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The Rhein-Main Arena or Speedway Arena Diedenbergen is an 6,500 capacity motorcycle speedway and
Flat track Dirt track racing is a form of motorsport held on clay or dirt surfaced banked oval racetracks. Dirt track racing started in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 1930s using both automobiles and motorc ...
facility in
Hofheim am Taunus Hofheim (; officially known as Hofheim am Taunus) is the administrative centre of Main-Taunus-Kreis district, in the south of the German state of Hesse. Its population in September 2020 was 39,946. Geography Location The town is located on the ...
, Germany. The track is located on the Wildsachsener Str road, on the northern outskirts of the village Diedenbergen and south west outskirts of Hofheim am Taunus. The track hosts the speedway team MSC Diedenbergen who race in the
German Team Speedway Championship The German Speedway Team Championships are an annual motorcycle speedway events held each year organised by the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund. The Championships are referred to as the Bundesliga but from 2021 until 2022, a shortened format was ar ...
. The stadium has been a significant venue for major speedway events, including the final of the
1996 Speedway World Team Cup The 1996 Speedway World Team Cup was the 37th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place on 15 September, at the Rhein-Main Arena in Germany. The Poland team won their seventh title ...
. On 12 May 2019, the 396 metre track record was broken by
Kevin Wölbert Kevin Wölbert (born 14 June 1989) is a German motorcycle speedway rider who has won the Individual German Championship title three times. Career history When Max Dilger was injured, Wölbert was nominated as second track reserve at the 200 ...
, who recorded 66.41 sec. Since 2020, it has held a round of the FIM Flat Track World Championship.


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