Sweden’s Fredrick Ahlin and Norway’s Torstein Eriksen powered to victory in the Brick and Steel Border Counties Rally surrounding Jedburgh after two days of intense competition.
The all-Welsh crew of Tom Cave and James Morgan took second place with fellow countrymen Osian Pryce and Dale Furniss third.
The Hawick and Border Car Club and Whickham and District Motor Club organised the event which was also the opening round of the Prestone MSA British Rally Championship.
Ahlin was a dominant force in the muddy stages and, despite being third after the opening leg on Friday night, he was never out of the top three.
The Swede moved into top spot at the halfway point and took his Skoda Fabia R5 to victory by almost 40 seconds.
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