Tommy Rustad (born 3 September 1968 in Oslo) is a Norwegian auto racing driver. He currently drives in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. Tommy is the son of former wellknown Norwegian racer Ola Rustad.
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He started racing in karting before racing in the Norwegian Rallycross Championship, winning the so-called Supernasjonal title for six years in a row between 1987 and 1992. In 1993 he switched to circuit racing, becoming the Swedish Formula Opel Champion in his first year. He drove in the Formula Opel Euroseries in 1994, finishing fifth in points, and finished sixth in the 1995 Eurocup Formula Renault. In 1996 he was in the Italian Formula Three Championship finishing ninth, and the Renault Spider Eurocup, finishing second in his first year, and was champion in 1997.
In 1998 Rustad got a drive in the British Touring Car Championship. He drove a Renault Laguna for the DC Cook Motorsport team in the Michelin Independents Cup, despite getting some backing from the Renault works team. With five class wins throughout the seasons, he was crowned independent champion. A sixteenth place overall finish saw him one place ahead of works Peugeot driver Tim Harvey.
Since his drive in the BTCC, he has spent most of his career driving in the Swedish Touring Car Championship. He was champion in both the STCC and the Norwegian Touring Car Championship in 2000, driving a works Nissan Primera. After this he spent a couple of seasons racing in the European Touring Car Championship, before returning to Sweden in 2003 in an Opel Astra. He went back to rallycross for one year to compete in the 2006 FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers where he was third overall with a Ford Focus T16 4x4, returning to the STCC Opel Team in 2007. 2008 had him drive a works Volvo C30 powered by bio-ethanol for Polestar Racing. He went on to win the championship for the second time in 2009 for Polestar.
Rustad became the first Norwegian to drive in the World Touring Car Championship when his Polestar Racing team entered rounds 15 and 16 of the 2009 season at Brands Hatch. Rustad retired from both races.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Position | Points | ||||||||||||
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| 2009 | Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing | Volvo C30 | CUR | PUE | MAR | PAU | VAL | BRN | POR | BRA | OSC | IMO | OKA | MAC | - | 0 | ||||||||||||
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| Preceded by Franck Lagorce |
Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy Champion 1997 |
Succeeded by Andrea Belicchi |
| Preceded by Mattias Ekström |
Swedish Touring Car Champion 2000 |
Succeeded by Roberto Colciago |
| Preceded by Richard Göransson |
Swedish Touring Car Champion 2009 |
Succeeded by Richard Göransson |
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