Dennis Bjørklund borrowed the car from his grandfather Jan Hroar, an Audi DTM car that was extremely fast both wet and dry. He won Time Attack and the first race, but was beaten by Kristian Pettersen in race 2.

Andreas Vaa took P2 in Time Attack and the first race of the year in Extreme, which was a wet pleasure. There was a lot of rain and there were both rain tires and slicks in Sunday’s race.
This race started spectacularly with Bjørklund, Pettersen and Andersson in the lead with Jødahl in the heels. Nobody remembers a coward, so Jødahl attempted to overtake in the northern corner at 180 km/h which ended deep in the tire pile on the way to Elverum. Kristian Pettersen won ahead of Dennis Bjørklund who was closely followed by Hans Jørgen Andersson.

Time Attack #1:

1. Dennis Bjørklund – Audi DTM
2. Andreas Vaa – Porsche 997 RSR
3. Kai Roger Bakken – Lotus Esprit
4. Hans Jørgen Andersson – Porsche 997
5. Ruben Thorsen – Lotus
6. Vidar Jødahl – BMW M3

Race # 1 Saturday:

1. Dennis Bjørklund – Audi DTM
2. Andreas Vaa – Porsche 997 RSR
3. Kristian Pettersen Mitsubishi EVO
4. Hans Jørgen Andersson – Porsche 997
5. Vidar Jødahl – BMW M3
6. Henrik Frisak – Porsche 991

Race #2 Sunday:

1. Kristian Pettersen Mitsubishi EVO
2. Dennis Bjørklund – Audi DTM
3. Hans Jørgen Andersson – Porsche 997
4. Hans Frisak – Porsche 991
5. Marcus Insane Østlid – Chevrolet Corvette
6. Anna Sand Skjærbekk – BMW E36 M3

Fredrik Wiborg dominated in Extreme with his rebuilt Mitsubishi Evo 6 and won the Time Attack and two of the races. Wiborg has built the sister car that Kristian Pettersen won a race with in the NM recently and with which Hafsengen set a track record at Rudskogen last year.

Ruben Thorsen drove his Lotus to P2 in Time Attack and P2 in race 4 on Sunday, while Henrik Frisak won Sunday’s race with Team Frisak’s Porsche 991 GT3 Cup, which father and son share driving duties.

Hans Jørgen Andersson had good positions in all the races, but didn’t quite make it this weekend, but he can take comfort in leading the series overall. Vidar Jødahl spared no expense in any of the races and scored decent positions that resulted in P3 overall in the Extreme Race.

Time Attack no. 2:

1. Fredrik Wiborg – Mitsubishi Evo 6
2. Ruben Thorsen – Lotus
3. Hans Jørgen Andersson – Porsche 997
4. Hans Frisak – Porsche 991
5. Henrik Frisak – Porsche 991
6. Kjell Frykås – Ford Anglia

Race #3 Saturday:

1. Fredrik Wiborg – Mitsubishi Evo 6
2. Hans Jørgen Andersson – Porsche 997
3. Hans Frisak – Porsche 991
4. Vidar Jødahl – BMW M3
5. Kjell Frykås – Ford Anglia
6. Arve Handeland – BMW E36

Superstage – Saturday evening:

1. Fredrik Wiborg – Mitsubishi Evo 6
2. Hans Jørgen Andersson – Porsche 997
3. Vidar Jødahl – BMW M3
4. Kjell Frykås – Ford Anglia
5. Henrik Frisak – Porsche 991
6. Ruben Thorsen – Lotus

Race #4 Sunday:

1. Henrik Frisak – Porsche 991
2. Ruben Thorsen – Lotus
3. Vidar Jødahl – BMW M3
4. Hans Jørgen Andersson – Porsche 997
5. Kjell Frykås – Ford Anglia
6. Marcus Insane Østlid – Chevrolet Corvette

Rudskogen 2025-07 – Extreme summarized

With the blazing sun and extreme heat, driving conditions were difficult after all the drifting for the Extreme drivers.

Dennis Bjørklund in the Audi A4 DTM and Kristian Pettersen in his modified Mitsubishi Evo 6 dominated the races this weekend. Dennis won the Time Attack and Saturday’s race, while Kristian Pettersen won on Sunday after Dennis spun at the start and ended up at the back, but still drove in to P2.

Ruben Thorsen in Lotus was at the top in Time Attack and in both races and still leads the Time Attack series overall. Team Vaa is also driving fast (father and sons) and was on the podium both Friday and Saturday. Børje Hansson was back in his sleek Audi urquattro and was in the top 6 together with Hans Jørgen Andersson in the Porsche 997 GT3 Cup and father and son Frisak in the Porsche 991 GT3 Cup.

Overall, Hans Jørgen Andersson still leads the racing series, but one race in Time Attack and two races in Race will be deducted, so the series tables will change somewhat after the last race and the points have been deducted.

