FIA Pro Modified

FIA Pro Mod is always a gem at Mantorp, this year it was bigger than ever with 31 drivers trying to qualify for the 16 elimination spots. The pace of qualifying was startling and led to a record bump spot of 6.408 and surprisingly left heavy hitters like Roger Johansson and Marc Meihuizen on the outside. The sharp end saw five runners in the 6.1 second zone, including Mats Eriksson, Andy Robinson, Patrik Wikstrom and Micke Gullquist. The quickest of the quintet? Fast Freddy Fagerstrom who brought the house down with a simply astonishing 6.144/227.04 from his C10 pick-up making his first appearance of the 2009 FIA tour. Now equipped with a data recorder and revised aero at the back end, Freddie was able to rip off another 6.1 with a 6.162/227 defeating Graham Ellis in the opening round of eliminations, but then shake did for him in the quarterfinals as Urban Johansson bested him with a 6.179/230, but the truck is clearly flying.

Mats Eriksson was low qualifier at the previous round in Finland and a fifth spot 6.187 was a decent effort going into eliminations. The Green Goblin 56 Crown Victoria carded low ET of the opening round with a 6.122/233.28 to defeat Niclas Andersson and then faced off with Norbert Kuno in the quarters. This race would prove to knock the FIA eliminations out of schedule due to a required re-run after the staging problems that had manifested themselves throughout the weekend reared their head again. When finally a legitimate race was run, Eriksson carried on in the 6.12s with a 6.125/234.49 and booked a spot in the semis against Urban Johansson. Ubbe redlit and Eriksson maintained his low ET form with a 6.129/234.29 to earn lane choice over one of the real surprise packages of the 2009 Veidec Festival.