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Roy Sjoberg is the owner of Team R-Squared S where he provides automotive consulting and manufactures after-market automotive components. He is the holder of over a half-dozen domestic and international patents and is nationally acknowledged by SPE with 3 Plastic Part of the Year awards. He has received SPE’s Lifetime Award for contributions to the plastic industry. Roy was named Executive Engineer-Viper Project in 1989. In that position, he created and managed the Project Team for the development and production of the Dodge Viper. The “Platform Team” concept envisioned by Roy, to bring the Viper to production, became the corporate-wide organizational structure for Chrysler. He held various engineering positions at GM and most memorable were 3 years as Development Manager for his longtime friend Zora Arkus-Duntov.
Roy will be an honored guest on June 24-25 at the fifth annual Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance, which will be featuring the “Celebration of the Snakes” – the Ford Shelby Cobra and Dodge Viper. Tickets to the Friday, June 24, gala and the Saturday, June 25, Concours d’Elegance may be purchased at https://www.coolcarsforkids.org. He will be joined by Shelby’s Peter Brock and Chuck Cantwell in a panel discussion on Saturday at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Cool Cars for Kids is the beneficiary of this event.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • American Collectors Insurance • Autogeek • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation • Zengine
INSPIRATION
Zora Arkus-Duntov and David E. Davis, two icons he was friends with.
CHALLENGE
Working on finding ways to influence the automotive industry. When he spoke on the Corvette Roy worked on with Zora proved to be challenging and he learned lessons that he took to the Viper project.
SPECIAL VEHICLE
GTSR Viper Race Car
His life’s focus has been to “Make it Happen”. In other words, doesn’t just be a spectator in life.
WHERE TO FIND ROY
Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance
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I had the pleasure (and honor) to judge with Roy Sjoberg at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance about 5 years ago. Roy really is the “real deal”. Aside from being really knowing a whole bunch about all things automotive, Roy is a passionate enthusiast. In addition, a true gentleman.