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Fredrik Ekblom
Ekblom at the secondRing Knutstorp round of the2011 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season.
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1970-10-06)6 October 1970 (age 55) Kumla, Sweden
STCC – Racing Elite League career
Debut season	2011
Current team	Volvo Polestar Racing
Car number	11
Starts	20
Wins	2
Poles	1
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	1st in2012
Previous series
2007 2002 2001 1998–2000,2003–10 1995–97 1994–96 1992–93 1991 1990 1990 1989–90	WTCC ETCC ALMS STCC IMSA GT Championship CART Indy Lights British Formula 3000 German F3 Championship British F3 Championship Swedish F3 Championship
Championship titles
2012 1998,2003,2007	TTA – Racing Elite League STCC

Lars Fredrik Wilhelm Ekblom^[1] (born 6 October 1970) is aSwedish race car driver fromKumla. After an early career insingle-seaters he switched totouring car racing where he won multiple titles in his nativeSwedish Touring Car Championship and later in theTTA – Racing Elite League.

He made 13Indy Lights starts in 1992 and 1993. He then made three starts inCART for three different teams and was entered in the 1994 and 1995Indianapolis 500 races, but after passing rookie orientation in 1994, he never appeared for practice either year.

In1997 and1998 he drove in the24 Hours of Le Mans forCourage Compétition and in1999 forNissan Motorsports.

He began racing in theSwedish Touring Car Championship where he was the series champion in1998 in aWestCoast Racing preparedBMW 320i. After two seasons away from the championship he went on to be champion twice more, winning his second title on his return to the series in2003 with aKristoffersson Motorsport–runAudi A4. He continued to drive in the series forAudi until2006 before returning to WestCoast Racing in2007 where he became champion for the third time. He stayed with the team for the following season where he finished runner–up toRichard Göransson. In2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship season he moved to the E.ONBiogas Racing Team, driving aVolkswagen Scirocco which ran on bio–gas.^[2]

During his time away from the Swedish Touring Car Championship, Ekblom competed in theAmerican Le Mans Series and then theEuropean Touring Car Championship in2002. He drove aBMW 320i forBMW Team Belgium^[3] He finished 6th in the championship with a trio of third–place finishes as his best results.

He competed in some rounds of the2007 World Touring Car Championship season forBMW Team UK to helpAndy Priaulx with his title campaign. He made his first appearance at theRace of Sweden before returning for the final two rounds of the season, he scored a single point at the final race inMacau.

Ekblom drove aVolvo S60 in seven rounds of the2016 World Touring Car Championship forPolestar Cyan Racing, with a best result of fourth at Hungary race 1.

Ekblom signed a three-year deal withVolvo Polestar Racing to compete in theTTA – Racing Elite League starting in2012.^[4] Ekblom secured third on grid at the final round inGothenburg to claim the drivers' championship title.^[5] He finished fifth in the2013 STCC – Racing Elite League. Despite missing two races, he came third in the2014. The driver was runner-up in2015, also with a Polestar Volvo S60.

After skipping the 2016 season, Ekblom joinedKristoffersson Motorsport to compete at the2017 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship with a dealer-supportedVolkswagen Golf GTI.

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

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

• 1970 births
• Swedish racing drivers
• Swedish Touring Car Championship drivers
• World Touring Car Championship drivers
• Champ Car drivers
• Indy Lights drivers
• British Formula 3000 Championship drivers
• Swedish Formula Three Championship drivers
• 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
• Living people
• European Touring Car Championship drivers
• People from Kumla Municipality
• Sportspeople from Örebro County
• Nismo drivers
• Walker Racing drivers
• A. J. Foyt Enterprises drivers
• BMW M drivers
• Racing Bart Mampaey drivers
• Schnitzer Motorsport drivers
• Fortec Motorsport drivers
• Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
• Porsche Motorsports drivers
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• Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia drivers
• Cyan Racing drivers

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