The Norwegian Rallycross Championship opener took place at Momarken on May 19 and the winners of the 5 classes were Trond Wilhelm Marthinsen, Henning Nyberg, Terje Morstad, Håkon Gjesdal Nilsen and Joachim Hvaal.
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From Holte to Holten
The Volvo C30 SuperCar of Norwegian Frode Holte will return to the ERC and be driven in the European rounds at Hell and Höljes by his compatriot and almost namesake Daniel Holten.
NLRC/BRC: Kuijpers’ home win
The Eurocircuit hosted the 2nd round of the Dutch and the 3rd round of the Belgian Rallycross Championships, seeing Italo-Dutch Jos Kuijpers winning the SuperCars category from Belgian Ronny Scheveneels.
USRS: A new beginning
Belgian David Sterckx and the two US drivers Eric Vlasic and Josh Wimpey winning their respective classes in the opening round of the Rally America U.S. Rallycross Series 2012.
CEZ: Harsányi wins at home
Homeboy Zoltán Harsányi claims the SuperCars victory at Nyirád in Hungary while Austrian Klaus Freudenthaler takes the win of the Super1600s and Czech Roman Častoral the SuperNationals’ success.
Update: Mertens refused for the ERC rounds of Greinbach & Nyirád
It seems that the exclusion from the French ERC round at Dreux is not the end of the line for Belgian TouringCar driver Patrick Mertens, as his entries for the European events of Austria and Hungary have both been refused by the respective organisers.
Competitor to the rescue
Kim Steinsholt to lend David Nordgård the ex-Ole Håbjørg BMW 1-series E87 TouringCar for the Austrian round held in two weeks’ time.