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Saab 9000 racing 20 straight days and nights!

Saab 9000 Talladega

On October 7th, 1986 , Saab took 3 unmodified production SAAB 9000 Turbos out onto the Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega. 

Saab wanted to prove the strength, speed and duratbility of the Saab 9000 by racing 3 9000’s for 20 straight days and nights! (at Talladega Speedway)

Among the Saab drivers for this event (that broke multiple world records) was George Johnson, driver and pilot. This is The Long Run

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This video is posted in his memory:

Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

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