Grindsted Speedway Klub is a

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club, based at the Billund Municipality Stadium, north of

Grindsted Grindsted, with a population of 9,750 (1 January 2022),BY3: ...

in Denmark, who compete in the

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. The team have never won the

but have spent numerous seasons in the highest league tier.

Venue

The club's track known as the Billund Municipality Stadium is located about 6 kilometres in a north east direction from the centre of Grindsted, on Blåbjergvej 1.

History

1985 to 1993

The club was founded in 1985 but initially operated grasstrack speedway only. The following year the professional

or Superliga was created but Grindsted did not build a full size speedway track until 1990. It took another three years for the club to form a 500cc team, competing in division 2 of the league in 1993.

2007 to present

During the 2007 Danish speedway season, the team competed in the top tier of Danish speedway for the first time. The following season in

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, they signed

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and

Kaj Laukkanen Kai Pekka Laukkanen (born 8 April 1975) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Finland. Career Laukkanen won the final running of the Intercontinental Final in 2001. He rode in 2004 Speedway Grand Prix and won the bronze medal in 2005 Indiv ...

but the team lost their place after the 2009 season when finishing last. They returned in the 2011 season and have remained in the top tier since. In

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the team reached the play offs for the first time and repeated the feat in

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, led by

Kenneth Bjerre Kenneth Bjerre Jensen (born 24 May 1984 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is a Denmark speedway team, Danish international motorcycle speedway rider who races using the name Kenneth Bjerre. He rode in the United Kingdom, UK for Peterborough Pant ...

Notable riders

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References

{{Danish speedway teams Speedway teams in Denmark