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Stadium Lokomotīve
The Stadium Lokomotīve formerly the Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs is a 150,000 capacity motorcycle speedway stadium in the central part of Daugavpils, Latvia. History The stadium is a regular venue for the World Championship round known as the Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia. The speedway track opened on 17 November 1963 and is 373 metres in size. The stadium hosts the leading Latvian motorcycle speedway team known as Lokomotiv Daugavpils, who race in the Polish leagues. The track record of 66.01 sec was set by Grigory Laguta Grigory Grigorievich Laguta (born 9 April 1984) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Russia. He is a six-times champion of Russia. Career Laguta is a six-time Russian Champion winning the title in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022 and 2023. Lagu ... on 30 May 2010. Track record timeline (373m) See also * Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia References Sport in Daugavpils Speedway venues in Latvia {{motorcycle-speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daugavpils
Daugavpils (see also other names) is a state city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city derives its name. The parts of the city to the north of the river belong to the historical Latvian region of Latgale, and those to the south lie in Selonia. It is the second-largest city in the country after the capital Riga, which is located some northwest and is the ninth most populous city in the Baltic states. Daugavpils is located relatively close to Belarus and Lithuania (distances of and , respectively), and some from the Latvian border with Russia. Daugavpils is a major railway junction and industrial centre, and was an historically important garrison city lying approximately midway between Riga and Minsk, and between Warsaw and Saint Petersburg. Daugavpils, then called Dyneburg, was the capital of Polish Livonia while in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Following the first partition of Poland in 1772, the city became part of ... [...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] |
Grigory Laguta
Grigory Grigorievich Laguta (born 9 April 1984) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Russia. He is a six-times champion of Russia. Career Laguta is a six-time Russian Champion winning the title in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022 and 2023. Laguta previously held two speedway licences: Russian (MFR) and Latvian (LaMSF). This allowed him to become a four times champion of Latvia. In 2017, he was suspended for two years for a doping violation after having used meldonium. However, he later returned and in 2023, won his sixth Russian national title, which took him to just one win behind the Mikhail Starostin in the all-time list of winners. Family His brother Artem Laguta is also a speedway rider, who was the 2021 world champion and his nephew is Vadim Tarasenko. Speedway Grand Prix results Honours * Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix) ** 2006 - 32nd place (0 points in 1 GP) ** 2007 - 20th place (8 points in 1 GP) * Team World Championship (Speedwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadium
A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stadion at Olympia, where the word "stadium" originated. Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for association football. Other popular stadium sports include gridiron football, baseball, cricket, the various codes of rugby, field lacrosse, bandy, and bullfighting. Many large sports venues are also used for concerts. Etymology "Stadium" is the Latin form of the Greek word " stadion" (''στάδιον''), a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet. As feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedway Grand Prix Of Latvia ...
The Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia is a motorcycle speedway event that is a part of the Speedway Grand Prix series (the world championship). History From 2006 until 2017 the Grand Prix was held at the Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs in Daugavpils. In 2023, the event returned to Latvia but at the new venue known as Riga Speedway Stadium. The 2023 event was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik, which equalled the 22 career Grand Prix wins of fellow Pole Tomasz Gollob. Past winners Most wins Greg Hancock 3 times See also * Latvia national speedway team References {{DEFAULTSORT:Speedway Grand Prix Of Latvia Grand Prix Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lokomotiv Daugavpils
Lokomotīve Daugavpils, also known as Lokomotiv Daugavpils, is a Latvian motorcycle speedway team based in Daugavpils who race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga). Stadium Stadium Lokomotīve (former name Spīdveja centrs) is located at Jelgavas iela 54, Daugavpils. Its capacity is 10,000 seats. The track is 373 metres long and has a granite surface. The track record was set by Grigory Laguta (66.01 sec on 30 May 2010). History Founded in 1963, the club began league speedway in 1964, as part of the Soviet Union Championship. They won the silver medal in 1970 and 1971. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union the team continued to race in the Russian Team Speedway Championship, due to the lack of a team competition in Latvia. They won the bronze medal four times in 1995, 1996, 2001 and 2002. The team also competed in the Finnish league from 1994 to 2002. The team withdrew from the Russian leagues to join the Polish leagues and twice won the 1. Liga in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Speedway Polish Championship
The Team Speedway Polish Championship ( Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948. In 2000, the First Division was renamed Ekstraliga, and the number of teams was reduced. The team winning the league is awarded a gold medal and declared Polish Team Champions. Teams finishing second and third are awarded silver and bronze medals respectively. Previous winners See also * Polish Speedway First League * Polish Speedway Second League References {{International speedway 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 in ... 1948 establishments in Poland Sports leagues established in 1948 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomasz Bajerski
Tomasz Bajerski (born 9 September 1975 in Toruń, Poland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He earned three international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Career Bajerski rode in the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix. He was won Team Speedway Polish Championship, Team Polish Champion title in 2001 and Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship, Individual U-21 Polish Champion titles in 1993 and 1996. In the British leagues, Exeter Falcons wanted to sign him in 1995 before he actually rode for King's Lynn Stars, Oxford Cheetahs and Peterborough Panthers in the British speedway leagues. Speedway Grand Prix results Results World Championships * Individual Speedway World Championship, Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix) ** 2003 Speedway Grand Prix, 2003 - 15th place (51 points) * Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Individual U-21 World Championship ** 1992 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, 1992 - Pfaffenhofe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Miedziński
Adrian Miedziński (born 20 August 1985 in Toruń, Poland) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He earned four international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Career Miedziński started riding in Poland during 2002 when he made his debut for KS Toruń, he would go on to ride 16 consecutive seasons of the club and all in the Ekstraliga. In between he made his British league debut for Eastbourne Eagles in 2004, won the Individual Speedway Junior Polish Championship (in 2005) and won the Team Speedway Junior World Championship (in 2006). After riding for the Swindon Robins in 2006 he joined the Oxford Cheetahs for the 2007 season but was left without a British club following Oxford's withdrawal from the league. He would not return to Britain again until 2012. In 2013, he achieved his career best result after winning the Speedway Grand Prix of Poland during the 2013 Speedway Grand Prix series. In 2015 he signed for Swindon Robins for his second spell at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Adams
Leigh Scott Adams (born 28 April 1971 in Mildura, Victoria)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion. He also won a record ten Australian individual championships, four Australian Under-21 Championships and the 1992 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship. Career Australia Leigh Adams was a product of junior speedway in his home town of Mildura, which was also the home town of multiple Victorian and Australian champion Phil Crump who became his mentor. Adams started racing in 1979 and within a few years would prove himself as one of Australia's best junior solo riders. He finished 3rd in the 1983 Australian U/16 Championship at his home track, the Olympic Park Speedway, before finishing second in the 1985 Championship at the Sidewinders Speedway in Adelaide. Adams won the Australian Under-16 championship in 1986 at the age of 15 whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artur Mroczka
Artur Mroczka (born 2 November 1989 in Poland) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. Career He was a member of the Poland U-21 national team. In 2008, he won the Team U-21 World Championship, Individual U-19 European Championship and Polish Bronze Helmet (U-19). In 2009 he again won the Team U-21 World Championship title with Poland. In the British leagues he rode for Poole Pirates in 2010 and Belle Vue Aces from 2012 to 2013. Results Speedway Grand Prix World Championships * Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix) ** 2010 - ''one heat in the Toruń SGP'' * Individual U-21 World Championship ** ''2009 - 16th place in Semi-Final 2'' * Team U-21 World Championship ** 2008 - Holsted - U-21 World Champion (9 points) ** 2009 - Gorzów Wlkp. - U-21 World Champion (11 pts) European Championships * Individual U-19 European Championship ** 2008 - Stralsund - European Champion (13 points) Domestic competitions * Individual Polish Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
