2025 will be a year with plenty of new challenges for Glad Sport, which in its fourth season will feature a new team member, a new rally car and a rally program that includes three challenging races abroad.
Glad Sport is the racing team of Glad Kalundborg, a versatile dealership offering a wide range of services. As an authorized dealer for Peugeot, Citroën, Opel, and Land Rover, the dealership also provides expert service for Jaguar and all other car brands in its workshop. The decision to choose Champion Lubricants as a one-stop supplier of oils and lubricants was made after a thorough evaluation of the dealership’s needs. In addition to car sales and servicing, Glad Kalundborg is home to Denmark’s top rally team, Glad Sport. Over the past three years, they have won the Danish Super Rally, outpacing more than 60 competitors.
The team also relies on Champion Lubricants for their rally cars.
“When we rally here at home, there are naturally many speed tests that are repeated from year to year, and when you've driven them many times, it can get a bit monotonous,” says Kenneth Madsen (Slagelse) about the team's choice. “The basic idea in rallying is that you have to try to drive fast on a more or less unknown road, and as a rally crew, you want to be challenged in terms of the road course and the notes. The reason we choose to focus a lot on foreign rallies this year is that we want something new to happen.”
The foreign races are the Austrian Lavanttal-Rallye and the two French races Rallye de Saint-Marcellin and Rallye Antibes Côte d'Azur.
“The three races are ones that Jacob and I have been recommended by foreign rally drivers who say they are fun and exciting. Rallye Antibes Côte d'Azur is almost a summer version of Rallye Monte-Carlo, where we have to climb the Col de Turini, a mountain pass at 1,600 meters altitude.”
After nine years of collaboration, Mette Felthaus (Horsens) has decided to put her rally career on hold, and Mads Dalsager (Solbjerg) will be the new co-driver alongside Kenneth Madsen in Glad Sports Citroën C3 Rally2.
“I've spoken to Kenneth many times at the service station, and we've talked several times about how we could be a good match in a rally car,” says Glad Sports' new member. “I haven't yet met all the members of the team, but I have no doubt that it's a very professional team where everyone knows their job and things are under control.”
Mads Dalsager has just under ten years of experience, having participated in 13 foreign rallies in Belgium, France and Germany in the last two seasons.
“It will make a big difference for me to be in a car where we can fight for the top 3 positions overall,” he says. “Mette has done really well and she has left some big footprints that I will do my best to fill.”
Jacob Madsen/Line Nedergaard (Ruds Vedby/Viborg) have changed car and class for this season, as they will compete in the Rally3 class in a four-wheel drive Renault Clio Rally3.
“Besides the exciting experiences that await us with the new races, it will also be a challenge with the new car,” says Jacob Madsen. “I've tried a four-wheel drive a couple of times before, but it will be a completely new driving style I have to learn.”
“It's been six months since I last drove a rally and I haven't driven the new rally car yet. We start with the Laventtal Rally in Austria, which is a country where I haven't driven before. There will be 13 speed tests totaling 157 km, and it takes place in hilly terrain where we are at an altitude of 7-800 meters. Fortunately, we have a good contact to an Austrian who has arranged for us to have a good 40 km test the day before the race.”
“It will be really exciting to start the season in Austria,” says Line Nedergaard. “It's a completely new car for both Jacob and me, and we have to get used to it, and it's always nerve-wracking to drive in hilly terrain like what awaits us in Austria.”
Glad Sport is planning four starts in Denmark. These are the rally sprints at Avedøre Holme and Gammelrand gravel pit, as well as the two rounds of the Danish Super Rally, Rally Juelsminde and Rally Midtsjælland.
