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Copenhagen race cancelled

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As a new addition to the Copenhagen Classic Car Grand Prix held 1/2nd of August, the Danish Touring Car Championship was scheduled to run free practice and timed runs on the city circuit. But the event has been called off.

According to an internal bulletin to the DTC drivers, leaked on a Danish motorsport blog, the event has been called off.

When the event was announced in the spring, it was regarded as a hugely popular move from the DTC organisation both among teams and the public.

Mainly because it offered an unique chance to run the DTC cars in front of the Copenhagen public, at an international historic event.

The internal bulletin:

“It is with great regret that we have received information from Copenhagen Road Racing Aps, who are arranging the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix. It is said that it has become impossible to gain political backing from the Copenhagen City Council to run the DTC cars at this year’s event.

Several meetings have been held with Mayor Klaus Bondam, responsible of Technique- and Environment. But it has been impossible to gain the backing of the Copenhagen City Council.”

TouringCarTimes.com has learned that the decision has left several DTC teams disappointed; as they have already signed agreements for sponsor events at the race.

The drivers are not the only ones left frustrated by the latest developments. Both the Copenhagen Road Racing Company ApS and the DTC organisation had high hopes for the event.

“Sadly it has not been possible to gain a permit from the Copenhagen City Council to let the DTC cars out on the track,“ CEO Jakob Vigelsø of Copenhagen Road Racing Company ApS explains to DTC Media.

“Obviously we are very disappointed by this rejection, because we feel that we by adding the DTC class to our program could give the public a chance to see the continuation of the historic theme, which builds on other classes and cars, which we already run.”

“Speaking on behalf of the DTC, we are really disappointed that we are not allowed to be part of the Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix,“ DTC promoter Peter Elgaard explains to DTC Media.

“Looking at the geography motorsports are very unevenly spread in this country, due to the lack of a track on Zealand. And we hoped that we by our representation by this year’s race could present the class and the sport to a new audience, who haven’t had the chance to see our races live.”