The Santa Marina Stadium is an 5,000-capacity motorcycle stadium in the
Lonigo Lonigo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16,400 inhabitants.Source: ISTAT - Bilancio demografico al 31/12/200
In its ''frazione'' of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance ...
, Italy. The stadium is situated in the southern part of Lonigo, which itself is 25km south of
Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan.
Vicenza is a th ...
. The stadium is affiliated to the Federazione Motociclistica Italiana.
History
The stadium opened on the on 12 June 1977 hosting the semi-finals of the
1977 Speedway World Pairs Championship. Lonigo had previously had a speedway venue from 1947 to 1972.
The stadium has been the home of the World Championship round known as the
Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
The Speedway Grand Prix of Italy (SGP) is a speedway event that is a part of the Speedway Grand Prix Series.
History
The first ever Italian SGP was held in the 1996 season and was won by Dane Hans Nielsen. The next SGP was held nine years later ...
in 1996 and from 2005 to 2008. In addition it has hosted numerous major speedway events, including World and European qualifiers and the
Italian Individual Speedway Championship
The Italian Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held each year to determine the Italian national champion.
Armando Castagna holds the record number of victories with 13 and in 2022, his son Michele Paco Castagn ...
.
In 2021, renovation costing in excess 280,000 euros took place in order to bring the stadium into line with regulatory adaptation that also allowed the venue to be used by other parties and not exclusively speedway and it also set a new capacity of 5,000 instead of 8,000.
The speedway track has a circumference of 334 metres.
See also
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Speedway Grand Prix of Italy
The Speedway Grand Prix of Italy (SGP) is a speedway event that is a part of the Speedway Grand Prix Series.
History
The first ever Italian SGP was held in the 1996 season and was won by Dane Hans Nielsen. The next SGP was held nine years later ...
References
Speedway venues in Italy
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