Mantorp Park is a

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circuit near the town of

Mantorp Mantorp is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 3,671 inhabitants in 2010. In the middle of Mantorp there is a small centre where a Christmas market is held annually. The locality is surrounded by farmla ...

Mjölby Municipality Mjölby Municipality (''Mjölby kommun'') is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Mjölby, with some 13,000 inhabitants.

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. The circuit was built in 1969 with finance from BP Sweden as a permanent road course and a drag strip. Mantorp Park is capable of four different layouts, but today only the short and long tracks are used. The European Formula Two Championship visited from 1971 until 1973, and again in 1981 and 1982. Today it mainly hosts club events, dragracing, a driving school and rounds of the Swedish

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Championship and the

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. Mantorp Park was the first European drag racing circuit to adopt the new drag strip (about 3/16 mile) format adopted by the

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in July 2008.

Lap records

The official race lap records at the Mantorp Park are listed as:

Notes

References

External links

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Track info from STCC official Website
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