Fredrik Ekblom

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Fredrik Ekblom
2007
TTA – Racing Elite League
STCC
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1997–1999
TeamsCourage Compétition, Nissan Motorsports
Best finish8th (1999)
Class wins0

Fredrik Ekblom (born 6 October 1970) is a

single-seaters he switched to touring car racing where he won multiple titles in his native Swedish Touring Car Championship and later in the TTA – Racing Elite League
.

Career

CART

He made 13

CART for three different teams and was entered in the 1994 and 1995 Indianapolis 500
races, but after passing rookie orientation in 1994, he never appeared for practice either year.

24 Hours of Le Mans

In 1997 and 1998 he drove in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Courage Compétition and in 1999 for Nissan Motorsports.

Swedish Touring Car Championship

He began racing in the

2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship season he moved to the E.ON Biogas Racing Team, driving a Volkswagen Scirocco which ran on bio–gas.[1]

2012 TTA – Racing Elite League season
.

European Touring Car Championship

During his time away from the Swedish Touring Car Championship, Ekblom competed in the

BMW 320i for BMW Team Belgium[2]
He finished 6th in the championship with a trio of third–place finishes as his best results.

World Touring Car Championship

He competed in some rounds of the

Macau
.

Ekblom drove a

Polestar Cyan Racing
, with a best result of fourth at Hungary race 1.

TTA / STCC

Ekblom signed a three-year deal with

2012.[3] Ekblom secured third on grid at the final round in Gothenburg to claim the drivers' championship title.[4] He finished fifth in the 2013 STCC – Racing Elite League. Despite missing two races, he came third in the 2014. The driver was runner-up in 2015
, also with a Polestar Volvo S60.

After skipping the 2016 season, Ekblom joined

Volkswagen Golf GTI
.

Racing record

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
1994 McCormack SRF
 PHX
 LBH
 INDY
 MIL
 DET
15 		POR
 CLE
 TOR
 MIS
 MDO
 NHM
 VAN
 ROA
 NZR
 LS
 39th 0 [5]
1995
Foyt
 MIA
 SRF
 PHX
 LBH
 NZR
 INDY
 MIL
 DET
 POR
 ROA
 TOR
 CLE
 MIS
 MDO
 NHM
 VAN
 LS
19 		42nd 0 [6]
1996 Walker MIA
 RIO
 SRF
 LBH
 NZR
 500
25 		MIL
DET

 POR
 CLE
 TOR
 MIS
 MDO
 ROA
 VAN
 LS
 40th 0 [7]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1997 France Courage Compétition France Jean-Louis Ricci
Belgium Jean-Paul Libert 		Courage C36 LMP 265 16th 5th
1998 France Courage Compétition France Patrice Gay
Japan Takeshi Tsuchiya
Courage C51
 LMP1 126 DNF DNF
1999 Japan Nissan Motorsports France Didier Cottaz
Belgium Marc Goossens
Courage C52
 LMP 335 8th 7th

Complete Swedish Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
1998
 BMW Dealer Team
BMW 320i
 MAN
1
4 		MAN
2
1 		KAR
1
2 		KAR
2
2
AND
1

3
AND
2

4 		FAL
1
Ret 		FAL
2
2 		KNU
1
1 		KNU
2
3 		MAN
1
1 		MAN
2
2 		1st 229
1999
 BMW Dealer Team
BMW 320i
 MAN
1
1 		MAN
2
4 		KNU
1
2 		KNU
2
7 		KAR
1
3 		KAR
2
2
AND
1

21
AND
2

2 		FAL
1
1 		FAL
2
5
AND
1

Ret
AND
2

3 		ARC
1
5 		ARC
2
6 		MAN
1
3 		MAN
2
1 		2nd 209
2000
Kristoffersson Motorsport
 Audi A4 Quattro KAR
1
1 		KAR
2
1 		KNU
1
1 		KNU
2
1 		MAN
1
2 		MAN
2
1 		FAL
1
6 		FAL
2
3
AND
1

