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Dahlgren
maintains the series lead
The third race meeting of TCR
Scandinavia took place at Solvalla,
where Johan Kristoffersson claimed two
more victories and so extended his
winning streak to five consecutive
races. However, Robert Dahlgren won
the third race and thus maintained the
lead in the championship with margins
of 19 and 26 points ahead of
Kristoffersson and Fredrik Ekblom
respectively.
On the grid for the first race, the
poleman Kristoffersson was demoted to
fourth for a yellow flag infringement in
Qualifying, but he made a perfect start
and managed to squeeze into second
position between Haglöf and Ekblom
who both incurred stop-and-go
penalties for jump starts. Kristoffersson
claimed his fourth consecutive race
victory ahead of Dahlgren, while
Andersson was able to finish third after
a close fight with Blomstedt and
Strandberg.
Kristofferson repeated his win in the
second race. Despite being beaten to
the first corner by Robert Dahlgren,
Kristofferson retook the lead after a
slight contact and then held off
Dahlgren for the remainder of the race.
Ekblom finished third, Blomstedt was
fourth and Strandberg fifth.
Kristofferson’s winning streak ended in
Heat 3, however, after another poor
start from the dirtier side of the track
again allowed Dahlgren to lead the
pole-sitter going into Turn 1. Unlike in
Heat 2, this time Dahlgren was able to
defend the lead throughout the race
and so took a lights-to-flag victory by
just six-tenths of a second. Behind the
pair, Ekblom repeated his result from
the second race to claim his second
podium finish of the day.
The next event of the STCC TCR
Scandinavia series will take place at
Falkenberg, Sweden, on July 8.
Results
Solvalla, Round 7, Saturday 17 June
1. Johan Kristoffersson (Volkswagen
Golf); 2. Robert Dahlgren (SEAT León);
3. Mattias Andersson (Honda Civic)
Solvalla, Round 8, Saturday 17 June
1. Johan Kristoffersson (Volkswagen
Golf); 2. Robert Dahlgren (SEAT León);
3. Fredrik Ekblom (Volkswagen Golf)
Solvalla, Round 9, Saturday 17 June
1. Robert Dahlgren (SEAT León); 2.
Johan Kristoffersson (Volkswagen
Golf); 3. Fredrik Blomstedt
(Volkswagen Golf)