Four time STCC-champion Richard Göransson dominated at Gelleråsen. Storming through the field from eight on the grid he claimed his second victory of the weekend, he 37th in STCC and a clean sweep with fastest time in free practice, pole position, fastest laps in both races and two victories.
”Absolutely amazing! It’s 37 victories now! I told Dick (team manager Dick Jönsson Wigroth) before this weekend it would not be a bad idea to win both races and he agreed so I just had to delivered. What a comeback, I must thank everyone in the team for all the support I’ve got in my rehab and I’m back stronger than ever,” Richard said.

He looked like a man on a mission as he stormed through the field in the second race, being up to fifth place after just two laps. Thereone he charged on and with some amazing overtaking manouvres he claimed a lead he was never to give up. Despite being injured in the first round and missing several rounds after that he has now climbed to fifth place overall in the championship, just 12 points shy from third place.
”I got a good start and could claim a few positions directly and the car was perfect, I could attack and some of the others made it difficult for themselves when they tried to defend hard. I’m speechless really, the whole team has been so motivated and this is of course fantastic. We will think about what we should aim for now for the rest of the season. We are advancing in the championship quite fast at the moment. In Denmark we qualified second and dominated the race so it’s a track that suits us just like Knutstorp which follows after Denmark. We’ll just continue scoring I guess and see where it takes us.”

Three victories of which one is a double victory and the record of most victories in STCC from the last six races after he returned to action in Gothenburg, Richard Göransson is back stronger than ever.
”Gothenburg and Falkenberg felt like bonus races. I’ve had a chance to continue my rehab and training during the summer break and I feel stronger mentally now than what I did at those weekends. This was the real comeback. The team, friends and sponsors has given me so much support and I want to thank them all,” Göranssons finished.

Team manager Dick Jönsson Wigroth revealed after the second that he could feel Richard would try and do something special this wekend.
”Richard had that sparkle in his eyes that usually means something special will happen. It proved to be true, he’s really on it now and this race was absolutely incredible. It feels great of course! Unfortunately Martin had a bad race, he was pushed off the track at the start which ruined his race when he had a perfect opportunity to take his first podium. In total this is an amazing race weekend for WestCoast Racing,” he said.

Martin Öhlin started the race in second place and aimed to score his first podium in his rookie season, His race however was destroyed at the start when he was pushed from behind and went off the track in turn 2 and 3. He rejoined in last place and climed to 11th place at the finish.
”We had a great opportunity to be on the podium and the car was great but unfortunately our chance dissapeared already in the start when I got pushed off. I’m incredibly dissapointed right now.”

Result, heat 2 Gelleråsen:
1: Richard Göransson, BMW 17 varv
2: Johan Stureson, BMW + 2,849
3: Roger Eriksson, SEAT + 6,335
4: Rickard Rydell, Chevrolet + 6,991
5: Fredrik Ekblom, Volkswagen + 7,501
6: Jan Nilsson, BMW + 8,728
7: Johan Kristoffersson, Volkswagen +9,801
8: Patrik Olsson, Volkswagen + 10,062
9: Colin Turkington, BMW + 10,624
10: Mattias Andersson, Alfa Romeo + 14,682
11: Martin Öhlin, BMW + 14,800
12: Tobias Johansson, SEAT + 17,698
13: Gabriele Tarquini, Volvo + 18,443
14: Andreas Ebbesson, BMW + 28,640
15: Viktor Hallrup, Chevrolet + 30,634
DNF:
Joakim Ahlberg, Tommy Rustad, Tomas Engström
DNS:
Robin Appelqvist