The Finals, Santa Pod raceway 2012
Here we
are, at the end of the season. Standing on holy ground, The Santa Pod Raceway,
and are ready to defend our pointlead in the championship. This is the 6th
FIA European Dragracing Championship event 2012 and for once this year, the
weather gods are with us. Sunny weather with blue sky and not a cloud in
sight…lets get ready to rocknroll.
We arrived a little early on Wednesday, but
its nice to have the extra time to get in place and make sure everything is 100
% raceready. The hard thing is to solve
problems before they are known, and to know where to look and what to do takes
time to learn. Routine is everything if you want to make a racecar go fast, but
as I always say, learning by doing is the only way. And it starts to pay off.
The team really did a great job this weekend, everyone worked really hard and
we are proud to have them all onboard.
Friday, 1st
qualification day. Two rounds for Prostock. Perfect weather for the spectators,
a little hot for engine power. The track was good, but the bumps in the end
made the car one year older after each race. Our first run was modest 6,90s,
took us to nr 2 spot, and gave us the information we needed to tune the car.
Next round was to became the fastest ever side by side run in European Prostock
history. Jimmy vs Thomas ended up with 6,6869s for both of them….Identical ET,
so the pole was given Jimmy cause he had the higher mph. A good run and noone
where sad at the end of the track. This is Prostock racing on the edge.
Saturday,
and its time to show why we are pointleaders in the championship. Q3 took us to the pole with a clean, straight
6,66s run, This was also the low ET at
the event and because of that we only needs to win the first round in elimination
to be Prostock Champions 2012. Q4 didn’t change anything in the qualification
list, 6,74s. to much clutch in the car resulted in shaking tyres.
Raceday,Sunday,
This is the D day for us…if we win the
first run against Conrad Stanley we are champions. Unfortenly Conrad damaged
his engine in q4 so bad, that even though they were up all night, all cred to
the Stanley team, they didn’t make it to the first run, so we got a bye run. We
once again showed why we are worthy champions… 6,68s, the fastest run during
the elimination day gave us the points needed to be the FIA European Prostock
Champion 2012. But the raceday wasn’t over yet so back to the pits and get the
car ready for semi finals. 6,72s in the semis, and we are now in the final
against Jimmy Ålund. Last time in Tierp we took the win against him, so we know
that he is not unbeatable. Thomas 0,07s in reaction against Jimmas 0,05s and
Thomas 6,71s vs Jimmas 6,69s made us runner up at the Finals, Santa pod raceway
2012, but the loss was much easier to handle when knowing we are pro 1 next
year. But a race is a race, and I really don’t like loosing. Next year we will
only win…..
The season is over for this year. And it is
with mixed feelings we leave santa pod in the truck on our way home to Sweden,
2000km trip. One part just cant wait to
come home, push the racecar far into the garage, go home, Kiss our loveones, and
spend time with the family and enjoy life ….. and one part will miss all the
racers and friends on the track, the smell of fuel, trackbite, nitro and
prostockburgers, To feel the happiness when winning a race or gaining a record,
feel the anger when loosing a race with a thousand of an second. The up and
downs in prostock is what makes you keep on fighting, cause nothing is a better
feeling then, after hit the bottom, raise up and show the world that anything
is possible. We have truly been
following our dream this year…… To win
the championship…..
Thank you
all Mopar fans out there, we just love you.
Thank you
all sponsors for the support needed to win the championhip.
Thank you
to the best crew/team in the world.
Thank you
all mentors, photograps, track crew, firefighters and other staff.
Thank you
to speedgroup, organizers, FIA, Eurodragster, Magazines, Bilsport and more.
And Thank
You to all others that is not mentioned but not forgotten.