埃里克 · 卡尔松在蒙特卡罗

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信不信它已经 100 年发生了第一的蒙特 Carlo 拉力赛。周年纪念庆祝由超过 360 正在参与 14 拉力赛蒙特 Carlo 为了庆祝原始凝聚格式与竞争对手从今天开始，从五个不同城市的球队: 格拉斯哥，苏格兰;华沙，波兰;兰斯，法国;巴塞罗那，西班牙和摩洛哥马拉喀什。

都是 1955 年和 1970年之间相互竞争的汽车。当中最著名的以前获奖汽车驱动的这类著名拉力赛星作为埃里克 · 卡尔松，aka 作为先生萨博萨博。今天，在他挥手关闭萨博 96年的精确副本的兰斯他带到 1963 年回胜利。

它值得一读的萨博不得不在今天发表的公报中说:

经典的萨博 96年已由德国老式汽车杂志而作万得城电器，将由主编彼得 Steinfurth 和航海家托尔斯腾 · Loeber 驱动。 他们将在兰斯开始本周五 (1 月 28 日) 以再现原来的每一个细节，一直到 Erik 使用那一年的 283 项号的车。他将手上时，他们挥。

漏洞的 Erik，aka 屋顶上，卡尔松帮助将萨博汽车在地图上放在 1960 年代。他在 1962 年和 1963年是蒙特 Carlo 拉力赛的双冠军，还拿了帽子戏法 RAC 拉力赛的胜利，在 1960年-62。现在 82 岁高龄，Erik 生于坦，瑞典萨博家镇，公司的工程驱动程序在整个职业生涯。今天，他仍然受雇为萨博的巡回大使。

埃里克 · 卡尔松嫁给了帕特莫斯 （1934年-2008 年），他也是一个成功反弹与几个 wins 在蒙特卡罗拉力赛女士类驱动程序，她是妹妹的赛车先生 Stirling Moss 的驱动程序。

更大、 更强大的汽车 Eriks David 和歌利亚斗争现传奇史册的国际团结。与小型二冲程发动机、 748 或 841 cc、 第一的萨博缺乏权力竞争使用，以便克服这一缺点 Erik 开发一种特殊的驾驶技术。有必要保持发动机转速在所有的时间，所以他用左脚刹车同时保持他正确的食物硬在油门踏板上。这使得他能够让绝大部分人他车重量轻、 机动性而转弯。

就个人而言，第一次看到了竞争的 Erik 卡尔松在 1970 Baja 1000，在那里他完成的 5 个生产班。原来这是他最后的竞争场集会活动。 Co-顺便说一句，我见到他下一年当我在他萨博 96年拉力赛车和他一起去。这是我的拳头的很多游乐设施与集会和种族驱动程序但我永远不会忘记如何人愉快和谦逊他是对我作为一个年轻的汽车记者。我知道数百名曾见过他在过去四年间的萨博球迷会同意和我一起。

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.