7
AND
2

3 		ARC
1
5 		ARC
2
4 		KAR
1
1 		KAR
2
1 		MAN
1
8 		MAN
2
Ret 		2nd 167
2003
Kristoffersson Motorsport
 Audi A4 B6/7 FAL
1
1 		FAL
2
3 		MAN
1
2 		MAN
2
1 		KAR
1
3 		KAR
2
4 		FAL
1
2 		FAL
2
10 		KNU
1
2 		KNU
2
2 		KAR
1
3 		KAR
2
8 		KNU
1
3 		KNU
2
11 		MAN
1
2 		MAN
2
7 		1st 224
2004
Kristoffersson Motorsport
 Audi A4 KNU
1
4 		KNU
2
6 		FAL
1
5 		FAL
2
1 		KAR
1
6 		KAR
2
3 		MAN
1
4 		MAN
2
5 		FAL
1
4 		FAL
2
2 		KNU
1
7 		KNU
2
6 		ARC
1
2 		ARC
2
4 		KAR
1
6 		KAR
2
8 		MAN
1
1 		MAN
2
3 		3rd 165
2005
Kristoffersson Motorsport
 Audi A4 KNU
5 		KAR
5 		AND
10 		FAL
5 		KNU
4 		KAR
3 		VAL
Ret 		MAN
17 		6th 73
2006
Kristoffersson Motorsport
 Audi A4 KNU
2 		KAR
10 		MAN
4 		FAL
Ret 		VAL
3 		AND
8 		KAR
10 		KNU
3 		MAN
5 		4th 30
2007
 West Coast Racing
BMW 320si E90
 STU
12 		KNU
3 		MAN
2 		KAR
1 		AND
4 		VAL
5 		FAL
2 		KAR
2 		KNU
6 		STU
1 		MAN
Ret 		1st 62
2008
 West Coast Racing
BMW 320si E90
 KNU
2 		STU
1 		MAN
3 		KAR
Ret 		GÖT
3 		STU
5 		FAL
1 		KAR
2 		KNU
9 		VAL
12 		MAN
2 		2nd 60
2009
 Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco MAN
1
11 		MAN
2
9 		KAR
1
10 		KAR
2
9 		GÖT
1
8 		GÖT
2
10 		KNU
1
Ret 		KNU
2
10 		FAL
1
9 		FAL
2
17 		KAR
1
Ret 		KAR
2
Ret 		VAL
1
DNS 		VAL
2
6 		KNU
1
14 		KNU
2
5 		MAN
1
10 		MAN
2
8 		13th 9
2010
 Team Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco JYL
1
5 		JYL
2
9 		KNU
1
4 		KNU
2
5 		KAR
1
1 		KAR
2
6 		GÖT
1
3 		GÖT
2
3 		FAL
1
4 		FAL
2
4 		KAR
1
1 		KAR
2
5 		JYL
1
5 		JYL
2
5 		KNU
1
1 		KNU
2
5 		MAN
1
3 		MAN
2
8 		3rd 230

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
2002
 BMW Team Belgium
BMW 320i
 MAG
1
6 		MAG
2
6 		SIL
1
10 		SIL
2
6
BRN
1

7
BRN
2

Ret 		JAR
1
8 		JAR
2
5
AND
1

11
AND
2

3 		OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
9 		SPA
1
3 		SPA
2
Ret 		PER
1
5 		PER
2
5 		DON
1 		DON
2
EST
1

Ret
EST
2

3 		6th 21

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2007
BMW Team UK
BMW 320si
 BRA
1 		BRA
2
NED
1
NED
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
CZE
1
CZE
2
POR
1
POR
2
 SWE
1
12 		SWE
2
14
GER
1
GER
2
 GBR
1 		GBR
2
ITA
1

