The racing originally took place on Fanø’s beach in the early 1920s but came to a sudden stop when the speed record holder Sir Malcolm Campbell (more than 240kmh on sand!) lost a tyre while attempting another record. This tyre killed a young spectator and was the very reason beach racing at Fanø was banned.
The current renaissance of racing at the Lakolk Strand, Rømø, began back in 2016. Only cars and motorcycles from before 1947 are allow to participate.