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Josh Larsen (speedway Rider)
Josh Larsen (born May 12, 1972 . Retrieved on 2009-02-13.) is a former rider who was a member of the winning American team, rode in the 1994 World Individual Speedway Final and in the as permanent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americans
Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many Multiple citizenship, dual citizens, expatriates, and green card, permanent residents could also legally claim American nationality. The United States is home to race and ethnicity in the United States, people of many racial and ethnic origins; consequently, culture of the United States, American culture and Law of the United States, law do not equate nationality with Race (human categorization), race or Ethnic group, ethnicity, but with citizenship and an Oath of Allegiance (United States), oath of permanent allegiance. Overview The majority of Americans or their ancestors Immigration to the United States, immigrated to the United States or are descended from people who were Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, brought as Slavery in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vojens Speedway Center
The Vojens Speedway Center is a Motorcycle speedway track located in Vojens, Denmark. The track has been part-owned since its opening by Denmark's first three time Speedway World Champion Ole Olsen. Track The Speedway Center is a long track which opened in September 1975 and has a spectator capacity of approximately 15,000. Since its opening it has hosted numerous Danish national and international meetings including hosting the Danish Championship in 1977, 1979 and 1981. World Championship meetings The Speedway Center hosted the Speedway World Final in 1988 and again in 1994, the final time the World Championship was held in the single meeting format before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix series in 1995. It hosted the Final of the World Pairs Championship in 1979 and 1993, the World Team Cup in 1983, 1986 (round 2 of 3), 1991 and 1998, as well as the World Cup in 2003, 2008 and 2010. The Center also hosted the Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark from 1995 until 2002 and has h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Births
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar time he legal time scale its duration was 31622401.141 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or Ephemeris Time), which is slightly shorter than 1908). Events January * January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations. * January 4 - The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). * January 7 – Iberia Airlines Flight 602 crashes into a 462-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. * January 9 – The RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor. * January 10 – Independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to Bangladesh after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. * January 11 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares a new constitutional governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Speedway Grand Prix Riders
This is a complete list of riders who have entered a FIM Speedway Grand Prix since 1995. ''After 2015 Scandinavian SGP in Stockholm (26 September 2015)'' Index A * Leigh Adams * Zoltán Adorján * Sebastian Aldén * Stefano Alfonso * Brian Andersen * Hans N. Andersen * Dennis Andersson * Eric Andersson * Stefan Andersson (back to index) B * Tomasz Bajerski * Damian Balinski * Robert Barth * Troy Batchelor * Daniel Bewley * Kenneth Bjerre * Lasse Bjerre * Maksims Bogdanovs * Craig Boyce * Bohumil Brhel * Krzysztof Buczkowski * Jason Bunyan (back to index) C * Mattia Carpanese * Armando Castagna * Krzysztof Cegielski * Tomasz Chrzanowski * Hans Clausen * Aleksander Conda * Craig Cook * Nicolas Covatti * Marvyn Cox * Jason Crump * Adrian Cyfer (back to index) D * Robert Dados (1977-2004) * Stefan Dannö * Jonas Davidsson * Rafał Dobrucki * Jason Doyle * Sławomir Drabik * Aleš Dryml Jr. * Lukáš Dryml * Martin Dugard * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States National Speedway Team
The United States national speedway team are an international speedway team from the United States who compete in the annual major international speedway competitions including the Speedway World Cup and Speedway of Nations and the former events the Speedway World Team Cup and the Speedway World Pairs Championship. They are managed by Lance King, who finished third in the 1984 World Final and the current captain is triple and four times world champion Greg Hancock. The team is governed by the American Motorcyclist Association. After Jack Milne and his brother Cordy had finished first and third at the 1937 World Final (with another American Wilbur Lamoreaux finishing second), the USA went into the speedway wilderness until the early 1970s when international riders such as World Champions Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger from New Zealand began visiting the Costa Mesa Speedway in Los Angeles. After World War II, Scott Autrey's appearance in the 1976 World Final in Poland was the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Speedway World Team Cup
