Bergfeldt again in Pro Stock
Having won the opening qualifier yesterday Tommy Bergfeldt continues to set the pace on Day 2 of the 2009 DHI Cup putting his Red Bull Hot Bodies again at the top of the Pro Stock time sheets. Running the same set-up as yesterday, Bergfeldt appears to have found the perfect balance reporting his car as extremely easy to drive & fast and the times show this as he managed to knock 2 seconds off his first heat time.
Once again the closest challenger to the pace setter was Germany’s Bastian Hennig. The SMI Motorsport driver was not so happy with his run, failing to improve his time he feels he should be able to mount a stronger challenge in the third round which if Bergfeldt can win will secure him TQ honours for tomorrow’s all important A Main final. Former DHI Champion Hennig ran different foam inserts in the shocks of his Xray T2 009 to reduce chassis roll but felt traction was down compared with yesterday and this made the car a little difficult to drive. With traction expected to improve for the second of today’s four runs he is confident the shock changes will come good.
Having not featured in the first qualifier after forgetting to connect his sensor wire, Thomas Mirke put in a great run this morning to set the third fastest time for the round recording 20 laps in 315.38. A member of the large & powerful SMI Motorsport team, the German will again run the same set-up in the third round as he seeks another strong points finish but for the last two qualifiers he plans to try similar set-ups to his team-mate Hennig. Last year’s Top Qualifier Christoph Thiele was again fourth with Dane Carsten Madsen and German Tony Streit rounding off the Top 6.
Pro Stock Results after round 2
1. Tommy Bergfeldt – 310pts [155 155 0 (0) (0)]
2. Bastian Hennig – 305pts [152 153 0 (0) (0)]
3. Christoph Thiele – 302pts [151 151 0 (0) (0)]
4. Tony Streit – 297pts [148 149 0 (0) (0)]
5. Carsten Madsen – 295pts [145 150 0 (0) (0)]
6. Rico Tonert – 295pts [150 145 0 (0) (0)]
7. Henry Salmén – 294pts [146 148 0 (0) (0)]
8. Matthias Lang – 291pts [153 138 0 (0) (0)]
9. Meik Niemann – 290pts [143 147 0 (0) (0)]
10. Dai Sakaguchi – 289pts [149 140 0 (0) (0)]
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