Come back class kings win big in norway
The three supporting categories at the Norwegian World RX round each had a comeback tale to tell come the end of the finals on Sunday afternoon.
Having switched teams for 2018 from JC Raceteknik to Olsbergsmse, Guillaume De Ridder experienced a torrid pair of opening rounds in the RX2 International Series, twice failing to finish the semi-finals.
But, in Hell, he took the lead of the final when team-mate and race leader Oliver Eriksson took his joker on lap four, then held onto the advantage after he took his own extra route on the final lap to score his first victory in the single-make category.
In Super1600, reigning RX Academy champion Jesse Kallio fought back from an engine failure in round one and an overheating issue in round two to qualify second in the Intermediate Classification in Norway with a string of second-fastest times.
He then won his semi-final and took a first-lap joker in the final.
He gained a decisive advantage in the main event when the leading trio, all driving Volland Racing machines, took their jokers on the final lap.
It meant he scored his first international rallycross win aboard Set Promotion’s Renault Twingo.
Former Supercar racer Daniel Holten won the second round of the Touringcar category, having been spun out of contention at round one in Belgium.