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1995 Swedish Speedway Season
The 1995 Swedish speedway season was the 1995 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden. Individual Individual Championship The 1995 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held at the Kumla Motorstadion in Kumla on 2 September. Henrik Gustafsson won the Swedish Championship. U21 Championship Robert Eriksson won the U21 championship. Team Team Championship Rospiggarna won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the first time in their history. The Rospiggarna team included Greg Hancock, Erik Stenlund and Jason Crump. Dackarna won the first division, while Karlstad and Njudungarna won the second division A and B respectively. Three more teams introduced reserve teams called Wisby (Bysarna), Buddys (Team Viking) and Göteborg (Kaparna). See also * Speedway in Sweden References {{International speedway Speedway leagues Professional sports leagues in Sweden Swedish Swedish or ' may re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Swedish Speedway Season
The 1994 Swedish speedway season was the 1994 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden. Individual Individual Championship The 1994 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held in Västervik on 3 September. Tony Rickardsson won the Swedish Championship for the second time. U21 Championship Daniel Andersson won the U21 championship. Team Team Championship Örnarna won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the third successive year. The Örnarna team included Kelvin Tatum, Peter Karlsson, Christer Rohlén, Mikael Karlsson and Niklas Klingberg. Buddys changed their name to Team Viking. Rospiggarna won the first division, while Team Viking and Njudungarna won the second division A and B respectively. See also * Speedway in Sweden References {{International speedway Speedway leagues Professional sports leagues in Sweden Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorgen Hultgren , a Scandinavian masculine given name
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Jorgen may refer to: *Jørgen, a Scandinavian masculine given name *Jörgen, an Austrian village *Jörgen (name) Jörgen is a town in Austria. Jörgen, a Scandinavian name for George (given name), George, may also refer to: A *Jörgen Augustsson B *Jörgen Bemström *Jörgen Brink D *Jörgen Dafgård E *Jörgen Elofsson *Jörgen Ericsson H *Jörgen Hamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dackarna
Dackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the Skrotfrag Arena which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005. History The team was founded in May 1935 as Målilla Motorklubb and in 1949 renamed itself Dackarna (in honour of Nils Dacke) and the club began league racing. Dackarna raced in the highest level of league racing in Sweden between 1951 and 1965, winning the league championship in 1957, 1958, 1959, and 1962, and finished as runners-up in 1956 and 1964. Dackarna switched between the first and second league for the next 30 years until 1997 when the team received the backing of a major new sponsor (Svelux) and were renamed Team Svelux. Svelux were taken over by Luxo in 2002 and the team name was changed to Luxo Stars. In 2006 the sponsorship deal expired and the team name reverted to Dackarna. Success returned to Dackarna when they won the 2007 Elitserien after defeating V� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Crump
Jason Philip Crump (born 6 August 1975) is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion. In a 21-year career in Speedway, Jason Crump finished with 7 World Championship titles to his name (4 individual including the U/21 title, and 3 teams), making him one of the most successful Australian motorcycle racers of all time (including road racing, speedway and motocross). He holds the all-time record for Grand Prix wins with 23. Family His father, Phil Crump, is an Australian from the country town of Mildura and was riding for the Newport Wasps when Jason was born in Bristol, England. Phil, a four time Australian Solo Champion (1975, 1979, 1984 and 1988) and 13 time Victorian State Champion, finished third in the world championship in 1976 at the Silesian Stadium in Katowice (Poland) when British star Peter Collins won the title, and as part of the Australian team h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Stenlund
Erik Stenlund (born 26 May 1962) is a former speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Stenlund is a two times world champion at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship (1984 & 1988) and a former champion of Sweden, winning the Swedish Championship in 1985. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway for three seasons in 1982, 1988 and 1996, riding for various clubs. World final appearances World Longtrack Championship * 1989 Marianske Lazne 4th 28pts * 1990 Herxheim 7th 21pts * 1991 Marianske Lazne 14th 4pts * 1993 Mühldorf 17th 2pts Ice World Championship *1981 Assen 11th 9pts *1982 Inzell 15th *1983 Eindhoven 3rd 24pts *1984 Moscowchampion 29pts *1985 Assen 4th 25pts *1986 Stockholm 3rd 25pts * 1988 Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Hancock
