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
Sweden Magnum Racing
Sweden Ulf Granberg
Sweden Ingvar Carlsson
Volvo 240T
 Div. 3
 98
 DNF
 DNF
1986
Belgium RAS Sport
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto
Italy Mauro Baldi
Volvo 240T
 Div. 3
 456
 12th
 7th

1987
Belgium Bastos Toyota Team
Belgium Pierre-Alain Thibaut
Belgium Eric Bachelart
Toyota Supra 3.0i MA70
 Div. 3
 346
 DNF
 DNF
1988
United Kingdom Nissan Motorsports Europe
Australia Allan Grice
United Kingdom Win Percy
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R
 Div. 3
 482
 6th
 4th
1991
Japan Nismo Zexel
Australia David Brabham
Japan Naoki Hattori
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
 A/Div. 3
 517
1st
1st
1992
Japan Nismo
Australia David Brabham
Japan 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
Japan Italya Sports
France Alain Ferté
France Patrick Gonin
Nissan R86V
 C1
 86
 DNF
 DNF

1988
Japan Italya Sports
Japan Team Le Mans Co.
Italy Lamberto Leoni
Japan Akio Morimoto
March 88S−Nissan
 C1
 69
 DNF
 DNF

1989
Japan Team Le Mans Co.
France Courage Compétition
Japan Takao Wada
Japan Akio Morimoto
March 88S−Nissan
 C1
 221
 DNF
 DNF

1990
Japan Team Le Mans
Japan Takao Wada
Brazil Maurizio Sandro Sala
Nissan R89C
 C1
 182
 DNF
 DNF

1991
France Courage Compétition
United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
Sweden Thomas Danielsson
Cougar C26S−Porsche
 C2
 45
 DNF
 DNF

1994
Sweden Strandell
Germany Obermaier Racing
Italy Max Angelelli
Switzerland Sandro Angelastro
Ferrari F40
 GT1
 51
 DNF
 DNF

1995
Italy Ennea SRL
Italy Ferrari Club Italia
Italy Luciano Della Noce
Japan Tetsuya Ota
Ferrari F40 GTE
 GT1
 42
 DNF
 DNF

1996
Italy Ennea SRL Igol
Italy Luciano Della Noce
Sweden Carl Rosenblad
Ferrari F40 GTE
 GT1
 98
 DNF
 DNF

1997
United Kingdom Gulf Team Davidoff
United Kingdom GTC Racing
France Jean-Marc Gounon
France 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
Australia Peter Jackson Nissan Racing
Australia Glenn Seton
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R
 A
 0
 DNF
 DNF

1989
Australia Nissan Motorsport Australia
Australia George Fury
Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R
 A
 160
 4th
 4th

1992
Australia Winfield Team Nissan
Australia Neil Crompton
Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
 A
 143
3rd
3rd

1993
Australia Winfield Racing
Australia David Brabham
Holden VP Commodore
 A
 159
 4th
 4th

1994
Australia Winfield Racing
Australia Colin Bond
Holden VP Commodore
 A
 161
 6th
 6th

1995
Australia Winfield Racing
New Zealand Steven Richards
Holden VR Commodore
161
 4th
 4th


References





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  2. ^ Brown, Allen. "European Formula 3 1978". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 22 September 2017.


  3. ^ English, Steven (24 January 2008). "Anders Olofsson dies aged 55". Autosport. Retrieved 10 September 2012.











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