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Robert Dahlgren (born 1 December 1979 in STCC: Robert Dahlgren
accessed 27 May 2010 making him the longest-serving factory-supported
For 2014, Dahlgren has been named to drive for Volvo in the
Skellefteå
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The city is historically industrial, with mining being a large part of that industry, especial ...
) is a Swedish
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auto racing
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driver who currently competes for the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship
The Scandinavian Touring Car Championship (STCC) is a touring car racing series based in Scandinavia. The series took over from the Danish Touringcar Championship and Swedish Touring Car Championship, with its first season in 2011. The Scandina ...
. 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
Cyan Racing is the official motorsport partner to Geely Group Motorsport, formerly the Volvo factory auto racing team, and runs the FIA WTCR programme for Lynk & Co, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The team’s current drivers are Thed Björk, Yv ...
,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 withFormula 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
The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport.
Supercars events take place in all Australian ...
in Australia for Garry Rogers Motorsport
Garry Rogers Motorsport is an Australian motor racing team. It is owned by retired racing driver Garry Rogers who began the team to further his own racing efforts. Based in Melbourne, originally out of a Nissan dealership owned by Rogers, the te ...
, 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
PWR Racing is a Swedish auto racing team owned by racing drivers Peter Wallenberg, Jr. and Daniel Haglöf. It currently competes in the TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia, the World Touring Car Cup, an ...
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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* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
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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
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahlgren, Robert 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