When a new year
starts, rallycross fans should turn their attentions to the north, as
lots of snow receives the competitors of RallyX
On Ice, literally a winter championship
taking place generally in Sweden, counting with participations of
experienced guys and promissing young guns from RX2, GRC
and GRC Lites,
as well from RallyX Nordic,
with skill prevailing as all drivers race with the Olsbergs
MSE Supercar Lites
model.
The GRC vs RX2
duel was expected to happen during the events, and things were pretty
balanced even though Oliver Eriksson
was the top qualifier, with Alexander
Westlund, Mitchell
de Jong and Thomas
Bryntesson coming right behind, with
Oscar Solberg,
son of rally legend Henning, making a special participation and
coming in a respectful seventh place.
On semifinal 1, favorites
Eriksson and De Jong were aligned side by side on first row, right
when weather changed from only cloudy to a light blizzard, which
would make things very interesting. Once the race was on, Eriksson
disappeared in front while De Jong tried to catch up with him.
It didn't take much
of the race to become an Olsbergs only show, with Eriksson not even
leaving a margin for De Jong to reach him, while Simon
Olofsson came in third, way behind the
first two.
Semifinal 1 Results
Semifinal 2 had
Alexander Westlund leading from the go while Sondre
Evjen took second place from Thomas
Bryntesson while Anders Michalak almost posed a threat to him. Again
the leader ran solo as Westlund was way ahead of Evjen, and while
Bryntesson tried hard to reach Evjen, it wasn't even near to make a
move possible.
Semifinal 2 Results
The final became a battle essentially between GRC Lites and RX2, and at the start Westlund jumped to
first while in charge of holding Eriksson and De Jong. While Eriksson
took the Joker Lap, De Jong kept Westlund on target, and when
Eriksson was about to catch Westlund in the fourth lap, the Olsbergs
MSE driver lost traction, slid in the main straight right to the
snowbank.
The fourth lap mess was
enough to hold Westlund's progress, so De Jong just had to keep it clean and
carry his car straight to victory, with Westlund coming in second and
Sondre Evjen completing the podium, incapable of keeping the pace of
the frontrunners.
Final result
As everything was wrapped up in Sweden, the championship will return only in a month, as in March 4th the Fuglehaugens Motorsenter, at Gol, Norway, will receive the competitor for the second round.
PHOTO: Olsbergs MSE
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