13 Facts About Slim Borgudd

Slim Borgudd worked with Bjorn Ulvaeus's group the Hootenanny Singers.

Slim Borgudd began racing on and off in the mid-1960s with a Lotus Formula Ford car, but his racing career became more serious only in 1972, after taking five wins in five sports car racing club events.

Slim Borgudd raced a Hillman Imp and a Volvo 122 in the Swedish Touring Car Championship from 1972 to 1975, finishing as runner-up in 1972, as well as racing in the Scandinavian Formula Ford series, which he won in 1973.

In 1976, Slim Borgudd moved up to Formula 3, racing sporadically until the end of the 1977 season.

In spite of the added morale boost, ATS proved to be an uncompetitive car, and Slim Borgudd failed to score any more points for the rest of the season.

However, Slim Borgudd did not adapt to his new team, and was unceremoniously dumped when his sponsorship money ran out three races into the season.

From 1983 to 1985, Slim Borgudd raced only on occasion, including his taking part in the 1984 and 1985 Macau Grand Prix.

Slim Borgudd entered five races that season, but the old F1 cars were not competitive compared to the purposely built F3000 cars.

In 1986 and 1987, Slim Borgudd was champion in Divisions 2 and 3 of the European Truck Racing Championship, respectively.

Also in 1994, Slim Borgudd went back to top form in the Truck Racing Cup, where the Swede barely lost the championship title to British driver Steve Parrish, after a dogfight that lasted the entire season.

Slim Borgudd responded in kind in 1995, beating Parrish and Markus Oestreich by a large margin.

In 1996 and 1997, Slim Borgudd only finished in fifth and fourth, and he announced his retirement after accusing Mercedes-Benz of favoring other drivers.

Slim Borgudd made occasional returns to racing at amateur level, having settled down in Coventry.