Mantorp Park, race track
Mantorp Park is a motor racing circuit beside the E4 at Mantorp in Mjölby Municipality, Sweden. Its longest layout measures 3,106 m and its short layout 1,868 m; a 4,100 m variant is no longer used. The track has three layouts plus a dragstrip, and a chicane before the long straight was rebuilt most recently in 2000.
Mantorp Park was built between 1968 and 1969 with financing from BP Sweden, and the first race was held on 31 August 1969. European Formula Two rounds ran from 1971 to 1973 and again in 1981 and 1982; Ronnie Peterson won the 1971 race by 35 seconds. A 4,100 m layout was later abandoned, and a chicane before the long straight was rebuilt most recently in 2000.
The track sits beside the E4 at Mantorp in Mjölby Municipality. Its dragstrip era brought the venue's record crowd of 34,000 spectators at a drag racing event, and the straight was used for drag racing from the early 1970s, for several years hosting Sweden's round of the European drag racing championship. Today club events, a driving school and Nordic series such as the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship fill the calendar.
Mantorp Park sits beside the E4 at Mantorp in Mjölby Municipality, about 50 km west of Linköping. The circuit has three layouts, but only the 1,868 m short and 3,106 m long tracks are in use; the 4,100 m layout is closed. Events range from club races and the Swedish Formula Three Championship to drag racing and a driving school, so check what is running before you travel.
Mantorp Park was the first European drag racing circuit to adopt the 300 m (1,000 ft) drag strip format introduced by the NHRA in July 2008. The strip grew out of the main straight, which had hosted drag racing since the early 1970s, including a Swedish round of the European Drag Racing Championship. The track's attendance record, 34,000 spectators, was set at a drag racing event.
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