Anders Olofsson
Anders Olofsson (31 March 1952 – 22 January 2008) was a Swedish racing driver.[1]
Contents
1 Racing career
2 Death
3 Career Results
3.1 Complete Spa 24 Hour results
3.2 Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
3.3 Complete Bathurst 1000 results
4 References
Racing career
He won back-to-back Swedish Formula Three titles in 1977 and 1978 and finished runner-up in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship in the same seasons.[2]
He won three consecutive Japanese Touring Car titles as a works Nissan driver and triumphed in the 1991 Spa 24 Hours, driving a Nissan Skyline with David Brabham and Naoki Hattori.
From 1988 to 1995, Anders competed six times in the Bathurst 1000 touring car race in Australia, all with Gibson Motorsport. He drove in the 1988 Tooheys 1000 with Glenn Seton in a Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R, though the pair failed to complete a lap after the gearbox broke when Seton changed from 2nd to 3rd gear only seconds after the rolling start (the same fate had befallen Seton and Olofsson on lap 3 of the Sandown 500 just 3 weeks earlier, the traditional lead in to Bathurst). In 1989 he returned, driving with George Fury in a HR31 Skyline to finish 4th. After a two-year absence he returned for Winfield Racing (Gibson) in 1992 (the final year of Group A) in a Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R to finish 3rd outright with television commentator turned racer Neil Crompton. Despite Australian touring car racing abandoning Group A at the end of 1992 and moving to a V8 formula, Olofsson was held in such regard by the Fred Gibson run team that he was invited to return in 1993 and finished 4th with David Brabham in a Holden VP Commodore and 1994 to drive with veteran Colin Bond (the 1969 race winner) to finish 6th in a VP Commodore. Olofsson's last Bathurst 1000 was again with the Gibson team in 1995 where he teamed with Steven Richards in a Holden VR Commodore to again finish 4th.
Olofsson finished second overall in the GT1 class of the 1997 Le Mans 24 Hours, sharing a Gulf McLaren F1 with Jean-Marc Gounon and Pier-Henri Raphanel.
He retired from racing at the end of 1997 and worked in driver management with Swedish racers in the Swedish Touring Car Championship.
Death
Olofsson died in his sleep on 22 January 2008, aged 55.[3]
Career Results
Complete Spa 24 Hour results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 |  Magnum Racing | Ulf Granberg Ingvar Carlsson | Volvo 240T | Div. 3 | 98 | DNF | DNF |
| 1986 |  RAS Sport |  Johnny Cecotto Mauro Baldi | Volvo 240T | Div. 3 | 456 | 12th | 7th |
1987 | Bastos Toyota Team | Pierre-Alain Thibaut Eric Bachelart | Toyota Supra 3.0i MA70 | Div. 3 | 346 | DNF | DNF |
| 1988 |  Nissan Motorsports Europe |  Allan Grice Win Percy | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | Div. 3 | 482 | 6th | 4th |
| 1991 |  Nismo Zexel | David Brabham Naoki Hattori | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | A/Div. 3 | 517 | 1st | 1st |
| 1992 | Nismo | David Brabham Masahiro Hasemi | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | A/Div. 3 | 102 | DNF | DNF |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987 | Italya Sports |  Alain Ferté Patrick Gonin | Nissan R86V | C1 | 86 | DNF | DNF |
1988 | Italya Sports Team Le Mans Co. | Lamberto Leoni Akio Morimoto | March 88S−Nissan | C1 | 69 | DNF | DNF |
1989 | Team Le Mans Co. Courage Compétition | Takao Wada Akio Morimoto | March 88S−Nissan | C1 | 221 | DNF | DNF |
1990 | Team Le Mans | Takao Wada Maurizio Sandro Sala | Nissan R89C | C1 | 182 | DNF | DNF |
1991 | Courage Compétition | Johnny Dumfries Thomas Danielsson | Cougar C26S−Porsche | C2 | 45 | DNF | DNF |
1994 | Strandell Obermaier Racing | Max Angelelli Sandro Angelastro | Ferrari F40 | GT1 | 51 | DNF | DNF |
1995 | Ennea SRL Ferrari Club Italia | Luciano Della Noce Tetsuya Ota | Ferrari F40 GTE | GT1 | 42 | DNF | DNF |
1996 | Ennea SRL Igol | Luciano Della Noce Carl Rosenblad | Ferrari F40 GTE | GT1 | 98 | DNF | DNF |
1997 | Gulf Team Davidoff GTC Racing | Jean-Marc Gounon Pierre-Henri Raphanel | McLaren F1 GTR | GT1 | 360 | 2nd | 1st |
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | Peter Jackson Nissan Racing | Glenn Seton | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | A | 0 | DNF | DNF |
1989 | Nissan Motorsport Australia | George Fury | Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R | A | 160 | 4th | 4th |
1992 | Winfield Team Nissan | Neil Crompton | Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R | A | 143 | 3rd | 3rd |
1993 | Winfield Racing | David Brabham | Holden VP Commodore | A | 159 | 4th | 4th |
1994 | Winfield Racing | Colin Bond | Holden VP Commodore | A | 161 | 6th | 6th |
1995 | Winfield Racing |  Steven Richards | Holden VR Commodore | 161 | 4th | 4th |
References
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^ English, Steven (24 January 2008). "Anders Olofsson dies aged 55". Autosport. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
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