11
ITA
2

12
MAC
1

16
MAC
2

9 		20th 1
2016
Polestar Cyan Racing
 Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 FRA
1
NC 		FRA
2
10 		SVK
1
10 		SVK
2
8 		HUN
1
4 		HUN
2
11 		MAR
1
7 		MAR
2
11 		GER
1
8 		GER
2
7 		RUS
1
13 		RUS
2
12 		POR
1 		POR
2 		ARG
1 		ARG
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		CHN
1
8 		CHN
2
6 		QAT
1 		QAT
2 		13th 47

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2011
 Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco JYL
1
11 		JYL
2
10 		KNU
1
1 		KNU
2
6 		MAN
1
1 		MAN
2
6 		GÖT
1
2 		GÖT
2
3 		FAL
1
1 		FAL
2
8 		KAR
1
3 		KAR
2
5 		JYL
1
3 		JYL
2
10 		KNU
1
2 		KNU
2
7 		MAN
1
2 		MAN
2
3 		2nd 227
2013
Volvo Polestar Racing
 Volvo S60 TTA KNU
1
6 		KNU
2
6 		SOL
1
3 		GÖT
1
9 		FAL
1
2 		FAL
2
3 		ÖST
1
4 		KAR
1
4 		KAR
2
2
TIE
1

6 		MAN
1
2 		MAN
2
Ret 		5th 140
2014
Volvo Polestar Racing
 Volvo S60 TTA KNU
1
6 		KNU
2
1 		GÖT
1
7 		GÖT
2
DNS 		FAL
1
Ret 		FAL
2
1 		KNU
1
Ret 		KNU
2
DNS 		SOL
1
12 		SOL
2
4 		MAN
1
6 		MAN
2
1 		3rd 210
2015
Volvo Polestar Racing
 Volvo S60 TTA VRS
1
2 		VRS
2
Ret 		AND
1
3 		AND
2
2 		MAN
1
3 		MAN
2
1 		FAL
1
2 		FAL
2
Ret 		KAR
1
2 		KAR
2
1 		2nd 356
Volvo Cyan Racing
 SOL
1
7 		SOL
2
5 		KNU
1
1 		KNU
2
1
2017
Volkswagen Dealer Team Sweden
 Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR KNU
1
2 		KNU
2
2 		KNU
3
1 		ALA
1
3 		ALA
2
2 		ALA
3
3 		SOL
1
11 		SOL
2
3 		SOL
3
3 		FAL
1
3 		FAL
2
1 		FAL
3
16 		KAR
1
2 		KAR
2
1 		KAR
3
3 		AND
1
2 		AND
2
12 		AND
3
4 		MAN
1
1 		MAN
2
1 		MAN
3
8 		2nd 327
2018 WestCoast Racing Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR KNU
1
5 		KNU
2
4 		AND
1
7 		AND
2
3 		FAL
1
5 		FAL
2
2 		KAR
1
4 		KAR
2
15 		RUD
1
7 		RUD
2
8 		MAN
1
4 		MAN
2
6 		6th 111

Complete TTA–Racing Elite League results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2012
Volvo Polestar Racing
 Volvo S60 TTA KAR
2 		AND
1 		GÖT
5 		FAL
4 		KAR
1 		AND
2
TIE

2 		GÖT
4 		1st 151

References

  1. ^ "STCC: Volkswagen confirms biogas powered Sciroccos | oneighturbo.com". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-12-18. Volkswagen confirms biogas powered Sciroccos
  2. ^ "Preview: Alfa faces up to BMW threat". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 18 April 2002. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. Polestar Racing. Archived from the original
    on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. ^ Veltman, Rob (29 September 2012). "Björk claims pole in Gothenburg – Ekblom is the champion". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Fredrik Ekblom – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Fredrik Ekblom – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "Fredrik Ekblom – 1996 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Swedish Touring Car Champion
1998 		Succeeded by
Mattias Ekstrom
Preceded by
2003
 Succeeded by
Preceded by
Thed Bjork
2007
 Succeeded by
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