{"id":1954,"date":"2015-05-29T14:50:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T14:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiaedc.edrspro.com\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2015-05-29T14:50:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T14:50:14","slug":"class-review-fia-main-event-pro-stock-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dragracingeurope.eu\/fiaedc\/2015\/05\/29\/class-review-fia-main-event-pro-stock-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Review FIA Main Event – Pro Stock Car"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Winner of FIA Main Event – Jimmy \u00c5lund, Sweden<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/strong> Santa Pod Raceway, UK
\nDates:<\/strong> May 22-25th<\/sup> 2015
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\n\u00c5lund re-writes the records<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2015 Pro Stock championships certainly started with a bang at the opening round in England.\u00a0 On a good track and with near ideal atmospheric conditions, The Pro Stock cars could really show what they were capable of.\u00a0 They did not disappoint! Personal Best laps, European speed and ET records, close racing, mighty burn outs and a great pit atmosphere made for a really happy event.\u00a0 Not even the rain on Sunday morning managed to spoil any of our race event.\u00a0 Jimmy even managed to race with a damaged back, and Thomas worked around some mechanical issues the team discovered on Friday.\u00a0 Altogether, the opening round at the Santa Pod Main Event was brilliant and memorable.
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Summary of Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jimmy \u00c5lund is looking at the 2015 season to provide his tenth PS championship win.\u00a0 The best way to achieve this is to qualify number one at every event, and to win all your races.\u00a0 Off the trailer in Q1, Jimmy laid down a marker for the rest of the field.\u00a0 6.527 which was the first half of a new European ET record. \u00a0The other contenders were all between 6.6 and 6.8.<\/p>\n

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Michael Malmgren<\/p>\n

Jimmy backed up the new record in Q2 and everyone else hit shake trying to attack. Except for Michael Malmgren, who did not run in Q2 after losing the porcelain from a spark plug into his block in Q1.\u00a0 Michael was forced to sit out the second session while the team changed the motor.<\/p>\n

No driver improved in Q3 and the ET improvements in Q4 were not sufficient to change the qualifying order.\u00a0 In an odd state of affairs, the qualifying positions and times for 4 out of the 5 drivers and teams was set in Q1.\u00a0 This is proof if it were ever needed that the Santa Pod track crew prepared well for this event.<\/p>\n


\nSummary Eliminations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Magnus Petersson<\/p>\n

First round:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Malmgren defeated Magnus Petersson in round one as Magnus dropped the inlet valve on number one cylinder at about 600ft and dropped the chutes before the gantry.<\/p>\n

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Simon Gustafsson<\/p>\n

Thomas Lindstr\u00f6m had a round win gifted to him as Simon Gustafson pulled a red light.\u00a0 Thomas didn\u2019t relax though and delivered a new PB of 6.579.\u00a0 The Ernyrd cars backed Dodge looked like it was prepared to run even quicker.<\/p>\n

Jimmy \u00c5lund was the recipient of the round one bye.\u00a0 In a lot of cases this gift might tempt drivers to save engine wear and put in a soft time.\u00a0 Not Jimmy. \u00a0On a solo, and already holding the European ET and speed records, Jimmy went for it again.\u00a0 The NHRA ET record for PS is held by Jimmy\u2019s NHRA team mate and engine builder, Jason Line.\u00a0 That record is currently 6.455.\u00a0 The NHRA speed record in PS is held by Erica Enders and is currently 215.55mph.\u00a0 The European records were both held by Jimmy and stood at (ET) 6.527 and (Speed) 213.31mph.\u00a0 Jimmy reset both ends of the record with an astonishing 6.4999 at 215.00mph.\u00a0 Both these numbers back up Jimmy\u2019s earlier recorded time and speed set at this event.\u00a0 This puts European PS in the same tenth of a second and within the same mph as NHRA.<\/p>\n

Semi-finals:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the second Elimination, Jimmy \u00c5lund defeated Michael Malmgren as he once again backed up his new records. \u00a06.500 @213.08 compared to 6.701 203.26<\/p>\n

Thomas Lindstr\u00f6m, on a bye run also improved his PB to 6.562<\/p>\n

Final:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas did everything right at the start of the track with a huge jump on Jimmy at the lights.\u00a0 But the race was over by half track when Jimmy\u2019s Camaro caught and passed the Dodge.\u00a0 Thomas dropped the chutes early, so I guess he could already see the race was lost.\u00a0 Jimmy stopped the clocks at 6.515 and 212.99mph<\/p>\n

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Conclusions & looking ahead towards next event<\/strong><\/p>\n

The consistency that Jimmy \u00c5lund delivered at Santa Pod is the sort of thing bracket racers dream of.\u00a0 The variation between Jimmy\u2019s quickest and slowest ET\u2019s across the weekend was just 0.063 sec.\u00a0 Thomas Lindstr\u00f6m found his way back into the 6.5\u2019s which made the team very happy.\u00a0 Michael Malmgren has a little work to do from third place to be challenging for the race wins he wants, Michael ran consistent 6.7\u2019s at this event with only one lap into the 6.6 bracket.\u00a0 It is only ion the low 6.60\u2019s that a driver has a realistic chance of taking on the faster cars, but I do not doubt that the team will bounce back. Magnus Petersson will have to repair his engine damage before Tierp Arena on the 4th<\/sup> to the 7th<\/sup> June.\u00a0 Simon Gustafsson had a really good try on the tree to shave a bit of his horsepower disadvantage off.\u00a0 He will reflect on that before Tierp.<\/p>\n

The Tierp event will see a full 8 car field, with 9 drivers and teams competing.\u00a0 This event will see the five teams that attended Santa Pod joined by Christian Sagelv, Bengt Ljungdahl, Sampsa Palos and Jan Ericsson.\u00a0 One disappointed driver will be on the outside looking in.\u00a0 The big question will be, which one?
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\nLow ET of the event: \u00a0<\/strong>Jimmy \u00c5lund 6.4999
\nTop\u00a0speed: \u00a0<\/strong>Jimmy \u00c5lund 215.00 mph (346 kmh)
\nRecords set: <\/strong>European ET and Speed records
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\nLink to full results:
\n<\/strong>Final qualification list Pro Stock Car<\/a>
\nElimination ladder Pro Stock Car<\/a><\/p>\n

courtesy of TSI Timing Crew<\/p>\n


\nAuthor: <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Ian Hart ian.hart@speedgroup.eu<\/a><\/em>
\nPhotos:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Lena Per\u00e9s, Remco Scheelings, Patrik Jacobsson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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