I have one more event from the Saab Festival left to cover – the track day at Kinnekulle.
Kinnekulle was the primary event on the Saturday, the second day of the Saab Festival. Kinnekulle is about 80km away from Trollhattan. It’s a nice easy drive, but one that you want to be committed to if the weather’s looking dubious.
And dubious it was.
So dubious, in fact, that I chose to stay in Trollhattan. The forecast called for a reasonable amount of rain in the morning, clearing in the afternoon. I was jetlagged and doubly tired due to a late nights on Thursday and Friday. Given that I was driving a borrowed car that wasn’t suited to the track, the weather was enough to put me off making the trip.
Others did go, however. One of them was a friend named Thilo Bubek and those who know Thilo, know that he’s almost always got a camera stuck to his face.
Here’s a small sample of Thilo’s work from Kinnekulle. You can view more of Thilo’s work on his website – Bubek Fotodesign. His 2015 Saab Festival photos aren’t up yet, but his Northern Lights photos from Tromso, in Norway, are mind-boggling. He’s also on Facebook.
As you can see, it was pretty moist at Kinnekulle. When I was there in 2007 it was stinking hot and watching the Saab 2-trokes being flung around the corners at high speed in the dry was almost the highlight of the whole festival.
I wonder how they went this time? 🙂
Wonderful images, Thilo!
Great shots. The last picture of the white 9-3 looks really special. Put that car on a new car lot and I would buy it!
Just a thought.
That Sonett I in the rain is my new favorite photo!
Same here! Great shot.
Truly awesome to see Gus in his Sonett in the rain — after all it is a car built to be on a race track, and it does have a windshield wiper. I wonder how many laps he did?
That 9000 looks cool!
Great pictures. Thanks! 🙂