The Stadium Lokomotīve formerly the Latvijas Spīdveja Centrs is a 150,000 capacity motorcycle speedway

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 ...

in the central part of

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 ...

, 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 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 loc ...

, 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)

References

Sport in Daugavpils Speedway venues in Latvia {{motorcycle-speedway-stub

History

Track record timeline (373m)

See also

References