Husaberg Factory rider Joakim Ljunggren, who has won every single round of the Swedish Enduro Championship since 2006, also dominated round 2 of the 2010 championship in Norrahammar, just outside Jönköping last Saturday.

Although his victories both in his class (SM2) and overall were never challenged (he won his class by 5:37 minutes and overall by 3:04 minutes) he was still quite nervous before the race. He not only caught a cold in the week leading up to the event but he also was a little concerned about not having trained a lot on Swedish soil, since he stayed 2 months in Spain after round 1 of the championship in Östersund for training and then another 2 weeks for the EWC rounds in Spain and Portugal.

Nevertheless he managed the tough conditions of low temperatures and permanent rain once again best of all competitors and stays unbeaten for yet another championship round.
Still Joakim had no time to celebrate his victory as he participated in a 3-hour team race the following day, which he also won.

After being sidelined due to his leg injury Husaberg Factory Junior rider Calle Sjöö returned to racing at this 2nd round of the Swedish Championship. He didn't have any major problems with his leg, but of course was lacking training. Nevertheless he made it to the finish in 9th position hte JSM2 class and is now confident to being able to take on the 2010 EWC at round 3 in Italy in two weeks time.

Calle was joined by three more Husaberg riders inside the top 9 of the JSM2 class, namely Martin Larsson in 3rd, Linus Fasth in 4th and Robert Nyberg in 5th.

Swedish Enduro Championship, Round 2 SM2   1. Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) 1:46:43 2. Jakob Mörhed (KTM) 1:52:20 3. Björne Carlsson (Kawasaki) 1:52:32 7. Daniel Persson (Husaberg) 1:55:46       JSM2   1. Johan Carlsson (Beta) 1:52:01 2. Henrik Lindholm (KTM) 1:55:36 3. Martin Larson (Husaberg) 1:56:41 4. Linus Fasth (Husaberg) 1:57:42 5. Robert Nyberg (Husaberg) 2:01:14 9. Calle Sjöö (Husaberg) 2:07:02

Pics: T. Blüme