Bergfeldt tops first Qualifier

Tommy Bergfeldt has TQ’d the first round of Pro Stock qualifying at the Speed Passion supported 2009 DHI Cup.  The Swede took his Red Bull backed Hot Bodies to a run of 20 laps in 312.44 to top the timesheets by 6/10th from Germany’s Matthias Lang.  Bergfeldt ran different tyre additive for Round 1 of 5 which gave his Cyclone TC more steering allowing him to end SMI Motorsport’s early domination of proceedings here in Denmark.

Lang reverted back to the springs he used to top the third practice and described his Xray T2 009 as now being perfect.  Driving a safe opening heat he is confident that he has a faster car than Bergfeldt and says tomorrow he wont be driving so safely.

2007 winner Bastian Hennig was third and the only other driver to record 20 laps.  Running new tyres, the German believes the unscrubbed controlled Sorex 28s cost him time over the early part of the 5 minute run but once they came in all was good.

Last year’s Top Qualifier Christoph Thiele wasn’t happy with his run to fourth after narrowly missing out on a 20 lap run.  The tall German said, ‘Tomorrow is another day and with some sweet sleep tonight it will be better’.  Rico Tonert at the controls of an Xray and Dai Sakaguchi driving a Tamiya completed the Top 6.

Four more qualifiers await the Pro Stock drivers tomorrow with the best 3 of five to determine the grids for Sunday’s Finals which are expected to attract a crowd of around 2,000 to the Odense Congress Center.

Pro Stock Results after round 1
1. Tommy Bergfeldt – 155pts [155 0 0 (0) (0)]
2. Matthias Lang – 153pts [153 0 0 (0) (0)]
3. Bastian Hennig – 152pts [152 0 0 (0) (0)]
4. Christoph Thiele – 151pts [151 0 0 (0) (0)]
5. Rico Tonert – 150pts [150 0 0 (0) (0)]
6. Dai Sakaguchi – 149pts [149 0 0 (0) (0)]
7. Tony Streit – 148pts [148 0 0 (0) (0)]
8. Niklas Flink – 147pts [147 0 0 (0) (0)]
9. Henry Salmén – 146pts [146 0 0 (0) (0)]
10. Carsten Madsen – 145pts [145 0 0 (0) (0)]

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