The Wack Hofmeister Stadium formerly the Altes Stadion Abensberg (the Old Stadium) is a
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
Abensberg
Abensberg () is a town in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany, lying around southwest of Regensburg, east of Ingolstadt, northwest of Landshut and north of Munich. It is situated on the river Abens, a tributary of the ...
in Germany.
It hosts the speedway team MSC Abensberg and the football team TSV Abensberg 1862.
History
Also referred to as the Motorstadion Abensberg, the venue hosted the
1985 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
The 1985 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship was the ninth edition of the European motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. It was won by Per Jonsson on July 14, 1985.
European final
*July 14, 1985
* Abensberg, Motorstadion
Re ...
. It was won by Per Jonsson on 14 July 1985, who later became a world champion. The most prestigious speedway event to be held at the track was the first ever
Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
The Speedway Grand Prix of Germany is a speedway event that is a part of the Speedway Grand Prix Series. Since 2016 the event has been staged at the Bergring Arena in Teterow.
Winners
''* Due to inclement weather, the FIM deemed that track ...
in 1995, which formed part of the World Championship. The
1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany
The 1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was the third race of the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 8 July in the Motorstadion in Abensberg, Germany and was won by Danish rider Tommy Knudsen.Tommy Knudsen.
In 2022, the stadium was renamed in honour of former speedway rider Josef Hofmeister (nicknamed Wack Hofmeister).