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Volvo S40 Race

The Volvo S40 Super Touring was the second ever race car used by Cyan Racing in the Swedish Touring Car Championship from 1998 to 2002, driven by drivers like Mattias Ekström and Jan "Flash" Nilsson.

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Volvo’s big success came with the Volvo S40 model, running the same powerful five-cylinder engine as the 850 but in a smaller and more aerodynamic shape. Having been introduced the previous year, Rickard Rydell fought hard during the 1998 season to claim the British Touring Car Championship title after a season-long fight with Nissan’s Anthony Reid.

The 1998 season was crowned by a spectacular win in the Bathurst 1000 endurance race; Rydell claiming the honours with Australian racing legend Jim Richards after a stunning run to pole position. The S40 was run in the BTCC for three seasons, with Volvo pulling the plug after the 1999 season.

The S40 would continue to race in Sweden with a Swedish Touring Car Championship programme being run by Flash Engineering, which would run the S40 until 2002.

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