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Saab in first ever twilight STCC race

The first ever STCC race held in twilight conditions will be hosted at Mantorp Park this season as replacement for the cancelled Gothenburg race.

”We are glad to see that STCC dares to try this new format at Mantorp Park. We have discussed a format change for a while now, to try something new, and our partners have been very positive,” said Fredrik Sjöqvist, Managing Director of Mantorp Park.

The race will also mark the first ever mid-week STCC race. The Mantorp round will be held over just one day, on Thursday the 25th of June, using the short 1.9 kilometre version of Mantorp, a layout not used for STCC since 2000.

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Testing and qualifying will be held in the morning, starting at 09.00, with the first race starting at 19.00 in the evening.

”Mantorp Park has been missed in the calendar by many and it is nice to be able to host a race there after all,” said Jonas Lundin, Managing Director of STCC AB.

The STCC race in Gothenburg was cancelled due to a clashing event. In STCC 2015 season will take part 4 Saab teams with Saan 9-3 STCC Team Tidö and PWR Racing Team.

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Goran Aničić
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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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