Results:

Time Attack # 3:

1. Dennis Bjørklund
2. Kristian Pettersen
3. Team Vaa
4. Ruben Thorsen
5. Pål Rickard Eidsvold
6. Hans Frisak

Extreme Race #6
1. Dennis Bjørklund
2. Kristian Pettersen
3. Team Vaa
4. Ruben Thorsen
5. Hans Frisak
6. Börje Hansson

Extreme Race #7
1. Kristian Pettersen
2. Dennis Bjørklund
3. Ruben Thorsen
4. Börje Hansson
5. Hans-Jørgen Andersson
6. Henrik Frisak

Gatebil Extreme – the season is decided at Mantorp Park

Several guest drivers participated in the last Time Attack of the year with extreme Time Attack cars, and boy did they go fast! Alx Danielsson in his Porsche 968 and Karel Silha in his BMW came close to chastising Professor Wiborg in his Mitsubishi EVO 6. Wiborg was fastest with an impressive 1:11.482 with Alx just 0.477 seconds behind. Wiborg also won the Superstage.

Dennis Bjørklund drove as fast as ever in his Audi A4 DTM and won two of the races and ended up with an overall victory in both the Racing series and the Time Attack series.

Superstage Saturday night was a real thriller with exits, pushing and overtaking on yellow flags. Fantastic for the crowd in a race that seemed to go on forever! Wiborg won ahead of Bjørklund and Vaa junior. Further back in the field there were discussions about disqualifications, loss of points with subsequent video studies and assessments until late at night which fortunately ended in peace and harmony with some small adjustments in the result lists.

Ruben Thorsen also drove very well this time and finished second overall in Time Attack together with Team Vaa. Ruben had problems with the car in the first race and was overtaken a few meters from the finish line by Henrik Frisak who collected enough points to take P2 in the overall standings for Team Frisak. Ruben was P3 in the Racing Series overall and P2 in Time Attack so this is impressive.

Helene Amundsen finished P8 overall in the Racing Series, but is probably most pleased that she was faster than her mentor Vidar Jødahl in the Supra she drives!

All in all, 34 drivers took part in Extreme this season and 20 of them competed in the final at Mantorp Park. We hope for an equally good turnout next year!

Results:

Time Attack # 4:

1. Fredrik Wiborg
2. Alx Danielsson
3. Dennis Bjørklund
4. Ruben Thorsen
5. Karel Silha
6. Olav Vaa

Extreme Race #9
1. Dennis Bjørklund
2. Olav Vaa
3. Henrik Frisak
4. Ruben Thorsen
5. Vidar Jødahl
6. Kjell Frykås

Extreme Superstage
1. Fredrik Wiborg
2. Dennis Bjørklund
3. Olav Vaa
4. Ruben Thorsen
5. Kjell Frykås
6. Vidar Jødahl

Extreme Race #10
1. Dennis Bjørklund
2. Olav Vaa
3. Ruben Thorsen
4. Hans Frisak
5. Kjell Frykås
6. Ørjan Thorsen

Time Attack 2025 Overall (3 out of 4 counting):

1 Dennis Bjørklund Audi A4 DTM 346
2 Ruben Thorsen Lotus Esprit Sp2 290
2 Team Vaa Porsche 997 RSR 290
4 Hans Jørgen Andersson Porsche 997 Cup 254
5 Fredrik Wiborg Mitsubishi EVO 6 240
6 Hans Frisak Porsche 991 Cup 234
7 Henrik Frisak Porsche 991 Cup 230
8 Vidar Jødahl BMW M3 E30 204
9 Morten Haugen Pontiac Firebird 198
10 Marcus Insane Östlid Chevrolet Corvette C6 174

Extreme Race 2025 Overall (8 out of 10 counting):

1 Dennis Bjørklund Audi A4 DTM 798
2 Team Frisak Porsche 991 GT3 Cup 728
3 Ruben Thorsen Lotus Esprit 708
4 Hans Jørgen Andersson Porsche 997 Cup 636
5 Vidar Jødahl BMW E30 M3 630
6 Team Vaa Porsche 997 RSR 592
7 Kjell Frykås Ford Anglia 492
8 Helene Amundsen Toyota Supra 486
9 Marcus Insane Östlid Chevrolet Corvette C6 468
10 Ørjan Thorsen Audi S4 462

See all Gatebil Extreme results here

Gatebil Extreme was run as a full series of races at all 5 Gatebil festivals this year. We don’t yet know who will win this season and which drivers will perform best, but we do know that it will be exciting to follow the drivers, their performances and results throughout the season!

Full results can be found HERE.

In 2023, we ran a full season of 10 Extreme Races and 5 Extreme Time Attack competitions, with 35 different drivers competing against each other.
Full results can be found HERE.