Street Week Sweden organized the Southern Swing “Drag-N-Drive” 2023 during a stretched week 28 that began already on Saturday with inspection of all participants’ cars. Sunday then became the first competition day at the historic Mantorp Park outside Linköping. The combination of drag racing and driving experience makes the event unique in Sweden where 200 “street cars” compete to drive really fast on closed drag racing tracks. A 1/8-mile long strip with tracks ranging from pure asphalt to prepped. Malmö Raceway offered the best grip where low 4s could be achieved, the best time being 4.09. Since the teams must drive their cars between the tracks, it’s not enough to be fast on the track, but you must have the ability to make everything work even the 150 miles that make up the transport stretch during the week where Emmaboda, Vårgårda, and Laxå were also visited.
Results Top 3 Street Week 2023 (All ETs is avg)
Max Outlaw
203 Michael Westberg Chevrolet Camaro Farsta, 4,9236
11 Jocke Cedergren Ford Strängnäs 5,0127
113 Mikael Pettersson Volvo 142 Rödeby 5,0778
Street Outlaw
180 Jörgen Andersson Kaputten Racetown 5,3736
14 Henrik Ludvigsson Ford 32 5W Kupé Örby 5,3965
146 Henrik Nygren BMW E30 Strängnäs 5,4298
Ultimate Street
4 Sami Luokkala El Camino Kokkola/Finland 5,9194
159 Timo Vaajoensuu Chevrolet Vega -72 Espoo/SF 6,1037
167 Mattias Mellberg Chevrolet Nova -65 Nyköping 6,1174
True Street
107 Sami Toivonen Chevrolet Pisken Hölö 6,0995
174 Jimmy Gudru Dodge Pickis Färnäs 6,2897
102 Fredrik Löfström Pontiac Firebird Timmernabben 6,2983
Pro Touring
7 Michael Callin Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 Södertälje 6,4886
117 Daniel Carlsson BMW E30 Sjömarken 6,6226
2 Thomas Alm Dodge Charger Golub-Dobrzyn/Polen 6,7292
Import War (FWD)
85 Krister Jungvar VW Caddy Racetown 10,7566
Import War (RWD)
61 Daniel Johansson BMW E92 Turbo Årsunda 6,0027
41 Jonas Jansson BMW M3 Strängnäs 6,0979
65 Ola Malm Opel Kadett Kristianstad 6,4194
4WD
12 Henrik Andersen BMW 318Ti Staffanstorp 5,7758
75 Jonas Johansson Nissan Degerfors 6,0493
183 Björn Lersäter Audi Ur Quattro Fåker 6,6504
Diesel Power
165 Linus Thollander Chevrolet Nova Vingåker 6,7882
172 Stig Holm Chevrolet Chevelle -70 Gan / Norge 7,0491
28 Robert Nordin Mercedes Benz S124 Örebro 8,9708
Classic
58 Kenneth Westin Chevrolet -55 Stenhamra 6,8359
137 Thomas Eriksson Chevrolet Impala -58 Piteå 7,4054
177 Joakim Sturve Chevrolet 3100 Stepside Fjärås 7,5886
Hot Rod
57 Thomas Olsson Ford T-HOT Sollentuna 6,6693
197 Jyrki Laakso Ford T-26 Vantaa/SF 6,6726
153 Kjell Trygg Ford Hedesunda. 7,0435