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Plochodrážní klub Mšeno v AČR is a Czech
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 clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...
team based in
Mšeno Mšeno (; ) is a town in Mělník District the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban ...
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Mšeno Speedway Stadium Mšeno Speedway Stadium () is a motorcycle speedway track in Mšeno, Czech Republic. It is located on the eastern edge of the town, off the Boleslavská road. The stadium is used by PDK Mšeno club (speedway) and SK Mšeno (football). History ...
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History

The origins of speedway in Mšeno began with the construction of the Mšeno Stadium in 1956, which included a speedway track around the outside of the football pitch and it was first used in 1957. In 1986, there was a failed attempt to bring a Mšeno– Býkev team to the stadium. It was not until 1993 that a private investor, Jiří Opočenský (a former national cyclocross athlete) created a new speedway team called Oliba Mšeno, named after his local bicycle manufacturing company Oliba. The team raced in the second division known as 1.Liga and won it in 1994. In 1997, the team folded and then the company Oliba collapsed but in 1999, speedway returned with new ownership and a new team known as SK Mšeno. The club under the control of Rudolf Grepl, finished second in the Czech Republic Team Speedway Championship before winning three consecutive national titles from 2009 until 2011. Greg Hancock was instrumental in helping the team claim such success. In recent years finances have been an issue but the team continue to compete as PDK Mšeno.


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