Sturup Raceway

Sturup Raceway
Location Svedala, Sweden
Coordinates 55°31′52″N 13°21′24″E / 55.53111°N 13.35667°E / 55.53111; 13.35667Coordinates: 55°31′52″N 13°21′24″E / 55.53111°N 13.35667°E / 55.53111; 13.35667
Length 2.133 km (1.326 mi)
Turns 12

Sturup Raceway is a motor racing circuit in Svedala, Sweden. It has been owned by the Danish Brask organisation since 2001. The circuit, by then called Sturupsbanan, opened in 1972 as a Rallycross venue. Later named Skånecrossbanan it was first asphalted to become a permanent road course in 1990. In 2004 and 2005 major work including a track extension from 1.1 kilometers to 2.1 kilometers with a new pit lane.[1]

Sturup held rounds of both the Swedish Touring Car Championship and Danish Touringcar Championship in 2008, but neither returned in 2009. The new Scandinavian Touring Car Championship returned to Sturup in 2012.

References

  1. http://www.sturupraceway.com/banan.html details of circuit extensions
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