The daddy-son tandem of Petter and Oliver Solberg beat the surprisingly aggressive American group of Colton Herta and Jimmie Johnson on the the frozen Baltic Sea to win the Race of Champions Nations Cup.

Staff Norway was led Saturday by 47-year-old Petter Solberg, the 2003 World Rally champion and two-time World Rallycross champion. His son, Oliver, is a 20-year-old rising rallying driver.

The knockout-style occasion was held on a snow- and ice-covered course in Pite Havsbad, Sweden, 60 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

Herta was a last-minute alternative for Travis Pastrana, who broke his again and hip in a BASE leaping accident late final month. The 21-year-old IndyCar star left for Sweden after main his group to a category victory Sunday within the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Johnson, the seven-time NASCAR champion who’s headed right into a full IndyCar season this month, returned to ROC for a second time. He represented the US alongside Jeff Gordon of their upset 2002 win in Spain.

“Who would have thought two California guys could be right here on snow and ice and end second within the Race of Champions Nations Cup,” Johnson mentioned in a social media video. “Superior day for us each. I believe we form of stunned ourselves. Then I actually assume we had a shot on the ultimate.

“I had a automotive break and a mechanical, which took me out of a possibility within the first spherical. Got here again and gained within the Porsche. Colton was proper there on tempo and simply got here up just a little quick to the Solberg household. Only a tremendous enjoyable day. We exceeded expectations and searching ahead to having some enjoyable tonight.”

2nd!!!#ROCSweden #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/bzHIchdhSg

— Jimmie Johnson (@JimmieJohnson) February 5, 2022

Johnson was scheduled to compete Sunday for the “Champion of Champions” title within the particular person ROC class.

Herta and Johnson superior to the semifinals Saturday by beating the German group of four-time System One champion Sebastian Vettel and Mick Schumacher.

Then they knocked off Staff Finland, with Herta beating two-time F1 champion Mika Hakkinen to get Staff USA into the ultimate. Herta confronted four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves within the first spherical.

The Race of Champions “Snow + Ice” World occasion pits drivers towards each other in quite a lot of automobiles that target electrical energy.