[1] For 2009 he was supposed to compete in the World Touring Car Championship for the Poulsen Motorsport Team in a BMW 320si[2] but Poulsen chose to run his car for Engstler Motorsport and Nykjær was forced to remain in the DTC where he retained his title.

[3] He attended the 2009 European Touring Car Cup, but lost his crown to James Thompson.

[4] He made it into the second part of qualifying for the Race of Morocco when he crashed at turn ten and brought the session to a premature end, his best time put him sixth on the grid.

In race one he was battling with Jordi Gené but ran wide and dropped down the field, finishing just outside the points in eleventh.

Before Tarquini could serve the penalty, Nykjær re-passed him and led until the final lap of the race he suffered a puncture and pulled off the track, handing the victory to Yvan Muller.

[13] The engine change did not yield any points until the following round where Nykjær finished tenth having collided at the first corner in race one.

He was running fourth in the later stages of the race when Muller made a mistake and dropped behind him, giving Nykjær his first overall podium result in the WTCC and the independents' victory.

He was brought in to substitute for Pasquale di Sabatino at bamboo-engineering for the 2012 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil.

[22] In the week leading up to the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan he left the team citing financial reasons.