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Slim Borgudd
Slim Borgudd's helmet
Slim Borgudd - Swedish Saloon Car Championship
Slim Borgudd ABBA / ATS Formula One Team
Slim Borgudd - Italian Grand Prix at Imola
Slim Borgudd - Win in Camaro Cup at Mantorp Park
Slim Borgudd - TPC Motor Company
Mobil Oil & West Coast Racing
ETRA European Truck Champion
25 hours "Willhire" long distance race
FIA European Truck Racing Championship
500 km Touring Car Race
Overall Winner British Open Truck Racing Championship
Slim re-signed another 3 year sponsorship contract with Mobil Oil
Rover GTI Championship
"Inno Truck" for Mercedes Benz at the Nurburgring Truck GP
FIA European Super Truck Championship
FIA Nordic Cup Touring Car Championship
Norweigian newcomer Filip Nielsen
Radical Sports car
Slim Borgudd
Born in Borgholm, on the south east Island of Oland, Sweden. 1946.

Interests
Motor sport, Car Set-up, Tennis, Golf, Music and Travel.

Made in Sweden: a creative musical environment
Click here to view Slims music history

1969 Jim Russell Racing School, Snetterton, UK
1970/1971   Club racing in Formula Ford, driving a converted Lotus 22 and resulting in 16 Wins and Three 2nd places out of 20 races
1972   Club Champion 2000cc and Sports Cars driving Sportscar’s Focus, Sweden
1973   Winner of the Scandinavian Cup, Mantorp Park, Formula Ford. Royale
1974   Two saloon car races, Hire-car drive, One win and No Finance
1975   Overall 2nd in Swedish Saloon Car Championship, Hillman Imp 1000cc (pictured left)
1976/1977   Drove 10 different rented cars in Formula 3 with various results and started working with Mike Rowe
1978   Overall 4th in Swedish Formula 3 Championship, Overall 11th in European Formula 3 Championship (drove only 9 out of 16 Races). Ranked No. 7 in Europe by the British motor magazine "Motoring News"
1979   Overall Winner in Swedish Formula 3 Champion and European Toyota Gold Cup, Formula 3 and 3rd in European Championship Formula 3 (drove 11 out of 16 races). Ranked No.2 in Europe after Alain Prost by "Autosport" (British motor magazine)
1980   Few races in various cars due to lack of sponsorship but was testing in Formula 2. Official lap record in Monaco Formula 3 Grand Prix. Finishing 3rd overall and was driving a hired March F3 for Roger Heavens Racing
1981   Signed for ABBA / ATS Formula One Team (ABBA being successful global musical band) along with Dutch F1 driver Jan Lammers (pictured left). Slim’s first Grand Prix was the Italian Grand Prix at Imola (San Marino) where he qualified 26th and finished 13th overall (pictured left). After the San Marino Grand Prix the team decided to run only one car and Slim became the sole driver for the ABBA/ATS team. At the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Slim finished 6th overall scoring the first World Championship Point in over three years for the team (This was the first and only World Championship Point in F1 scored by the tyre manufacturer AVON)
1982   Signed with the legendary Tyrell Formula One Team alongside Michele Alboreto. Race results were Kyalami Grand Prix, S.A - 16th, Brazilian Grand Prix, Rio - 7th and Long Beach Grand Prix, USA - 10th
1983   One Win in Volvo Turbo Cup at Knutstorp Ring, Sweden (Invitation race). One Win in Invitation race Camaro Cup at Mantorp Park, Sweden. (pictured left)
1983/1984   Slim worked for TPC Motor Company, Stratford-uopn-Avon, responsible for chassis design & production of their 356 Porsche replica (pictured left)
1984   Only one race this year, the Macau Grand Prix in Formula 3 in a hired Ralt F3. Qualifying on the front row of the Grid, Slim led the race in front of Johansson, Thackwell, Guerrero, Dumfries, Pirro, Ferte, Nielsen and others, when the race was red flagged. At the restart gearbox trouble left Slim stranded on the line with a stripped first gear, getting away 31st. Slim finished 6th overall in one of his best races ever
1985   Joined the RCR/International Formula 3000 Team and drove three races in a none competitive car (A converted Arrows with Formula One chassis). He was invited by Stan Williamson to drive a Bedford Detroit Diesel V6 race truck at Silverstone, Donnington and Mantorp Park in the European ETRA Championship. Slim joined the West Coast Diesel, Truck Racing Team. (Mansfield, UK). He then went on to designed & developed the Race Truck for the 1986 European Championship and signed a 3 year sponsorship deal with Mobil Oil Company (pictured left)
1986   European Champion in the 301-360 Class driving for the Mobil/West Coast and the racing team drove a Detroit Diesel/Volvo White, producing 8 wins and 5-second places including 5 new Lap Records
1987   Overall E.T.R.A. European Truck Racing Champion driving for West Coast Racing with Penske / Detroit Diesel Engines., this included 13 wins and 5 new lap records. Slim also signed another 3 year sponsorship contract with Mobil Oil & West Coast Racing
1988   ETRA European Truck Champion which included 12 Wins. He was driving a Volvo White for the Mobil/West Coast Racing Team
1988-1989   Slim was employed as Chief Engineer with two different Formula 3000 teams
1989   Racing for the Roger Dowson/Firestone Team and was the overall Winner of the 25 hours "Willhire" long distance race at Snetterton co-driving with Mark Hales (pictured left). Slim was successful in recording a New Lap Record in class in the Ford Sierra Cosworth and had 3 further Wins together with Mark Hales with the Dowson/Firestone Team in a Ford Sierra Cosworth (One-hour races)
1983-1989  

