Patrick Carpentier to enter home World Rallycross event in Canada

The Canadian has five CART race wins to his name and is also a two-time winner of the famous Trois-Rivieres Grand Prix.

"When I heard that Trois-Rivieres would host a round of World RX, I immediately wanted to be a part of it," said Carpentier.

"I have always loved dirt racing, and the last time I raced here [in 1996], we had a double header and won both events on the same weekend."

The 42-year-old will drive a Marklund Motorsport VW Polo RX alongside regular drivers Toomas Heikkinen and Anton Marklund.

2014 World Rallycross Championship:

May 3-4          Montalegre (P)
May 24-25        Lydden Hill (GB)*
June 14-15       Hell (N)*
June 28-29       Kouvola (FIN)
July 5-6         Holjes (S)
July 12-13       Mettet (B)*
August 7-8       Trois-Rivieres (CA)
September 6-7    Loheac (F)
September 21-22  Buxtehude (D)*
September 27-28  Franciacorta (I) *
October 11-12    Istanbul Park (TR)
November 22-23   Argentina, TBA

* Counts for European championship