Motala Arena or Autoexperten Arena for sponsorship purposes 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 located in the southern outskirts of
Motala
Motala () is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,823 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2010. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping. M ...
. The track is on the Vinnerstadsvägen road and forms part of the Dunteberget Motorstadion, which includes motocross and a smaller speedway track inside the standard track.
The stadium hosts the
Piraterna
Piraterna are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Motala, Sweden. The club won their first Elitserien title in 2011, beating Indianerna
Indianerna (the Indians) are a Swedish motorcycle speedway team based in Kumla
Kumla is a Urb ...
speedway team that compete in the
Swedish Speedway Team Championship and have been champions of Sweden on two occasions.
History
The stadium opened in 1972 and hosted significant speedway events such as a qualifying event for the World Championship from 1979 to 1983 and the semi final of the
Junior European Championship in 2001.
Arguably its most valuable events held were the
Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in 2006 and in 2009 and 2010, it hosted the semi final of the World Championship qualifying known as the
Grand Prix Challenge
''Grand Prix Challenge'' is a Formula One racing video game developed by Australian developer Infogrames Melbourne House and published by Infogrames for PlayStation 2. It was released in Europe on 22 November 2002, and was officially licensed b ...
.
The record attendance was 6,800 on 4 September 2011.
In 2023, the track changed its name again (for sponsorship reasons) from the RMV SKOG Arena to the Autoexperten Arena. Also during 2023, questions arose over whether the Piraterna team would use the track in 2024 but eventually they came to an agreement with the Motala municipality to continue racing there.
Track records
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Jonas Davidsson
Jonas Davidsson (born 7 August 1984 in Motala, Sweden) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden and he was a member of Swedish national team.
Career
Davidsson came to prominence after reaching three World Under 21 finals in 2003, 200 ...
, 55.90 seconds, 7 June 2016
References
Speedway venues in Sweden
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