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Björn Wirdheim in Saab takes double STCC pole position

Bjorn Karl Mikael Wirdheim in Saab 9-3 STCCBjorn Karl Mikael Wirdheim in Saab 9-3 STCC

Flash Engineering team driver Björn Wirdheim in Saab 9-3 takes double pole position of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship qualifying sessions at Solvalla.

With this success he scored 25 points in STCC Championship. Björn Karl Michael Wirdheim is a Swedish professional racing driver. He is the son of Örnulf Wirdheim, also a racing driver. Björn began racing karts, competing in his first race, at the age of 10.

Björn Karl Michael Wirdheim at Solvalla
Björn Karl Michael Wirdheim at Solvalla

Double Pole in yesterday’s qualifying for STCC Round 6 at Solvalla.This is Big step forward for the whole Flash Engineering team and perfect follow-up from their  victory at the previous race. Super job by the whole of #flashengineering team!

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Saab 9-3 STCC from Flash Engineering team
Saab 9-3 STCC from Flash Engineering team

Yet, despite two STCC pole position, Björn finished Heat 1 on P2 behind Daniel Haglöf, great result for both the driver and the team.

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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