Eiläintarhanajot

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Eiläintarhanajot in the early 1930s.

The Eiläintarhanajot ( Finnish ) or Djurgårdsloppet ( Swedish ) was a motorsport event that was held a total of 25 times in the Finnish capital Helsinki between 1932 and 1963 .

The 2 km long route was in Eläintarha / Djurgården ( zoo ) park , which gave the event its name.

The Eiläintarhanajot was primarily an important automobile race , but there were also motorcycle races on the program (except in 1946, when only motorcycle races were held). Roger Laurent and Susi-Olle Nygren managed to win both motorcycle and automobile races at the Eiläintarhanajot. The motorcycle races were part of the Finnish motorcycle championship and were also announced as international races.

There have been several accidents in the history of racing. Gunnar Wilhelm Söderholm (1947), Carl-Olof Tötterström (1953), Oiva Laasko and the journalist Viljo Turunen (both 1962) were killed in accidents. These accidents as well as the noise pollution ultimately led to the end of racing activities in Helsinki’s Eläntaha.

Winners list

Motorcycle racing

Edition	date	route	class	winner
1.	May 8, 1932	Eläntaha	350 cc	Ragnar Sunnqvist ( Husqvarna )
			500 cc	Gunnar Kalén ( Husqvarna )
2.	May 7, 1933	Eläntaha	350 cc	Sten Edlund ( Husqvarna )
			500 cc	Ragnar Sunnqvist ( Husqvarna )
3.	May 13, 1934	Eläntaha	350 cc	Arthur Olsson ( Husqvarna )
			500 cc	Raine Lampinen ( Rudge )
4th	May 12, 1935	Eläntaha	350 cc	Karl Stenij ( Rudge )
			500 cc	Otto Brandt ( Rudge )
5.	May 10, 1936	Eläntaha	350 cc	Sani Somerkorpi ( Norton )
			500 cc	Ragnar Sunnqvist ( Husqvarna )
6th	May 9, 1937	Eläntaha	350 cc	Ewald Kluge ( DKW )
			500 cc	Ragnar Sunnqvist ( Husqvarna )
7th	May 7, 1939	Eläntaha	250 cc	Siegfried Wishes ( DKW )
			350 cc	Franz-Josef Binder ( Velocette )
			500 cc	Raine Lampinen ( Norton )
8th.	May 19, 1946	Eläntaha	350 cc	Gösta Lönnfors ( DKW )
			500 cc	Väinö Hollming ( Norton )
9.	May 15, 1947	Eläntaha	250 cc	Curt Ginman ( DKW )
			350 cc	Gösta Lönnfors ( DKW )
			500 cc	Väinö Hollming ( Norton )
10.	May 9, 1948	Eläntaha	250 cc	Curt Ginman ( DKW )
			350 cc	Roger Laurent ( Velocette )
			500 cc	Walter Bergström ( Norton )
11.	May 8, 1949	Eläntaha	250 cc	Holger Bergström ( NSU )
			350 cc	Curt Ginman ( Velocette )
			500 cc	Walter Bergström ( Norton )
12.	May 7, 1950	Eläntaha	350 cc	Ernie Thomas ( Velocette )
			500 cc	Raine Lampinen ( Triumph )
13.	May 6, 1951	Eläntaha	350 cc	Susi-Olle Nygren ( AJS )
			500 cc	Allan Dudley-Yard (DW Sp.- Triumph )
14th	May 11, 1952	Eläntaha	350 cc	Curt Ginman ( AJS )
			500 cc	Allan Dudley-Yard (DW Sp.- Triumph )
15th	May 10, 1953	Eläntaha	350 cc	Allan Dudley-Yard (DW Sp.- BSA )
			500 cc	Allan Dudley-Yard (DW Sp.- Triumph )
16.	May 9, 1954	Eläntaha	350 cc	Sven Andersson ( AJS )
			500 cc	Esko Lahti ( Triumph )
17th	May 8, 1955	Eläntaha	350 cc	Keith Campbell ( Norton )
			500 cc	Nils Schröder ( Norton )
18th	May 10, 1956	Eläntaha	350 cc	Keith Campbell ( Norton )
			500 cc	Kuno Johansson ( Gilera )
19th	May 12, 1957	Eläntaha	350 cc	Geoff Monty ( Norton )
			500 cc	Ernst Hiller ( BMW )
			Teams	Werner Großmann / Alfred Schmidt ( Norton )
20th	May 15, 1958	Eläntaha	350 cc	Austin Carson ( Norton )
			500 cc	Ernst Hiller ( BMW )
			Teams	Jacques Drion / Inge Stoll ( Norton )
21st	17th May 1959	Eläntaha	125 cc	Ken Kavanagh ( Ducati )
			350 cc	Peter Ferbrache ( AJS )
			500 cc	Peter Ferbrache ( Matchless )
			Teams	Edgar Strub / Jo Siffert ( BMW )
22nd	May 15, 1960	Eläntaha	125 cc	Hans Fischer ( MZ )
			350 cc	Peter Ferbrache ( AJS )
			500 cc	Tom Phillis ( Norton )
23.	May 11, 1961	Eläntaha	125 cc	Werner Musiol ( MZ )
			350 cc	Tommy Robinson ( AJS )
			500 cc	Peter Pawson ( Norton )
24.	May 13, 1962	Eläntaha	125 cc	Hans Fischer ( MZ )
			350 cc	František Šťastný ( Jawa )
			500 cc	Mike Duff ( Matchless )
25th	May 19, 1963	Eläntaha	125 cc	Hans Fischer ( MZ )
			350 cc	Mike Duff ( Matchless )
			500 cc	Mike Duff ( Matchless )

References

Web links

• Vincent Glon: Eiläintarhanajot ou Djurgårdsloppet (Helsinki, Finlande). racingmemo.free.fr, accessed on January 19, 2019 (French). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helsinki. www.silhouet.com, accessed January 19, 2019 .