Legendary Höljes hosts first public World RX showing for CE Dealer Team this weekend
The iconic Höljes rallycross event will host a first FIA World Rallycross Championship taste for Construction Equipment Dealer Team this weekend.
CE Dealer Team brings the first gender equal full-season driver line-up in FIA World RX history for 2022 as the championship moves to a brand new, cutting edge all-electric platform - featuring 680hp rallycross beasts.
Through its World RX programme, the team aims to drive the shift to improved sustainability in society and highlight the excitement that a move to an electric future offers.
CE Dealer Team will be on site at Höljes with drivers Klara Andersson and Niclas Grönholm in preparation for the first round of the championship which will take place at the legendary Nürburgring in Germany on July 30-31.
The season opener has been moved to Germany due to the current global supply chain delays, providing the teams more time to prepare the all-new rallycross cars.
"This will be the public debut of CE Dealer Team and I could not imagine a better place than the iconic Höljes event," said Emil Axelsson, Sporting and Commercial Director of CE Dealer Team.
"The team will meet the passionate rallycross fans at Höljes together with our partners who will showcase their innovative products and solutions through the world's most exciting electric motorsport category."
CE Dealer Team driver Niclas Grönholm has got plenty of experience from competing at Höljes.
"While we of course would have liked to race this weekend, it will be a fantastic opportunity to prepare for the season. Höljes is an event with a great atmosphere and a lot of spectators, I am very excited to give everyone our first public showing of CE Dealer Team," said Niclas Grönholm.
Team-mate Klara Andersson will make her World RX debut this year for CE Dealer Team and comes straight to Höljes from pre-season testing.
"It's going to be awesome to head to Höljes, a legendary circuit from which I have many fond memories. It will also be a valuable rehearsal for everyone in the team to get together and start the final stages of preparations ahead of the world championship premiere in Germany," said Klara Andersson.
The iconic Höljes event, known as the "Magic Weekend", usually attracts more than 50 000 fans on site and has been a season highlight since its first event in 1976.
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About CE Dealer team
CE Dealer Team is operated by PWR RX, a sister company of the successful Swedish motorsport team PWR Racing, a company founded in 2012 by Daniel Haglöf and Peter Wallenberg Jr. PWR are constructors of PWR001, the world's first fully electric touring car, and are multiple Scandinavian Touring Car Championship champions. The rallycross programme is run with support from independent dealers of Volvo Construction Equipment, along with several prominent industrial partners, who together share a commitment to leading a sustainable future, both on track and off.
About FIA World Rallycross Championship
The FIA World Rallycross Championship is one of six official World Championship in motorsport alongside Formula 1 and World Rally Championship. The championship runs on seven venues across Europe and Africa. Rallycross is a combination of rallying and circuit racing. It is head-to-head short, sharp races on mixed surfaces (dirt and asphalt) contained within amphitheatre venues. In the headlining FIA World Rallycross Championship, high-profile drivers are equipped with fully electric RX1 cars producing over 600bhp and the ability to accelerate from 0-100km/h in less than two seconds – quicker than a Formula 1 car.