hakan lundgren crashed!!

[marcus ösd]

Hakan lundgren crashed his beautiful texas brown racer at pite dragway this weekend. Hakan is ok but the car have seen better days, did about 200km/h when it happend flipped att least two times.forum.savarturbo.se/viewtopic.php?t=26421

[ESH]

Good to know Hakan's OK but what a shame, was an awesome car. 

[ugly duckling]

sorry to hear bad news. all that matters is that the drivers ok. good luck to him. UD.  

[Jon]

Ohh NO!! Not again!! Thank god he is alright! Hope you still want to get back in the saddle Håkan!

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[Martin Greaves]

Dam not good i hate to hear when a Bug has crashed but as everyone has said least Håkan is OK.

[sven]

Oh men, this is very bad news.
Hakan, I don't now you very long, It discovered you while i whas building my race car and checking the internet for my first Race with my new car at SCC.
I now how much work it takes to build a race car like yours.
I hope you find the courage to start again because your car was a real example for me, whis you als the best.
Sven.

[Roman]

That is very sad news.
I know Håkan is on the edge of what is possible with a stock suspension and he has been talking about a chassis car again.
He did a best time of 9.049 this weekend with a lousy 1.55 60-footer, so the 8's was soo close and I think that was the ultimate goal with the car.

[JS]

A real shame, one of europes coolest drag vw´s still with plates IMO. 
I hope Håkan will build himself a new car, as he seems to build them both safe and fast!

[Tekken]

  I'm soo sorry to hear this!!!Hope to see you back at the track Håkan,thank god that you could walk away from a crast at that speed.

[Gunnar|Rennfahrer]

Oh no!

I'm glad he's okay
Too bad with the car, it would hve been be cool with an 8sec floorpan stock suspension car, but as Roman said, it's on the edge.
I hope he builds a new car, his cars are always inspiring.

[Trond Dahl]

The car was great yes, but just a car... glad to hear Håkan is okey

[Leif Nyström]

I was there.. One of the most violent chrashes I've seen. Luckily he walked away. Hope he recovers...

Leif Nystrom

[Tobi/DFL]

Good to know he is okay! I witnessed some of his very fast runs with one of the most beautiful race cars at this year´s SCC and hope that he will be back on the track very soon!

[Berger]

So very, very sad  

But as Trond says, it`s only a car, and it`s a sure thing that safty pays of!!
Happy that Håkan bulidt his car proper and is ok.

[ESH]

... He did a best time of 9.049 this weekend with a lousy 1.55 60-footer, so the 8's was soo close and I think that was the ultimate goal with the car ...

You couldn't reasonably have bet against an 8, his runs at SCC were like clockwork. I think there's a lot of people out there that will want to see him back out on track sometime.

[Martin]

Stuning car, just how i like them, its a great shame its no more.

Glade to hear that Hakan lundgren is ok. and i hope he builds another car.

9.049, wow!

do we know why it went over?


Martin.

[Udo]

Bad news about that nice car but good news that he is ok , Good luck to Hakan and hope to see him back on the track soon .

Udo

[Prowagen]

Such a shame it was a beautiful car! It is great to know Hakan walked away, I hope to see him back on track in the future!

Regards,
Rob

[richie]

Hakan,thats so sad   i hope you are ok and will recover to build another amazing car

cheers richie

[Squirmn German]

Very sad to see, but very happy you walked away. Rebuild and continue kickin' butt!

[Neil Davies]

Obviously a crash at that speed is going to be bad, but how bad exactly is the car? Rebuildable with a replacement shell? Pan gone too? Hope you are back on track soon.

[Todi]

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[Crazy Mc.Stairs]

Holey moley, glad to hear Hakan is allright! I wish him the best and  I hope to see him racing again!!!

Regards,

Mc.Stairs

[Paul Bate]

I would just like to say how very sorry I am to hear about the crash and how glad to know that Hakan is ok.

I hope to see Hakan back doing what he does best !

Best Wishes Paul Bate

Outlaw Flat Four

[james wotton]

Just sickening one of my favorite all time car's, Just glad to hear that hakan is o.k.

[Travis]

Makes me go cold to see one of the VW family go through this.
I am sure a few guys in the uk are looking on as there speeds are going to be up there.
So lets just tighten those helmet straps and be safe

[Wout]

Lukely the driver is all right!!!!!

But what a shame 'bout such a nice car!!!!

Good luck to hakan!

gr
Wout

[Oliver Frey]

Saw this on the US Cal-look, absolutely sorry to hear this Hakan.  Glad you're OK, very sad about your car, it was one of the nicest beetles I have ever seen!

[Fast54]

Thank you all for the kind words!!

I had a lot of luck in that crash, no broken bones, just bruises and a little dizzy.

I have looked at the car yesterday and it seems that the motor and gearbox is ok. Even the chassie looks fine. It was the body and the wheels that took the beating. The chute mount saved the motor.

One thing that helped me was that I always try to keep the belts as tight as possible, a little thing that helps when you flip over at 135mph......

Thanks,

Hakan Lundgren

[richie]

Thank you all for the kind words!!

I had a lot of luck in that crash, no broken bones, just bruises and a little dizzy.

I have looked at the car yesterday and it seems that the motor and gearbox is ok. Even the chassie looks fine. It was the body and the wheels that took the beating. The chute mount saved the motor.

One thing that helped me was that I always try to keep the belts as tight as possible, a little thing that helps when you flip over at 135mph......

Thanks,

Hakan Lundgren

Hakan,thats good that you are ok and sounds like you still have most of an 8 second car left   Good luck with it

cheers richie