The 1999 Speedway World Team Cup was the 40th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place at Pardubice in the Czech Republic. The winners were the Australia team who claimed their second title and first since winning the 1976 Speedway World Team Cup. Preliminary round Venue : Veenord, Holland Holland, Austria and Croatia to Quarter-Final Quarter-final Venue : Lonigo, Italy Australia to Semi-Final Venue : Abensberg, Germany Germany to Semi-Final Semi-final Venue : Poole, England Great Britain to World Final Venue : Leszno, Poland Australia to World Final World final Venue : Pardubice, Czech Republic Australia win Championship. United States third after Sam Ermolenko beat Joe Screen in a race off. See also * 1999 Speedway Grand Prix References {{Speedway World Cup seasons 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Stadium
Brandon Stadium, also known as Coventry Stadium, is located 6 miles east of Coventry in Brandon, Warwickshire, England. It was the home of the Coventry Bees motorcycle speedway team. It also hosted BriSCA F1 Stock Car Racing on the 1st Saturday of the month from April through to November. From 1978 until early 2016 it intermittently hosted greyhound racing. As of 2022, it is closed and has become dilapidated after several fires, including an arson attack. Speedway History Brandon Stadium's first speedway meeting took place on 29 September 1928. The track was owned by Midland Sports Stadiums (who also owned Leicester Speedway) and Charles Ochiltree promoted the Speedway and Stock Car Racing until his death in 1998. His son Martin then carried on promoting duties until the stadium was sold to Avtar Sandhu in 2003. The stadium's capacity is approximately 12.500. The record attendance for Brandon stands at 24,000, and was set during a speedway meeting, the Brandonapolis of 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coventry
Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed by Coventry City Council. Historic counties of England, Formerly part of Warwickshire until 1451, Coventry had a population of 345,328 at the 2021 census, making it the tenth largest city in England and the 12th largest in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest city in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, after Birmingham, from which it is separated by an area of Green belt (United Kingdom), green belt known as the Meriden Gap, and the third largest in the wider Midlands after Birmingham and Leicester. The city is part of a larger conurbation known as the Coventry and Bedworth Urban Area, which in 2021 had a population of 389,603. Coventry is east-south-east of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardubice
Pardubice (; german: Pardubitz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 89,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. Pardubice is known as the centre of industry, which represents by an oil refinery or an electronic equipment plant. The city is well known for its sport events, which include the Great Pardubice Steeplechase in horse racing, the Golden Helmet of Pardubice in motorcycle racing, and the Czech Open international chess and games festival. Administrative division Pardubice is divided into eight boroughs, which are further divided into 27 administrative parts (in brackets): *Pardubice I (Bílé Předměstí (partly), Pardubice-Staré Město, Zámek, Zelené Předměstí (partly)); *Pardubice II (Cihelna, Polabiny, Rosice (partly)); *Pardubice III (Bílé Předměstí (part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
The 1993 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 17th edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. The event was won by Joe Screen of England. World final *August 15, 1993 * Pardubice, Svítkov Stadion References {{Individual Speedway Junior World Championship seasons 1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ... World Individual U-21 Speedway competitions in the Czech Republic 1993 in Czech sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
The Speedway Under-21 World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) since 1977. As of 2022, the title was awarded to the winner of the SGP2 category at the FIM Speedway World Championship. History Between 1977 and 1987 the Championship was the called Individual Speedway Junior European Championship (European Speedway Under 21 Championship), open only to European riders. In 1979, the Championship allowed riders from other continents to compete, but was renamed to the Speedway World Under 21 Championship in 1988. A new competition was named Individual Speedway Junior European Championship was founded by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) in 1998, only open to European competitors. Originally it was called the European Under-21 Championship (from 1977-1987) but changed its name in 1988 when it was made open to all nations. To confuse matters a new European Individual Speedway Junior Championship was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Speedway Grand Prix Of Denmark
The 1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark was the fifth race of the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 9 September in the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark. Retrieved on 2009-03-17 Archived 2009-05-11. Starting positions draw The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Lars Gunnestad as Wild Card.Heat details The intermediate classification See also * Speedway Grand Prix * |
