC-title was in 2008 with driver Richard Göransson. Flash Engineering was affiliated with Volvo until 2005, when Nilsson sold the team to Christian Dahl, and reincorporated it as a new, independent racing team, running BMW and Porsche cars.
History
The Swedish Touring Car Championship was created in 1996 as a copy of the successful British Touring Car Championship. Nilsson founded Flash Engineering that year to compete in the championship. Volvo, which had been competing in the BTCC since 1994, partnered with the newly founded Halmstad-based racing team, and provided financial support and the cars. The team initially raced a Volvo 850, and moved to a S40 in 1998. In 2000, the team moved to Karlstad. The team raced a Volvo S60 from 2001 through the 2004 season. In 2005, Nilsson sold the team to Christian Dahl, who renamed it Polestar Racing. Nilsson then formed a new, independent team, and again named it "Flash Engineering".
Achievements
Flash Engineering won the STCC-title in 2008 with Richard Göransson. Jan Nilsson won the STCC in its inaugural season (1996), as well as 1997. Fredrik Ros won the 2006 Porsche Carrera Cup for Flash Engineering.
Current Season
Photo: Erik Andersson
In 2009, the team ran two BMW 320si in the STCC and one car in Carrera Cup Scandinavia. One car is driven by Nilsson, the other by Thed Björk. Björk finished second overall on the same points at champion Tommy Rustad after a controversial finish to the season.[2] The team also races a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia, driven by Prince Carl Philip of Sweden [3] who is a licensed race driver.
Carrera Cup Scandinavia
Flash Engineering is the official organiser of the Porsche one-make series Carrera Cup Scandinavia and the official Scandinavian Porsche Motorsport dealer. The team took over running of the series in 2005 when the series was close to bankruptcy. In 2009 the series was the biggest Carrera Cup-series in the world with 35 entries.[4]
References
- ^ "Flash Engineering AB". Business Week. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ Meissner, Johan (26 September 2009). "Tommy Rustad is the new champion". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved September 26, 2009. [dead link]
- ^ Lindblad, Anders (12 April 2008). "Kungen - på motorbanan". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
- ^ Åhman, Michael (4 April 2009). "Carrera Cup Scandinavia - störst i världen!". Auto Motor & Sport. Retrieved April 4, 2009.