Ragnar Sunnqvist

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Ragnar Sunnqvist (right) with his Husqvarna teammate Gunnar Kalén in 1933 at the Berlin AVUS .
A Husqvarna 500 like the one driven by Sunnqvist in the Neckarsulm two-wheeled museum .

Ragnar "Ragge" Sunnqvist (born August 11, 1908 , † November 17, 1954 ) was a Swedish motorcycle racer .

Career

Sunnqvist started for Husqvarna for many years , where he usually formed the works team together with Gunnar Kalén . In addition to his racing career, he was also a test driver for the Swedish manufacturer and was responsible for testing the road machines.

In 1932, Ragnar Sunnqvist won the Finnish Grand Prix in the 350cc class and the Swedish Grand Prix in the 500cc category. In 1933 he won the Swedish TT in Hedemora in the half-liter class. In 1934, Ragnar Sunnqvist again won his home Grand Prix in Saxtorp on the only 127 kg Husqvarna 500 developed by Folke Mannerstedt . In 1935 the Swede won the half-liter run at the AVUS race in Berlin .

In the 1936 season, Sunnqvist was in the 500 cc races for the 16ème Grand Prix de l'UMF in Saint-Gaudens and the 3rd Italian Grand Prix in Monza . At the Isle of Man TT , in which he participated this year for the only time in his career, he was 17th in the junior race (350 cm³ class) and retired from the senior race (500 cm³ class).

Even after the Second World War , Ragnar Sunnqvist still competed in motorcycle races on Husqvarna.

Ragnar Sunnqvist died on November 17, 1954. His grave is on Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm's Enskede district .

Race wins

year class machine run route
1932 350 cc Husqvarna Grand Prix of Finland Helsinki
500 cc Husqvarna Swedish Grand Prix Saxtorp
1933 500 cc Husqvarna Swedish TT Hedemora TT Circuit
1934 500 cc Husqvarna Swedish Grand Prix Saxtorp
1935 500 cc Husqvarna AVUS race AVUS
1936 500 cc Husqvarna UMF Grand Prix Circuit du Comminges
500 cc Husqvarna Italian Grand Prix Monza

References

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Husqvarna V-Twin Racer (Sweden). (No longer available online.) Classic-mopeds.crazy-box-berlin.de, archived from the original on August 11, 2009 ; Retrieved December 14, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Skogskyrkogården, kvarter 50E, grav number 10026. hittagraven.stockholm.se, accessed on February 20, 2014 (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Sunnqvist, Ragnar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sunnqvist, Ragge (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1908
DATE OF DEATH 17th November 1954