Thorkild Thyrring
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Thorkild Thyrring is a Danish auto racing
driver. He drove several times in the Le Mans 24 hour race, most recently in 2005 and 2006 for Sebah Automotive Ltd in a Porsche 911 GT3
. His best result in the race was finishing nineteenth overall in 2005. Previously he raced a Lotus in 1993 and 1994, and a Corvette in 1995. His team had failed to finish the race in all these previous attempts.
He competed in the 1992 British Touring Car Championship
for the works Toyota Team, but was dropped after half a season due to poor results, finishing in seventeenth place. He has also raced in the Danish Touring Car Championship
in 2000 with a Nissan Primera
. He won three British GT Championship
titles between 1993 and 1995.
Auto racing
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driver. He drove several times in the Le Mans 24 hour race, most recently in 2005 and 2006 for Sebah Automotive Ltd in a Porsche 911 GT3
Porsche 911 GT3
The Porsche 911 GT3 is a higher performance version of the Porsche 911 sports car. It is the latest in a line of high performance models, beginning with the 1973 911 RS...
. His best result in the race was finishing nineteenth overall in 2005. Previously he raced a Lotus in 1993 and 1994, and a Corvette in 1995. His team had failed to finish the race in all these previous attempts.
He competed in the 1992 British Touring Car Championship
British Touring Car Championship
The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom. The Championship was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and has run to various rules over the years – "production cars", then FIA Group 1 or 2 in the late 1960s...
for the works Toyota Team, but was dropped after half a season due to poor results, finishing in seventeenth place. He has also raced in the Danish Touring Car Championship
Danish Touring Car Championship
The Danish Touringcar Championship was a touring car racing series in Denmark. The inaugural year for the DTC was 1999, after the huge success in Scandinavia of the British Touring Car Championship. For the first two years it was known as the Danish Touring Car Challenge...
in 2000 with a Nissan Primera
Nissan Primera
The Nissan Primera is a medium sized family car produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan for the Japanese domestic and European markets.-Nissan Primera P10 :...
. He won three British GT Championship
British GT Championship
The Avon Tyres British GT Championship is a sports car racing series currently based in the United Kingdom, although they have had select races outside of Britain in the past few years. The series was created by the British Racing Drivers' Club in 1993 and for its first two seasons was called the...
titles between 1993 and 1995.