Claus Korsbang Vissing (born 6 June 1986) is a Danish
speedway rider.
Career
Vissing made his British league debut for
Stoke Potters
The Stoke Potters previously the Hanley Potters were a British speedway team. As Hanley Potters they raced at the Sun Street Stadium from 1929 to 1963 and as Stoke, the team raced at Loomer Road Stadium in Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1973 to ...
in the
2007 Premier League speedway season
The 2007 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
Season summary
The L ...
before joining
Peterborough Panthers
The Peterborough Panthers were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Peterborough, England from 1970 to 2023. They were three times List of United Kingdom speedway league champions, champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest lev ...
for the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
[ In 2010, he rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for ]Ipswich Witches
The Ipswich Witches are a British motorcycle speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30 ...
during the 2010 Elite League speedway season. The following season in 2011, he signed for Birmingham Brummies
Birmingham Brummies are a British Motorcycle speedway, speedway team founded in 1928. They were inaugural members of the Southern League (1929–31), Southern League in 1929. The team have twice finished runner-up in the highest tier of Britis ...
but soon moved on to Somerset Rebels
The Somerset Rebels were a British motorcycle speedway, speedway team based in Highbridge, Somerset, Highbridge, Somerset. Founded in 2000, the club competed in the British SGB Championship until 2019. Their home track was located at the Oak Tr ...
for 2012.[ He then spent three years in Scotland with ]Edinburgh Monarchs
The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish speedway team based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess and also runs a ...
and Berwick Bandits
The Berwick Bandits are a British speedway club, based in Berwick-upon-Tweed. They currently compete in the SGB Championship, racing at Shielfield Park, with home matches usually taking place on Saturday evenings. They also run a second team ...
respectively.[
He was part of the ]Edinburgh Monarchs
The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish speedway team based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess and also runs a ...
team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship
The SGB Championship Fours formerly the Premier League Four-Team Championship is a contest between teams competing in the second tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. Teams are grouped into fours, with one rider from each team in each race. The ...
, which was held on 14 July 2013, at the East of England Arena
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.
In 2016, he joined Workington Comets
The Workington Comets are a British motorcycle speedway club, based in Workington, Cumbria based at the Northside Speedway track (known as the GT Tyres Arena for sponsorship purposes). The team previously operated from 1970 to 2018 and were ba ...
and then rode again for Berwick in 2017. He was a member of the Swindon Robins
The Swindon Robins are a motorcycle speedway team from England, established in 1949 that have competed primarily in the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom. They are five times league champions of the United Kingdo ...
team in the SGB Premiership 2019
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that won the league
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and Knockout cup double. He also had two solid seasons in the Championship, helping Glasgow Tigers to two second place finishes in 2018 and 2019.
After a COVID-19 pandemic
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cancelled 2020 season he was released by Newcastle Diamonds
Newcastle Diamonds were a motorcycle speedway team that raced in the British speedway leagues from 1929 to 2022. They were based at Newcastle Stadium on the Fossway, Byker. The Stadium was previously known as Brough Park.
History Origins and ...
for the SGB Championship 2021
The SGB Championship 2021 was the second tier division, called the SGB Championship, of the British speedway championship in 2021.
Changes from the last edition of the Championship (held in 2019) were the addition of three teams and the loss o ...
because of travel restrictions.
In 2022, he re-joined and rode for the Birmingham Brummies
Birmingham Brummies are a British Motorcycle speedway, speedway team founded in 1928. They were inaugural members of the Southern League (1929–31), Southern League in 1929. The team have twice finished runner-up in the highest tier of Britis ...
in the SGB Championship 2022
The 2022 SGB Championship season is the 75th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 5th known as the SGB Championship.
Summary
Eleven clubs competed in the Championship in 2022, with Oxford returning to the sport after a 15-yea ...
.[ In 2023, he returned to Glasgow for the ]SGB Championship 2023
The 2023 SGB Championship season (sponsored by Cab Direct) was the 76th season of the second tier of Speedway in the United Kingdom, British Speedway and the 6th known as the SGB Championship. The British Speedway Network (BSN) streamed 35 match ...
, where he won the league title. He tasted more success when during the latter part of the season he signed for Sheffield Tigers
The Sheffield Tigers (sponsored by Tru Plant) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British SGB Premiership, and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium. They were founded in 1929 an ...
and helped them win the league title.
Vissing joined Workington Comets for the 2024 season.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vissing, Claus
1986 births
Living people
Danish speedway riders
Berwick Bandits riders
Birmingham Brummies riders
Edinburgh Monarchs riders
Glasgow Tigers riders
Danish expatriate speedway riders in Scotland
Ipswich Witches riders
Danish expatriate speedway riders in England
Peterborough Panthers riders
Sheffield Tigers riders
Somerset Rebels riders
Stoke Potters riders
Swindon Robins riders
Workington Comets riders
People from Billund Municipality
Motorcycle races from the Region of Southern Denmark
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Poland