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Březolupy Speedway
Březolupy Speedway is the motorcycle speedway club known as Autoklub Březolupy and the track known as the Plochá dráha Březolupy, which hosts the club. The track is located in the centre of Březolupy in the Czech Republic, off the Březolupy 497. The track surrounds a football pitch. History During the 1950s a group of motor enthusiasts built a motocross circuit approximately three kilometres south of the village of Březolup but because only one meeting per year was held they wanted something more regular. The residents chose the center of the village for a speedway track and constructed it during the early 1960s before opening on 16 July 1961. Rudolf Havelka set the first track record and the venue hosted numerous rounds of the Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship. The 9 and 10 May 1964 is considered the birth of a team at the track and in 1970, the stadium added workshops and a clubhouse. The team competed in the Czech Republic Team Speedway Championship, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic Team Speedway Championship
The Czech Republic Speedway Team Championships is an annual motorcycle speedway event held each year and organised by the Autoklub České republiky to determine the champions of the Czech Republic. From 1956 until 1991 the competition was for teams in Czechoslovakia, although due to the lack of clubs in Slovakia, it was dominated by Czech teams. The competition is today called the Extraliga for the top division and the 1.Liga for the division below. Past winners Czechoslovakia (1956-1991) Czech Republic See also * Czech Republic national speedway team * Czechoslovakia national speedway team * Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic * Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship The Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship is a motorcycle speedway championship held each year to determine the Czech Republic national champion. History It was first staged in 1949, and was known as the Czechoslovakia Individual ... References {{International spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of soil, dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Březolupy
Březolupy is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. Geography Březolupy is located about northeast of Uherské Hradiště and south of Zlín. It lies in the Vizovice Highlands. The highest point is at above sea level. The Březnice River flows through the municipality. History The first written mention of Březolupy is from 1261, when it was owned by the Smilheim monastery in Vizovice. At the end of the 14th century, the village was divided into several parts with different owners. In 1480, Lords of Šarov bought all the parts and united the estate. In 1496, they sold the estate to the Lords of Kunštát. Březolupy was burned down several times in the first half of the 17th century, during the Bocskai uprising and Thirty Years' War. The village was also damaged by the Turkish raid in 1663, by the Kuruc#The great kuruc uprisings, Kuruc uprising in 1683, and by the Rákóczi's War o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate Humid continental climate, continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became Kingdom of Bohemia, a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, all of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown were gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. Nearly a hundred years later, the Protestantism, Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Havelka
Rudolf Havelka (1927–2007) was an international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia. He represented the Czechoslovakia national speedway team The Czechoslovakia national speedway team were one of the teams that competed in international team motorcycle speedway. History The Czechoslovakian speedway team (which consisted predominantly of Czech Republic riders) competed in the inaugu .... Speedway career Havelka was champion of Czechoslovakia on two occasions after winning the Czechoslovakian Championship in 1950 and 1957. References 1927 births 2007 deaths Czech speedway riders People from Pardubice District Sportspeople from the Pardubice Region {{Czechoslovakia-speedway-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship
The Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship is a motorcycle speedway championship held each year to determine the Czech Republic national champion. History It was first staged in 1949, and was known as the Czechoslovakia Individual Speedway Championship until 1992, when the country then divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Jiří Štancl is the most successful rider having won the title 12 times, including ten years in a row from 1972 to 1981. Past winners See also * Sport in the Czech Republic * Czech Republic national speedway team * Czech Republic Team Speedway Championship References {{International speedway Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ... Speedway competitions in the Czech Republic 1949 establishments i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolution Of Czechoslovakia
The dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which took effect on December 31, 1992, was the Self-determination, self-determined Partition (politics), partition of the federal republic of Fifth Czechoslovak Republic, Czechoslovakia into the independent countries of the Czech Republic (also known as Czechia) and Slovakia. Both mirrored the Czech Socialist Republic and the Slovak Socialist Republic, which had been created in 1969 as the constituent states of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic until the end of 1989. It is sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce, a reference to the Nonviolent revolution, bloodless Velvet Revolution of 1989, which had led to the end of the rule of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Background Czechoslovakia was created with the dissolution of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I. In 1918, a meeting took place in the American city of Pittsburgh, at which the future Czechoslovak President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and other Czech and Slovak represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PK Plzeň
Plochodrážní klub v AČR Plzeň is a Czech motorcycle speedway team based in Plzeň, Czech Republic. The team race at the Plzeň speedway track. History The team competed in the inaugural Czechoslovak Team Speedway Championship during 1956, finishing third in the league. At the time they carried the name KAMK Plzeň but in 1959 they were known as KV Zvazarmu Plzeň, following their connection with Svazarm. When the league was reformed in 1967 following a four-year break, the team returned as ČSAD (Czechoslovak State Automobile Transportation) Plzeň from 1983 to the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The team continued as ČSAD Plzeň, competing in the Czech Republic Team Speedway Championship until 1994, when they received dual sponsorship from Cetrans and Marco Polo. It was a catalyst for their first Championship success in the club's history and ended 24 years of dominance by the Prague and Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plzeň
Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of Prague, at the confluence of four rivers: Mže, Úhlava, Úslava and Radbuza, together forming the Berounka River. Founded as a royal city in the late 13th century, Plzeň became an important town for trade on routes linking Bohemia with Bavaria. By the 14th century it had grown to be the third largest city in Bohemia. The city was besieged three times during the 15th-century Hussite Wars, when it became a centre of resistance against the Hussites. During the Thirty Years' War in the early 17th century the city was temporarily occupied after the Siege of Plzeň. In the 19th century, the city rapidly industrialised and became home to the Škoda Works, which became one of the most important engineering companies in Austria-Hungary and later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedway Teams In The Czech Republic
Speedway may refer to: Racing Race tracks *Daytona International Speedway, a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida. *Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta. *Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a motor raceway in Speedway, Indiana *Fuji Speedway, a race track in Oyama, Japan. Types of races and race courses *Cycle speedway, a form of bicycle racing *Dirt track racing, known as speedway in Australia and New Zealand *Motorcycle speedway, a form of motorcycle sport *Oval track racing, motor racing on an oval track which turns in one direction *Sidecar speedway, a form of sidecar racing Geography *Speedway, Indiana, a town in Marion County, Indiana, home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway * Speedway, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mercer County Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Speedway'' (1929 film), a silent film * ''Speedway'' (1968 film), a film starring Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra ** ''Speedway'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
