Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia is a one make sports car racing championship held in the Scandinavian countries with the majority of the races being in Sweden. The cars are Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) with 3.6 liters, flat-6 naturally-aspirated engines that produce 420 bhp (310 kW) and 420 N·m.[1]
Inspired by the success of the Carrera Cup in France and Germany, the first race in the Scandinavian edition was held on May 1, 2004.[2] Since then it has been one of the support series for the Swedish Touring Car Championship.
Among the competitors are former speedway world champion Tony Rickardsson and Prince Carl Philip of Sweden.[3] There has also been a number of famous guest drivers, like Mika Häkkinen and Kenny Bräck.[2]
The series is currently shown live on Viasat Motor.
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- ↑ Carrera Cup Bilarna (Swedish)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Carrera Cup Tävlingen (Swedish)
- ↑ The Local Prince Carl Philip to launch motor racing career