Sturup Raceway is a

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circuit in

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, 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 to with a new

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. details of circuit extensions Sturup held rounds of both the

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and

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in 2008, but neither returned in 2009. The new

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returned to Sturup in 2012.

Lap records

The official race lap records at the Sturup Raceway are listed as:

References

External links

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Sturup Raceway at etracks
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