Lundgaard dominated Ring Djursland

The second round of the Danish Touring Car Championship was won by Michael Outzen. The Chevrolet-driver won the final race of the weekend ahead of Michel Nykjær at Ring Djursland.
“I am equally pleased to take the win as well as the series lead. This is just splendid!,” said Outzen after the race.

The qualifying for the Ring Djursland-race was really close. The entire field of 23 cars was within one second with Hendrik Lundgaard on pole and Ronnie Bremer 23rd. That equates to an average car-to-car interval of 68 thousandths.

The first race of the weekend was won by pole man Lundgaard ahead of Outzen and Martin Jensen. Jason Watt lead the second race initially but was passed by his former team mate Jens Edman. Watt finished second ahead of Michel Nykjær and Robert Schlünssen.

Earlier in the race Tom Pedersen also tried to get past Watt. But the Dane hit Watt and received a penalty for it. But things got even more controversial lower down in the field.

Lundgaard and Jensen were fighting hard for positions, a fight that ended outside the track.

“It all begins with Michel Nykjær exiting the circuit and returning to the tarmac with soil on the tires, and that leads to a chain reaction,” Martin Jensen explains.

“I made contact with the rear bumper of Henrik, and as we went down into the forest section, the other drivers were braking earlier than me, so I ended up ramming Henrik from behind. He opened up a giant gap for me in the forest section, but exiting this he drove into my rear bumper and turned me around.”

Ludgaard had another version of what happened.

”Martin hit me several times, and the last time he ended up sending me into a slide and then both of us ran into the sand and lost a lot of positions. It was really unlucky, and as Martin said to me afterwards, we ought to have stayed in our positions, but he was the one, who took the decision,” said Lundgaard.

For the third race Outzen started from pole ahead of Robert Scchnlünssen and Edman. Outzen immediately pulled up a gap in the lead that he kept over the finish line.

“It was simply a question of staying out of trouble all weekend. I could see that this round could give dents in the cars, and it did. I tried to stay out of trouble and just avoid any problems, and that proved to be right. I got pole position for the final, and from there it was just a question of putting the throttle down,” said Outzen.

Edman crossed the finish line in second, but was disqualified after the race. Instead reigning champion Nykjær took second place since the stewards found the wheelbase of Edman’s Peugeot 407 being too long. Stay tuned for more information about that!