Fredrik Ekblom

Ekblom in 2011.

Fredrik Ekblom (born 6 October 1970) is a Swedish race car driver from Kumla.

Career

He made 13 Indy Lights starts in 1992 and 1993. He then made three starts in 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. In 1997 and 1998 he drove in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Courage Compétition and in 1999 for Nismo. Around that time he began racing in the Swedish Touring Car Championship where he was the series champion in 1998 in a BMW and 2003 in an Audi. He continued to drive in the series for Audi in 2006, and returned to a BMW in 2007 for West Coast Racing where he became champion for a record third time. He competed in some rounds of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship for BMW Team UK to help Andy Priaulx with his title campaign. For the 2009 STCC season he moved to the E.ON Biogas Racing Team, driving a Volkswagen Scirocco which runs on bio-gas.^[1]

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
1994	McCormack	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET 15	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	ROA	NZR	LS		39th	0
1995	Foyt	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NZR	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	LS 19	42nd	0
1996	Walker	MIA	RIO	SRF	LBH	NZR	500 Ret	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS		40th	0

Complete WTCC 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		Position	Points
2007	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	CUR		ZAN		VAL		PAU		BRN		POR		AND		OSC		BRA		MON		MAC		20th	1
															12	14					11	12	16	9*

* Colin Turkington finished in 8th place but was ineligible for points, giving one point to Ekblom for 9th place finish.

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