AC Landshut is a German
automobile
A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.
The year 1886 is regarded ...
and
motorcycle club
A motorcycle club is a group of individuals whose primary interest and activities involve motorcycles. A motorcycle group can range as clubbed groups of different bikes or bikers who own same model of vehicle like the Harley Owners Group.
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best known for its
motorcycle speedway
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team Landshut Devils, based in
Landshut,
Bavaria
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.
It was founded by
ADAC
ADAC, officially the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (), is Europe's largest motoring association. ADAC is the largest club (Verein) in Germany with around 21 million members. It would be more aptly described today as an individual m ...
members in 1922 and has won numerous German championships. Due to the suspension of the German Speedway Bundesliga due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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in 2020, the club joined the Polish Second Division in 2021.
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Speedway teams
Sports teams in Germany
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