When not racing trucks and cars, Slim worked as a Test Driver for a number of teams in various racing categories using his technical talent and his vast experience on chassis development

1990   Overall 2nd FIA European Truck Racing Championship, outright winner in the Mobil Truck Super Prix, Brands Hatch (pictured left) and winner of Le Mans Endurance Super Truck Race. Slim then won 2nd in Class in the 500 km Touring Car Race at Wellington, New Zealand (pictured left) and 2nd in Class in the 500 km Touring Car Race at Pukekoe, New Zealand where he was driving a BMW together with John Sax
1991   Overall Winner of the British Open Truck Racing Championship and overall 2nd in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship Class 2. Slim was re-signed for another 3 year sponsorship contract with Mobil Oil (pictured left)
1992   Overall 3rd in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship driving for Volvo White/Detroit DieselSlim was the winner in two Production Touring car races together with Andy Middlehurst. (2 drivers) and winner of the final round of the Production Saloon Car Championship at Thruxton in a BMW run by Roger Dowson. He als came 2nd place in the British Touring Car Group, an event at Brands Hatch together with Tim Harvey in a Labatt Ford Cosworth
1993   Winner in the Rover GTI Championship, first round at Silverstone driving for Roger Dowson (pictured left) Then he was invited to drive the "Inno Truck" for Mercedes Benz at the Nurburgring Truck GP. Result: 3rd Place (pictured left)
1994   Slim got signed with Mercedes Benz and Esso / Team Dehnhardt and won overall 2nd Place in the FIA European Super Truck Championship (pictured left) then overall Winner of the FIA Nordic Cup Touring Car Championship
driving a Mazda for the Dowson/Magic Team (pictured left)
1995   Overall Winner FIA European Super Truck Championship and was driving for the Mercedes/Tiger Dehnhardt Racing Team. He then became Chief Engineer for Team Lux / Shell in Formula Asia (Malaysia), working with fellow Swedish driver. Slim has also had close working relations with several leading shock-absorber manufacturers like Koni, Penske, Sachs, Intrax and Ohlin and has extreme good knowledge in this area, with “Car tuning & set-up” as speciality
1996   Overall 5th FIA European Truck Cup while driving for the Mercedes/Tiger Dehnhardt Team
1997   Overall 4th in the FIA European Super Truck Championship while driving for the Mercedes/Tiger Dehnhardt Team
1998/2002   Only a few invitation races during this period so Slim spent most of his time developing his World Patented GUDD Active Differential
2003/2004   Slim joined as engineer for Roger Heavens / RH Motorsport (Ex Team manager with ABBA / ATS Formula One Team), and was running a variety of different cars for clients during racing & trackdays including three F1 Arrows BMW, two Group C Porsche 962, Porsche GT3 RS, three Prosports and Caterhams
2004   Overall 2nd Porsche Open One Hour Race Brands Hatch (Invitation race) while driving a Porsche GT3RS together with Jerry Harrison
2005   Winner of the Taylor Memorial in the Porsche Open at Brands Hatch (Invitation Race) while driving a Porsche GT3RS together with Jerry Harrison. He then started working for Radical Sportscars Ltd in Peterborough, UK as the Overseas Distribution Manager
2006   Slim carried on as Overseas Distribution Manager for Radical Sportscars and continued racing becoming winner of the annual “Winterfest” race at Sebring, USA, driving a Radical PR06. (Invitation) and 3rd in class in race 2 of the IMSA Light series introducing the Radical PR6 at Lime Rock.USA. Slim started working with Norwegian newcomer Filip Berg-Nielsen, coaching & car set up (pictured left)
2008   Slim won 2nd in class driving an Radical SR8 in the Radical European Masters Series together with Ernst Kirchmeier, Catalunia, Spain and continued as Overseas Distribution Manager for Radical Sportscars. He started driving tuition / Advanced race driving & Car set and driving tuition / Advanced driving & Car set up with Filip Nielsen. As chief engineer (Winner of the final race of the Radical European Masters Series with “Rookie” of the year Filip Nielsen at the wheel)
2009   Slim Borgudd now runs his own team Slim Racing

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