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Photos from Rally Sweden SS1 – Karlstad Super Special Stage

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Here are a few photos from tonights run of SS1 – Karlstad Super Special Stage. Thanks to Mikael Hjerpe for those images – and please do not copy/reproduce them. If you wanna share them, place a link to this post instead!

Fireworks at the opening ceremony of the rally where H.R.H. Prince Carl Philip waved off the cars.

Fireworks at the opening ceremony of the rally where H.R.H. Prince Carl Philip waved off the cars.

Some works with a car going on besides the stage.

Some works with a car going on besides the stage.

Plenty of spectators in the cold at the superspecial.

Plenty of spectators in the cold at the superspecial.

Henning Solberg attacking at the stage.

Henning Solberg attacking at the stage.

Henning stopped and recieving the cheers from the spectators.

Henning stopped and recieving the cheers from the spectators.

Mikko Hirvonen rushing in front of the camera. The Finn set the third fastest time at the stage.

Mikko Hirvonen rushing in front of the camera. The Finn set the third fastest time at the stage.

A group N Impreza on the stage.

A group N Impreza on the stage.

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Right now at Karlstad Super Special Stage

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

It looks like this… :)

Right now at the Karlstad Super Special Stage, 30 minutes before the start... Photo: Mikael Hjerpe

Right now at the Karlstad Super Special Stage, 30 minutes before the start... Photo: Mikael Hjerpe

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Weather and surface report from Karlstad Super Special Stage

Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Karlstad Super Special Stage this afternoon. Photo: Mikael Hjerpe

Karlstad Super Special Stage this afternoon. Photo: Mikael Hjerpe

A friend of mine in Karlstad just gave me a report of the conditions at the Karlstad Super Special Stage, where Rally Sweden is set to kick off on Thursday . The stage will also be run a second time on Friday evening.

The conditions are perfect with ice, snow and a temperature of +2 in the sun and -4 in the shadows. This is perfect since it allows for the upper surface to melt just a little to then freeze once again. The organiser also monitors the surface a long time before the rally and makes sure to build up a thick level of ice on the track.

Just watch the beautiful picture!?!

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Scandinavian WRC TV-coverage in box: Viasat signs three year deal

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

The TV-coverage of the World Rally Championship in Scandinavia is now officialy in box. The discussions with Viasat has been known for a while, but now is even the formal agreement signed with the promotor, ISC. The agreement covers nothing less than three years of coverage, which means Scandinavian events and teams can now plan their sponsor deals on a longer term.

According to Bertil Klarin, m.d. of Rally Sweden, it means that both the Swedish Championship and the WRC event will get a lot of coverage.

Exact details regarding the coverage of Rally Sweden is not know, but the plan is TV broadcasts for four days during the rally, including live coverage of the Karlstad Super Special Stage in the start of the rally and also the finish at the new, spectacular Värmullsåsen stage in Hagfors.

(Source, in Swedish: SR)

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Decide your own heats on the Swedish super special stage next year!?

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Not long ago I told by the Swedish Rally organisers initiative to let the spectators decide the heats on the super special stage in Swedish Rally 2009 – this year arranged as a Swedish Championship rally since Sweden doesn’t have WRC status again until next year. Now the idea has been tested in real life, and the organisers say that they got a lot of suggestions of heats.

Already when I wrote the first post, I pushed for the Swedish Rally to test this thing in the WRC too – and now that seems to become true. In today’s VF (Swedish newspaper) Bertil Klarin, managing director of the Swedish Rally, says that they hope to repeat the same next year. Awesome!

 

Jimmy Joge, Värmland Runt/Swedish Rally 2009, Photo: Micke Fransson, teambild.se

Jimmy Joge, Värmland Runt/Swedish Rally 2009, Photo: Micke Fransson, teambild.se

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