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Robert Dahlgren stays on top at Knutstorp

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Robert Dahlgren maintained his position as fastest overall in the test day at Knutstorp. The Volvo driver’s time of 1:00.434 from the morning session was not beaten. Thed Björk was second fastest, two tenths behind.

Björk’s rival BMW-driver Richard Göransson was third, just a couple of hundredths of a second behind.

Reigning champion Tommy Rustad was fourth fastest ahead of the improving Fredrik Ekblom in the bio-gas powered Volkswagen Scirocco.

Mattias Andersson, Jan “Flash” Nilsson and Dick Sahlén rounded off top eight. “Flash” had a lot problems during the day, first stopping on the track after a broken rim on his BMW 320si, only to stop again with a broken drive shaft when the rim problem was solved.

Two new drivers, for this season, joined the action at Knutstorp. Viktor Huggare (14th) in a nationally homologated Opel Astra and privateer Joakim Ahlberg in a BMW 320i E46 (14th)

Racing for STCC resumes on saturday with test (09.00 CET), qualifying (10.20 CET) and two races (13.30 CET & 15.35 CET). Heavy rain is expected for the race.