This weekend the final round of the famous Swedish indoor cup VBC took place at Team Associated Swedens own track. The cup is based on 5 races, best of 3 is counted. I have only raced 2 races and this would be my third and the pressure was huge because of the fact that all of my races and results would count in the Cup.
In 2wd I started out with some problems with the traction but after some set-up changes I managed to be the fastest man in qualification but big problems with traffic destroyed myntwo first rounds. In the third round I was going for a record time but on the last lap I got hit by another car and my TQ was out of sight. In the last round I did my job and managed to start third on the grid. Not happy at all was really pumped for the finals and I managed to take the lead after some good laptimes and with only one minute left of the seven minutes A1 a marshal decided to take my car last when I did a misstake and I lost a half of a lap and I needed to win in A2 to make it all happend in A3.
I took the lead on the first lap and ran some new lap records and managed to take the win with a half of a lap and had the fastest win. In A3 I got involved in a big startcrash and I had 5-6 seconds up to the leader but after, once again, running some new lap records I managed to race for the win with Niclas Mansson and with one minute left he did a misstake and I got by and won A3 as well. This did also mean that my three results that counted in the cup was two first places and one second place - That gave me first place in the cup over EOS star Oskar Levin, third place in the cup went to Niclas Mansson.
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2wd top ten:
1. Mikael Johansson â“ XRAY XB4 2WD
2. Niclas Mansson
3. Michael Kronoström
4. Albin Tärning
5. Mikael Svensson
6. Marcus Lind 7. Mats Angseryd â“ XRAY XB4 2WD
8. Andreas Edvinsson
9. Marcus Sandberg
10. Magnus Johansson
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In 4wd I already had two first places and I only had to finish fourth to take the win in the cup. In practise I was fastest and I won all the qualification rounds in style and was almost a half of an second faster per lap then the rest of the field. Car was amazing from start and I won A1 with a half of an lap and in A2 I did a bad job and finished second. In A3 I took the command directly from start and never looked back, I won with a lap and the victory was mine - In both the final round and the cup. After my three races and three first places I got titled "Superchamp".
