Rallycross Silly Season Update

From the Silly Season spreadsheet, here is how rallycross is shaping up so far for 2016.

FIA World RX:

• Sebastian Loeb signs on for his first year competing in FIA World RX with Team Peugeot-Hansen
• Anton Marklund leaves EKSRX to join newly minted Volkswagen RX Sweden
• Ken Block jumps from Red Bull GRC to a full FIA World RX calendar
• Toomas Heikkinen moves to EKSRX and an Audi Quattro with Mattias Ekstrom, as Marklund Motorsport has merged to form the new Volkswagen RX Sweden team
• Kevin Eriksson upgrades to a Ford Fiesta with OMSE
• Andreas Bakkerud leaves OMSE to join Ken Block and the Hoonigan Racing Division
• Reinis Nitiss leaves OMSE to Rene Munnich’s ALL-INKL.com Münnich Motorsport in an Audi S3
• Timur Timerzyanov switches from OMSE to World RX Team Austria
• Johan Kristoffersson also merges into the new Volkswagen RX Sweden team
• Niclas Gronholm will compete in a Ford Fiesta with OMSE, and father Marcus joins Olsbergs as team manager
• Janis Baumanais upgrades to a Ford Fiesta with World RX Team Austria

Red Bull Global Rallycross:

• Brian Deegan is sporting a new energy drink sponsor – NOS
• Scott Speed also has a new energy drink sponsor – Rock Star
• Dirt Fish Motorsports announced their GRC Lites driver for 2016, Conner Martell
• Jackie Heinricher will now compete in GRC Lites with AF Racing and teammate Alejandro Fernandez

New York Auto Show media days start soon – hoping for a few surprises! Stay tuned.

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