Today was the much anticipated premiere of the Swedish TTA racing series where four Saab 9-3 cars participated. And 21-year old Linus Ohlsson won the race in his Saab 9-3.
Linus Ohlsson held pole position after the qualifying round earlier today. Ohlsson was ahead of more merited drivers like Fredrik Ekblom in Volvo and four time Swedish champion Richard Göransson driving a BMW.
In the actual race Linus Ohlsson in his Saab 9-3 held the first place from start to finish. And the young Swede now leads the TTA championship after scoring three points for the pole position in the qualifying round and thereafter winning Saturday's race.
Here's a customized Saab Sonett III from Germany. As far as I can understand, this car was once a yellow Sonett belonging to a US soldier stationed in Germany. But one night the car was vandalized. The car was badly damaged with many cracks in the fiber glass body. Heartbroken the soldier sold the Sonett to a used car salesman, but the salesman just let the car deteriorate. It was further vandalized when the front and read windows were smashed in. And now the Sonett was parked outside in the rain and slowly dying.
But this story has a happy ending. The car was then bought by a young man who wanted to build his very own sports car, and the Sonett was a perfect starting point. And so the work began...
The car now has a rear mounted turbo engine from a Saab 900. It is rear wheel drive and as you can see from the pictures the rear is completely redesigned.
