Samuel Hübinette, a.k.a. The Crazy Swede (born 15 September 1971, in
Jokkmokk
Jokkmokk (; smj, Jåhkåmåhkke or ; se, Dálvvadis; fi, Jokimukka) is a locality and the seat of Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden, with 2,786 inhabitants in 2010. The Lule Sami name of the place (compose ...
,
Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County ( sv, Norrbottens län; se, Norrbottena leatna, fi, Norrbottenin lääni) is the northernmost county or '' län'' of Sweden. It is also the largest county by land area, almost a quarter of Sweden's total area. It shares border ...
), is a
Swedish professional
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race car
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organis ...
driver and
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
Hollywood may also refer to:
Places United States
* Hollywood District (disambiguation)
* Hollywoo ...
stunt
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driver. He started working as a
test drive
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r for
Volvo Cars
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. Today he is one of the top names in
drifting
Drifting may refer to:
*Drifting (motorsport)
*Pipe drift or drifting, measuring a pipe's inner roundness
Film
* ''Drifting'' (1923 film), a film directed by Tod Browning
* ''Drifting'' (1982 film), the first Israeli gay-themed film
* ''Drifting'' ...
, having won the inaugural
Formula D
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series championship in 2004 and 2006.
Complete drifting results
(
key)
D1 Grand Prix
Formula D
Racing record
Complete Global RallyCross Championship results
Supercar
References
External links
*
Formula D profile
1971 births
Living people
People from Jokkmokk Municipality
Swedish racing drivers
Drifting drivers
D1 Grand Prix drivers
Formula D drivers
Global RallyCross Championship drivers
Sportspeople from Norrbotten County
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