埃裡克 · 卡爾松在蒙特卡羅

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信不信它已經 100 年發生了第一的蒙特 Carlo 拉力賽。周年紀念慶祝由超過 360 正在參與 14 拉力賽蒙特 Carlo 為了慶祝原始凝聚格式與競爭對手從今天開始，從五個不同城市的球隊 ︰ 格拉斯哥，蘇格蘭;華沙，波蘭;蘭斯，法國;巴賽隆納，西班牙和摩洛哥馬拉喀什。

都是 1955 年和 1970年之間相互競爭的汽車。當中最著名的以前獲獎汽車驅動的這類著名拉力賽星作為埃裡克 · 卡爾松，aka 作為先生薩博薩博。今天，在他揮手關閉薩博 96年的精確副本的蘭斯他帶到 1963 年回勝利。

它值得一讀的薩博不得不在今天發表的公報中說 ︰

經典的薩博 96年已由德國老式汽車雜誌而作萬得城電器，將由主編彼得 Steinfurth 和航海家托爾斯騰 · Loeber 驅動。 他們將在蘭斯開始本週五 （1 月 28 日） 以再現原來的每一個細節，一直到 Erik 使用那一年的 283 項號的車。他將手上時，他們揮。

漏洞的 Erik，aka 屋頂上，卡爾松説明將薩博汽車在地圖上放在 1960 年代。他在 1962 年和 1963年是蒙特 Carlo 拉力賽的雙冠軍，還拿了帽子戲法 RAC 拉力賽的勝利，在 1960年-62。現在 82 歲高齡，Erik 生於坦，瑞典薩博家鎮，公司的工程驅動程式在整個職業生涯。今天，他仍然受雇為薩博的巡迴大使。

埃裡克 · 卡爾松嫁給了派特莫斯 （1934年-2008 年），他也是一個成功反彈與幾個 wins 在蒙特卡羅拉力賽女士類驅動程式，她是妹妹的賽車先生 Stirling Moss 的驅動程式。

更大、 更強大的汽車 Eriks David 和歌利亞鬥爭現傳奇史冊的國際團結。與小型二衝程發動機、 748 或 841 cc、 第一的薩博缺乏權力競爭使用，以便克服這一缺點 Erik 開發一種特殊的駕駛技術。有必要保持發動機轉速在所有的時間，所以他用左腳刹車同時保持他正確的食物硬在油門踏板上。這使得他能夠讓絕大部分人他車重量輕、 機動性而轉彎。

就個人而言，第一次看到了競爭的 Erik 卡爾松在 1970 Baja 1000，在那裡他完成的 5 個生產班。原來這是他最後的競爭場集會活動。 Co-順便說一句，我見到他下一年當我在他薩博 96年拉力賽車和他一起去。這是我的拳頭的很多遊樂設施與集會和種族驅動程式但我永遠不會忘記如何人愉快和謙遜他是對我作為一個年輕的汽車記者。我知道數百名曾見過他在過去四年間的薩博球迷會同意和我一起。

Believe it or not it has been 100 years since the first Monte Carlo Rally took place. The anniversary is being celebrated by over 360 teams who are taking part in the 14th Rallye Monte Carlo Historique, which celebrates the original rallys format with competitors starting today from five different cities: Glasgow, Scotland; Warsaw, Poland; Reims, France; Barcelona, Spain and Marrakech, Morocco.

The competing cars were all made between 1955 and 1970. Among the best-known previous winning cars are Saabs driven by such famous rally stars as Erik Carlsson, aka as Mr. Saab. Today, in Reims he waved off an exact replica of the Saab 96 he took to victory back in 1963.

Its worth reading what Saab had to say in a release issued today:

The classic Saab 96 has been created by German vintage car magazine Oldtimer Markt and will be driven by chief editor Peter Steinfurth and navigator Thorsten Loeber. They will take the start at Reims this Friday (28 January) in a car that recreates the original in every detail, right down to the 283 entry number Erik used that year. He will be on hand to wave them off.

The exploits of Erik, aka On the Roof, Carlsson helped put Saab on the automotive map in the 1960s. He is a double winner of the Monte Carlo Rally in 1962 and 1963 and also took a hat-trick of RAC Rally victories in 1960-62. Now 82 years old, Erik was born in Trollhättan, Sweden, the home town of Saab, and was a works driver for the company throughout his career. Today, he is still employed as a roving ambassador for Saab.

Erik Carlsson was married to Pat Moss (1934-2008), who was also a successful rally driver with several wins in the Monte Carlo Rally ladies class, She was the younger sister of racing driver Sir Stirling Moss.

Eriks David and Goliath battles against larger, more powerful cars are now legendary in the annals of international rallying. With small two-stroke engines, 748 or 841 cc, the first Saabs lacked power for competition use and to overcome this disadvantage Erik developed a special driving technique. It was necessary to keep the engine revving at all times, so he used left foot braking while keeping his right food hard on the accelerator pedal. This allowed him to make the most of his cars light weight and maneuverability while cornering.

On a personal note, the first time I saw Erik Carlsson compete was in the 1970 Baja 1000, where he finished 5th in the Production Class. It turns out it was his last competitive rally event. Co-incidentally, I met him the following year when I got to ride with him in his Saab 96 rally car. It was my fist of many rides with rally and race drivers but Ill never forget how pleasant and unassuming he was to me as a young auto journalist. I know that hundreds of Saab fans that have met him during the past four decades will agree with me.