Super Swede ... Lars Strom

[Lars Strom]

My friend Anders and I took my brand new "Evinrude blue" Pontiac Trans Am and left for Italy in
early September 1978.
Straight to the Molinari factory just north of the little town Como.
The Molinari race shop was always fun to visit.
Extremely nice and clean.

There was a brand new Molinari Saffa ON boat rigged with a special Evinrude
V-6..2 liter "looper" for me.

I was testing all day at Lago di Como and was ready to go to race at the really nice
Idroscala next to the Linate airport in Milano.

Renato was also racing ON with a similar boat/engine.
The race went very well for me..I ended up second after Renato..ahead of Cees van der Velden and a few Mercury 2 liter boats.

The race at Idroscala was September 11 1978 and just after the race I got the news..
Ronnie Peterson..the famous Swedish Formula 1 driver was killed at the F-1 race
at Monza only a few miles from us..

A great day turn in to a very sad day for a Swedish race fan..!!

Ronnie Peterson Fatal Crash ..click below to see the video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wk7uSuWPkE