On the Pegs - October 2022 On the Pegs - Volume 7 Issue 10 - October 2022 | Page 163

and a huge crowd promised a successful and exciting race day . The 7,265-kilometre track around the Dalecarlia province was run going in the left direction after the start . A mere 500 meters had tarmac while the rest of the circuit consisted of a slippery , gravel road . On Friday ’ s practice day it was evident that the Husqvarna of Gunnar Barthelsson proved to suit this track very well . On top of it , Barthelsson was a first-class rider , so everyone knew he would be a man to count on for the Sunday races . Barthelsson used the Gunnar Kalén Saxtorp machine from 1932 , but the two-year old bike proved to still be up to standards and was more than competitive here at Hedemora .
Sunday – race day . Bright sunshine – excited motoring people . Shell provided a petrol tank hanging high in order to give a maximum fill rate during the shortest possible time . That ’ s how the tank was filled in the pit area in older days . You had to stop at the exact place and moment ; too long and you were asked to do a new lap since , in the 1930s , backing the machine in the pits was strictly forbidden . So , 35 eager men were lined up for the start in the three
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