Grenland Speedway Arena also known as the Geiteryggen Speedwaybane 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 ...
track in
Skien, Norway. It is located on the south west edge of the municipality, adjacent to
Skien Airport, Geiteryggen, off the Voldsvegen road. The stadium is used by the Grenland Speedwayklub.
History
The stadium has been selected as the venue for multiple qualifying rounds of the
Speedway World Championship starting in 1965. It has also been the venue for rounds of the
Speedway World Team Cup
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.
Format
From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders ...
in 1974, 1977, 1985, 1986 and 1987 and the
Speedway World Pairs Championship in 1978.
The
Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship
The Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Norges Motorsportforbund (NMF). The first championship was held in 1938 in Trondheim and saw Ragnar C. Erichsen as winner. Lars Gunnestad has ...
is regularly held at the track, it has been held on 17 occasions from 1956 to the latest in 2022. The track also holds an annual family event.
References
Speedway venues in Norway
Sports venues in Skien
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