Frank Stippler has achieved his best-ever result in the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) in difficult conditions.

On a wet track at Valer (Norway), the Audi driver moved from ninth position on the starting grid to second place. For the first time,

Alexander Stehlig – normally working with Mattias Ekström in the DTM – was Stippler’s race engineer. Tommy Kristoffersson scored a point in eighth position, defending champion Thed Björk did not finish.

Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) round 6

1 Richard Göransson (BMW) 40 laps in 47m 00.378s 2 Frank Stippler (Audi A4 STCC) + 7.829s3 Robert Dahlgren (Volvo) + 9.375s 4 Alexander Storckenfeldt (Volvo) + 18.507s 5 Fredrik Ekblom (BMW) - 1 lap... 8 Tommy Kristoffersson (Audi A4 STCC) - 2 laps

Positions after 6 of 11 rounds: 1 Ekblom, 33 points; 2 Dahlgren, 32; 3 Göransson, 27; 4 Nilsson, 24; 5 Rudholm, 23; 6 Björk, 21; ... 8 Stippler, 15; 12 Kristoffersson, 6. Next race: Falkenberg (S), 15 July