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Motala Arena
Motala Arena or Autoexperten Arena for sponsorship purposes is a motorcycle speedway track located in the southern outskirts of Motala. The track is on the Vinnerstadsvägen road and forms part of the Dunteberget Motorstadion, which includes motocross and a smaller speedway track inside the standard track. The stadium hosts the Piraterna speedway team that compete in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship and have been champions of Sweden on two occasions. History The stadium opened in 1972 and hosted significant speedway events such as a qualifying event for the World Championship from 1979 to 1983 and the semi final of the Junior European Championship in 2001. Arguably its most valuable events held were the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in 2006 and in 2009 and 2010, it hosted the semi final of the World Championship qualifying known as the Grand Prix Challenge. The record attendance was 6,800 on 4 September 2011. In 2023, the track changed its name again (for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motala
Motala () is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,823 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2010. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping. Motala is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Vättern and is regarded as the main centre of both the Göta Canal and the surrounding lake region. History Motala Church dates from the 13th century. For several centuries, Motala remained a small village, mainly regarded as a stopping post on the road to the nearby town of Vadstena, one of the cultural centres of medieval Sweden. However, King Gustav Vasa had a manor house built at Motala and later Queen Kristina had a summer residence built at the spa resort of Medevi, 20 km north of the town. When the Göta Canal was built in the early 19th century, Motala became an important town for the trade on the canal. The builder of the canal, Baltzar von Platen, has his grave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piraterna
Piraterna are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Motala, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on .... The club won their first Elitserien title in 2011, beating Indianerna 93-87. 2015 Team * * * * * * * * * Guest Riders * * * References External links * Swedish speedway teams Sport in Motala {{Sweden-sport-team-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
2001 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
The 2001 European Individual Speedway Junior Championship was the fourth edition of the Championship. Qualification *Semi-Final A: **May 20, 2001 ** Motala *Semi-Final B: **June 10, 2001 ** Rivne *Semi-Final C: **June 17, 2001 ** Diedenbergen Final *5 or October 6, 2001 (?) * Pardubice References 2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ... Euro I J {{motorcycle-speedway-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Individual Speedway Championship
The Swedish Individual Championship is a competition for Swedish Speedway riders, held each year to determine the Swedish national champion. Previous winners Medals classification References Speedway competitions in Sweden Sweden {{International speedway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification
The 2009 Individual Speedway World Championship Grand Prix Qualification Meetings are a series of speedway meetings used to determine the three riders and one reserve who qualify for the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix. The top eight riders finishing the 2008 Grand Prix series automatically qualify for 2009. Calendar Allocation Qualifying Rules: * Riders placed 1st to 7th + 1 reserve from each Qualifying Round will qualify for the semi-final. * Riders placed 1st to 8th + 1 reserve from each Semi-Final will qualify for the Grand Prix Challenge. However, if no Polish rider qualifies to the Grand Prix Challenge, then only 7 riders + 1 reserve will qualify from Semi-Final 2. * Riders will be balloted for the semi-finals and the Grand Prix Challenge. Domestic Qualifications Poland Domestic Qualifications for the 2009 Grand Prix and the 2008 Individual European Championship ''Krajowe eliminacje do Grand Prix 2009 i IME'' Qualifying Rules: * Riders placed 1st to 8th + 1 rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Davidsson
Jonas Davidsson (born 7 August 1984 in Motala, Sweden) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden and he was a member of Swedish national team. Career Davidsson came to prominence after reaching three World Under 21 finals in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He also won the Swedish Junior Speedway Championship in 2005. He signed for his first British team Reading Racers for the 2003 Premier League speedway season and his first Polish team Zielona Góra in 2006. In 2008, Davidsson experienced arguably his fineest career achievement when he won a bronze medal representing Sweden at the 2008 Speedway World Cup. It was also in 2008 that he joined the Lakeside Hammers in the Elite League. He would go on spend five seasons with the club and win the Elite League Knockout Cup in 2009. He continued to ride in Poland after his British career came to an end and last raced in 2019 for Krosno. Family And his brother, Daniel Davidsson (b. 1983), is also a speedway rider, as was his father Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
