Round 2: The Main Event, Santa Pod Raceway, 22-25 May
Mats Eriksson delivered a superb victory at Santa Pod, dispatching three of his four opponents with blistering 5.9-second
elapsed times.
Final-round opponent Tero Laukkanen was left stationary at the start, handing Eriksson the win. Laukkanen’s turbocharged Ford
Mustang, the fastest Pro Mod in Europe, hit 250.42mph in the opening round for the event’s top speed, while low qualifier
Michael Gullqvist’s 5.882sec pole-sitter was the quickest pass.
Kevin Slyfield maintained his points lead with a second-round finish. Eriksson and Slyfield were among seven drivers to achieve
personal-best performance figures during the race.
Results – semi-finalMats Eriksson 5.981s/239.02mph def. Bruno Bader 6.605/214.88Tero Laukkanen 6.043/236.27 def. Michael Gullqvist 6.087/235.29
FinalMats Eriksson 5.994/230.39 def. Tero Laukkanen DNS
Low Elapsed Time of the Event: 5.882s – Michael GullqvistTop Speed of the Event: 250.42mph – Tero Laukkanen
Provisional championship standings1 Kevin Slyfield – 144 points2 Mats Eriksson – 1173 Andy Robinson – 1144 Philip Englefield – 107= Andy Wright – 107