Robert Dahlgren (born 1 December 1979 in
Skellefteå
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) is a
Swedish
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auto racing
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driver who currently competes for the
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship
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. He previously competed in Australia and New Zealand for a single season in the
V8 Supercars Championship
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for
Garry Rogers Motorsport
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, as well as in the
World
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and for
Polestar Racing
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,
STCC: Robert Dahlgren
accessed 27 May 2010 making him the longest-serving factory-supported Volvo
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driver.
Career
In 1998 he won the Nordic and Swedish Formula Ford Championships, before racing in Great Britain with Formula Ford
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. He won the Formula Ford Championship in 2001. He switched to British Formula 3 in 2002, finishing seventeenth in his first year. In his second year he finished ninth on points in 2003. Since 2004 he has competed in the STCC, every season with Volvo
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. He has finished as runner-up twice in 2004 and 2007.
For 2014, Dahlgren has been named to drive for Volvo in the International V8 Supercars Championship
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in Australia for Garry Rogers Motorsport
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, under the guise of Volvo Polestar Racing Australia. He finished 25th and last among full-season drivers, with no top 10s.
In 2016, Dahlgren joined Polestar Cyan Racing to compete at the 2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship with a Volvo S60, ranking second in points. He also entered three rounds of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship
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In 2016 a new manufacturer Polestar (with Volvo S60) entered while Citroën reduced ...
with the team, finishing seventh at Qatar race 1.
For the 2017 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, the driver moved to PWR Racing
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to drive a factory-supported SEAT León, winning the title. In 2019, Dahlgren took his second STCC title for PWR Racing.
Racing record
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
† Not permitted to score points.
Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete TTA – Racing Elite League results
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Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete V8 Supercar results
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Complete World Touring Car Cup results
(key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
People from Skellefteå Municipality
Swedish racing drivers
Formula Ford drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
Swedish Touring Car Championship drivers
World Touring Car Championship drivers
World Touring Car Cup drivers
Supercars Championship drivers
Sportspeople from Västerbotten County
Garry Rogers Motorsport drivers
Fortec Motorsport drivers