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, and the World Touring Car Cup.

For the Australian team, see Paul Weel Racing.
PWR Racing
Founded2012
Team principal(s)Peter Wallenberg, Jr.
Daniel Haglöf
Current seriesWorld Touring Car Cup
TCR Scandinavia
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
Current drivers2. Robert Dahlgren
37. Daniel Haglöf
37. Peter Wallenberg
89. Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky

History

The team was founded in 2012 by racing driver Peter "Poker" Wallenberg. The team initially entered TTA - Racing Elite League joining with Team Tidö with two cars for Linus Ohlsson and Daniel Haglöf.[1][2] Following the reunification of TTA with STCC the team entered the series fielding single SAAB 9-3 TTA for Haglöf.[3] For the 2014 season the team entered a single car for Finnish driver Emma Kimiläinen[4] while Haglöf returned for the final races of the season. Both drivers were retained for 2015 while for the 2016 season they were joined by Johan Kristoffersson and Philip Morin at selected rounds. In that year the team became SEAT Dealer Team after switching to SEAT Léon STCC silhouette cars. After the series switched to TCR regulations the team again returned using 3 SEAT León TCR's for former Polestar Cyan Racing driver Robert Dahlgren, Daniel Haglöf and team owner Peter Wallenberg (Dahlgren and Haglöf entered under the SEAT Dealer Team banner, while Wallenberg was entered under the PWR Racing Customer Team) and also entered single Audi RS3 LMS TCR for Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky (this entry was entered under the PWR Racing Junior Team label).[5][6][7]

World Touring Car Cup

The team is set to enter the 2019 World Touring Car Cup with the support from Comtoyou Racing fielding two CUPRA León TCR for Haglöf and the 2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series champion Mikel Azcona.[8][9]

References
  1. "Linus Ohlsson and Team Tidö enters TTA 2012". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  2. "Daniel Haglöf to drive the fourth Saab 9–3 in TTA". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  3. "A new STCC era starts at Knutstorp this weekend". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. "Emma Kimiläinen first female driver in STCC since 1999". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  5. "SEAT confirm four cars and announce first driver". TouringCarTimes. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  6. "STCC plans races in Finland, Norway and Denmark". TouringCarTimes.com. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  7. "Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky confirmed to drive Audi for PWR Racing". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  8. "PWR Racing to join WTCR grid as second Cupra team". TouringCarTimes. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  9. "Daniel Haglöf and Mikel Azcona complete the 2019 WTCR grid". TouringCarTimes. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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