Custom Car – September 2019

VP Racing Fuels Pro Doorslammer

Aftercomingsoclosetovictorylast

year,MattiasWulcanandBlackbirdwere

backwithsomethingtoprovethisyear.

Withanew521cimotor,lowerreargear

andathirdgearinthetransmission(in

SwedishTopDoorslammerthesecars

onlyrunontheeighthmile),henailed

hiscolourstothemastearlydoorsasthe

onlyProDoorslammercompetitorinthe

fives(5.869/234.84withanearlylift)in

qualifying,securingpolepositionforthe

weekend'sracing.

Ineliminations,lastyear’svictor,

JimmyÅlund,wasonform,putting

ina5.882/2 41 bye(yes,bye)butwas

disqualifiedinroundtwowhenup

againstMickeNord,whothrewaburst

plateontheline.

WithJanEricssonalsointhefives

witha5.892inroundtwo,itwasallto

playfor.

Roundthreeproducedtheraceofthe

weekendwhenEricssongotawayahead

ofWulcanwithabetter60ft,onlyfor

Wulcantodriveroundhimandtake

thewinby0.061seconds,5.776/2 54 to

5.939/241.

Wulcanruledagaininroundfour,

dispatchingAndreasSjödininanother

squeaker,5.955/1 91 withthe’chutes

outearlytoa6.044/229,setting

himselfupforthefinalvsMickeNord.

Sadly,thefinalewasadampsquibas

NordshutoffonthelineandWulcanshut

offaftertheeighth,recordinga7.044/

116 byetoclaimthe£10,000purse.

Topdogfor2019,MattiasWulcanandthe

BlackbirdOutlawProModCamaro.Even

withanewengineanddifferentgearing,

hedidn’timproveonhisbesttimelast

yearof5.534/262mph,butthistimewent

home£10,000betteroff.

Alwaystheentertainer,FastFreddy

Fagerström’spick-updidn’tdisappoint.

With

bothdoorsflyingopenattimes,rapid

back-

upsanda6.542/2^14 firstrunwithap

edal

andapuff,heimprovedtoa6.34/2^16 be

fore

enginedamageputhimoutinround

two.

AlsofromSweden,ex-ProModandcurrentTop

Doorslammercompetitor,MickeNord,hadhis

beautifulMustangfastbackonsong,thanksto

a521ciBAESeries8motor.Tractionproblems

andarunofgoodfortunemeantweneversaw

thecar’sfullpotential,eventhoughhemadeit

tothefinal.BestET–6.200.

HatsofftoJohnTebenhamforrunningtwo

verycompetitivecarsintwoclasses.Inthe

LightningStrikesTwiceProModCorvette

(ex-MarcoMaurischatcar)hecompetently

clickedoffhislicensingpasses,while

doubletiminginOCSBigBracketinhis

OutlawAnglia.Whatahero.

IgnitionproblemsinqualifyingfortheChris

Isaacs/SpencerTrammturboDuster,butwith

thatsortedIsaacsputtheProModfourthon

theladderwitha6.4 39 /224.Outinround

threeofeliminationsagainstAndreasSjödin

aftersufferingenginedamage.

AlsofromSweden,AndreasSjödinmad

eit

throughtothesemisinhistough-looki

ng

528 ci’^65 Chevelle,recordingabesto

f

6. 044 /^229 ,butwasknockedoutthere

by

eventualwinner,MattiasWulcan.

H

v

PriortoTheDoorslammers,SwedeChar

lieÖstedt

hadonlyrunhisPrecisionturbocharge

d, 540 ci

VolvoAmazon,AmazingDelivery,on

airport

trackssohadalottolearn.Stunninglo

okingcar

ranabestof^8.^466 /^121 inroundtwob

utredlit

anyfurtheropportunityinthethird.

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an

ChrisOrthodoxouwasonforminthenowProMod
Viper, 6. 595 at 210 mphonabye -spec
220 todispatch ,adoublePB^6.^229 /
AndyWrightjnr.inroundtwo,aslow
winagainstadisqualifiedCharlieOstedtinroundt
butthenshutoffonthelinein hree
thesemis.Shame.

Anotherday,anotherCamaro,butnotallof

themcanlaydowna^5.^8 quarter.JanEricsson

has 521 cubesonboardandwasthirdfastest

runneroftheweekend,goingouttoMattias

Wulcaninafantasticquarterfinalrace,

5. 939 /^241 vs^5.^776 /^254.

Afterafour-dayjourneyfromEstonia,

AndresArnoverranhis^427 ci,twin

88 mm

turbo’dFord-poweredMustangtoa

bestof

6.^784 /^150 withthe’chutesoutea

rly,but

lostreverseinroundthreeandcalle

ditaday.

AndyWrightjnr.wasoutforthefirsttimethisseasonintheBARacingProMod’37andgothis

money’sworthonthisabortedrun,buta6.698/2 29 inroundtwoshowedgreatpromise.