Juha Salo won FRC Mikkeli
Juha Salo has won the second round of the Finnish Rally Championship. Salo fought with Jarkko Nikara till the seventh special stage but Nikara had to retire on that stage. After that Salo faced new rival from Norway as Ole Christian Veiby challenged him.
Salo was happy with perfomance.
- It went quite tight with Nikara and Veiby, but fortunately I managed to keep my pace till the end. I'm happy with this result, Salo said.
Unofficial results, Finnish Rally Championship 2/6, SM Vaakuna-Ralli, 26.-27.2.2016, Mikkeli
SM1 Class
1) Juha Salo 57.14,0; 2) Ole Christian Veiby + 2,3; 3) Ari Vihavainen + 40,7; 4) Mikko Eskelinen + 2.30,2; 5) Ville Ruokanen + 3.21,7
SM2 Class
1) Teemu Asunmaa 58.25,2; 2) Juha Koljonen + 3.16,8; 3) Ville Hautamäki + 3.16,8; 4) Tuomo Hassinen + 3.23,7; 5) Takamoto Katsuta + 5.10,3
SM3 Class
1) Juuso Nordgren 1.02.45,9; 2) Jukka Korhonen + 42,9; 3) Anssi Rytkönen + 1.00,3; 4) Pyry Ovaska + 1.32,7; 5) Taisko Lario + 1.44,2
SM4 Class
1) Joonas Lindroos 1.01.59,4; 2) Esa Ruotsalainen + 4,0; 3) Emil Lindholm + 1.56,5; 4) Petri Itkonen + 6.40,3; 5) Kimmo Immonen + 7.13,9
Unofficial FRC points after 2/6 races
SM1 Class
1. Juha Salo 62,5
2. Mikko Eskelinen 34,5
3. Jussi Vainionpää 27
SM2 Class
1. Teemu Asunmaa 62,5
2. Juha Koljonen 45
3. Ville Hautamäki 25,5
SM3 Class
1. Anssi Rytkönen 52,5
2. Pyry Ovaska 40
3. Miika Hokkanen 28,5
SM4 Class
1. Esa Ruotsalainen 40,5
2. Jesse Turunen 37,5
3. Jussi Teppo 27
Photo: Taneli Niinimäki
