Sulo Paavo Johannes Keinänen

9/2/1907 - 12/11/1984

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One of the major names in Scandinavian pre war racing SPJ Keinänen's career started in 1927 with a Chrysler and went until the early 60s. His greatest achievement was a second place in the 1932 Swedish GP but he also achieved a lot of victories and podium positions in local races. A used cars salesman and repair shop owner Keinänen also proved to be very inventive, spending lot of time and effort on his pioneer work in creating tyre chains and studs for snow and ice. He retired from racing as late as 1963.