Gregory Alan Hancock (born June 3, 1970 in Whittier, California) is an American former professional motorcycle speedway rider. As of 2023, he was one of only six riders to have won the individual World Championship four or more times. In addition to his four Speedway World Championships he won the Speedway World Team Cup with the USA speedway team on three occasions. Hancock appeared in all but one of the Grand Prix series, since its creation in 1995 until 2019. Career Hancock first came to the United Kingdom at the end of the 1988 speedway season to ride exhibition races with fellow 18-year-old Californian Billy Hamill. It was during this time that Hancock agreed a deal to ride for Cradley Heath the following year – the same team that his mentor Bruce Penhall used to ride for. Hancock was an instant success for Cradley in the British League. He also won gold medals for the US in the 1992 World Pairs and World Team Cup. However, due to injury and problems with the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elitserien (speedway)
Elitserien (literally, "The Elite Series") ( sv, Elitserien i speedway) is the highest league in the league system of speedway in Sweden and currently comprises the top 7 Swedish speedway teams. The first season began in 1982. Before that Allsvenskan was the highest division. 2022 Clubs * Dackarna * Indianerna * Lejonen * Masarna * Piraterna * Rospiggarna * Smederna * Västervik History From the start of Swedish league speedway in 1948 until 1981 the highest speedway league in Sweden was Division 1, in those days commonly known as Allsvenskan. But in 1982 Elitserien was formed, consisting of only six teams where the top four teams qualified for the playoffs. Getingarna became the first winners after defeating Njudungarna in the finals. The league size was increased to seven teams in 1983 and to eight teams in 1984, a league size that was maintained until the 1996 season when the league expanded to nine teams and then to ten teams the following season. In 1986 the pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rospiggarna
Rospiggarna is a motorcycle speedway team based in Hallstavik, Sweden. The club was founded in 1930 and were named ''Orion'', although it did not compete in the Swedish speedway leagues until 1966. The club joined the Swedish Division Three in 1966 and the team name was changed to ''Stjärnorna'' (English: The Stars). In 1978 the name was changed again to Rospiggarna which is the demonym for people from Roslagen, where Hallstavik is situated. Rospiggarna have won four Elitserien Championships and has also been the home team of 4 former World Champions, Tony Rickardsson, Per Jonsson, Greg Hancock Gregory Alan Hancock (born June 3, 1970 in Whittier, California) is an American former professional motorcycle speedway rider. As of 2023, he was one of only six riders to have won the individual World Championship four or more times. In addit ... and Jason Crump. In 2010 it was announced that the club voluntarily made the decision to drop down a division due to financial problems. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Speedway Team Championship ...
The Swedish Speedway Team Championship is the team championship of speedway in Sweden. Season by season History The Championship was introduced in 1950. In 1982 the Championship was renamed with a new league called the Elitserien being introduced. previously the highest league had been known as the Allsvenskan but since 1982 it has been the second tier of Swedish speedway. Between 1986 and 1999 the team that finished top of the league were declared champions because there was no play off. Tier 1 Previous winners Tier 2 Previous winners See also * Elitserien (current highest tier) * Allsvenskan (current second tier) * History of motorcycle speedway in Sweden References {{Swedish speedway teams Team A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Junior Speedway Championship
The Individual Speedway Junior Swedish Championship is an annual speedway event held each year since 1958. Swedish riders aged 21 and under take part. Previous winners See also *History of motorcycle speedway in Sweden References {{International speedway National speedway championships, Sweden U21 Speedway competitions in Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claes Ivarsson
Claes Ivarsson (1968–2017) was an international speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Ivarsson won a bronze medal at the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in 1992. He rode for Elit Vetlanda Speedway for 20 years, scoring 2,390 points. Family His brother Conny Ivarsson Conny Ivarsson (born 15 April 1965) is a former speedway rider from Sweden. Speedway career Ivarsson was a leading speedway rider during the 1980s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1988 Individual Speedway World C ... was also an international speedway rider. References 1968 births 2017 deaths Swedish speedway riders {{Sweden-speedway-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Andersson (speedway Rider)
Stefan Andersson (born 13 September 1971 ) is a rider who rode in twice. Speedway Grand Prix results Career details World Championships * Individual World Championship ( |