The Danish Touringcar Championship (abbreviated as the DTC) was a
touring car racing
Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition with heavily modified road-going cars. It has both similarities to and significant differences from stock car racing, which is popular in the United States.
While the cars do not move ...
series in
Denmark
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. The inaugural year for the DTC was 1999, after the huge success in
Scandinavia
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of the
British Touring Car Championship
The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA
TOCA, formally trading as BARC (TOCA) Ltd, is an organiser of motorsport events in ...
. For the first two years it was known as the Danish Touring Car Challenge. The final DTC season was in 2010, as the series merged with the
Swedish Touring Car Championship
Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) was a touring car racing series based in Sweden, but also with rounds in Norway. They began operating in 1996, heavily influenced by the British Touring Car Championship and the success of BTCC racing on Sw ...
to form the
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship
The Scandinavian Touring Car Championship (STCC) is a touring car racing series based in Scandinavia. The series took over from the Danish Touringcar Championship and Swedish Touring Car Championship, with its first season in 2011. The Scandinav ...
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Champions
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Touring Car Times
Touring car racing series
Motorsport competitions in Denmark
1999 establishments in Denmark
2010 disestablishments in Denmark
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