Anders Olofsson

Bert Anders Olofsson was a Swedish racing driver.

Racing career

Olofsson won back-to-back Swedish Formula Three titles in 1977 and 1978 and finished runner-up in the FIA [European Formula 3 Championship (established in 1975)|FIA European Formula 3 Championship] in the same seasons.
Olofsson won three consecutive Japanese [Touring Car Championship|Japanese Touring Car] titles as a works Nissan driver and triumphed in the 1991 Spa 24 Hours, driving a Nissan Skyline with David Brabham and Naoki Hattori.
From 1988 to 1995, Olofsson competed six times in the Bathurst 1000 touring car race in Australia, all with Gibson Motorsport. He drove in the 1988 Tooheys 1000 with Glenn Seton in a Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R, though the pair failed to complete a lap after the gearbox broke when Seton changed from second to third gear only seconds after the rolling start. In 1989, he returned, driving with George Fury in a HR31 Skyline to finish fourth. After a two-year absence, he returned for Winfield Racing in 1992 in a Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R to finish third outright with television commentator turned racer Neil Crompton. Despite Australian touring car racing abandoning Group A at the end of 1992 and moving to a V8 formula, Olofsson was held in such regard by the Fred Gibson run team that he was invited to return in 1993 and finished fourth with David Brabham in a Holden VP Commodore and 1994 to drive with veteran Colin Bond to finish sixth in a VP Commodore. Olofsson's last Bathurst 1000 was again with the Gibson team in 1995 where he teamed with Steven Richards in a Holden VR Commodore to again finish fourth.
Olofsson finished second overall and won the GT1 class of the 1997 [24 Hours of Le Mans|1997 Le Mans 24 Hours], sharing a Gulf McLaren F1 with Jean-Marc Gounon and Pierre-Henri Raphanel.
Olofsson retired from racing at the end of 1997 and worked in driver management with Swedish racers in the Swedish Touring Car Championship.