Carl Steven Andskär (born 30 October 1964, in

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) is a Swedish

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driver. His long career started out in the mid-1970s when he competed in karting. After that—in the early 1980s—he went from karting to driving several races in Formula 3. Later on he advanced to

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which he raced in from 1986 until 1988. He continued after that with several sports car races and touring car races. Andskär has also participated in the famous

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race seven times where he managed to finish second in 1994. He also drove in the

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. He spent many years racing in the

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alongside

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Racing results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

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