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EKS RX is a Swedish Foust joins Nitro Rallycross grid with DRR
- 20 September 2021
EKS Audi Sport news at The Checkered Flag
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auto racing
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team founded by racing driver Mattias Ekström
Mattias Ekström (born 14 July 1978 in Falun, Sweden) is a racing driver from Sweden. He competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Audi from 2001 until his retirement in 2018, and has been competing in the FIA World Rallycross Champion ...
. The team is competing in FIA World Rallycross Championship since 2014 and entered the team championship in 2015.
In January 2017 it was announced that the team would receive full factory support from Audi Sport for the 2017 World Rallycross Championship. The team had previously been run with assistance from Audi Sport's official suppliers.
On 29 January 2018, team owner Mattias Ekström
Mattias Ekström (born 14 July 1978 in Falun, Sweden) is a racing driver from Sweden. He competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Audi from 2001 until his retirement in 2018, and has been competing in the FIA World Rallycross Champion ...
announced that he would be leaving the DTM series and concentrating on his World RX team. An announcement two days later confirmed that Andreas Bakkerud would be racing for the team in 2018.
After the 2018 season on December 10, EKS announced that it would end its rallycross factory program due to Audi pulling the funding. The team did however make a return in 2019
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, now as a privateer, with Hungarian driver Krisztián Szabó
Krisztián Szabó (born 19 June 1974) is a Hungarian short track speed skater. He competed in the men's 500 metres event at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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. Ekström also competed at Spa-Francorchamps, in a technical partnership with JC Raceteknik.
For the 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship
The 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the seventh season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international ral ...
, Ekström became a full-time driver for KYB Team JC, finishing runner-up with two wins. His teammate Robin Larsson
Robin Christian Zacharias Larsson is a Swedish racing driver currently participating in the FIA European Rallycross Championship. He has previously won the 2014 FIA European Rallycross Supercar Championship.
He is the son of double European Rall ...
ranked 6th in points. The partnership was strengthened for the 2021 season, so the team was rebranded KYB EKS JC. Also in 2021, the team partnered with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing to compete at Nitro Rallycross.- 20 September 2021
Racing record
Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results
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Supercar
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
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References
External links
*EKS Audi Sport news at The Checkered Flag
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