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Slangerup Speedway Center 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 ...
facility located on the western outskirts of
Slangerup Slangerup is a town in Frederikssund Municipality, about 30 km north-west of central Copenhagen, in the Capital Region of Denmark. The town of Slangerup The town was established by the Viking Slangir at the time of Harald Bluetooth. King Eri ...
, Denmark. The track is on the Hørup Skovvej road. The stadium is the home track for the
Slangerup Speedway Klub Slangerup Speedway Klub is a speedway club from Slangerup in Denmark, who compete in the Danish Speedway League. History The club were formed during the Easter of 1967 by Børge O. Christiansen. The team runs at the Slangerup Speedway Centre whi ...
.


History

The track opened in the early 1970s and hosted the speedway clubs Kulsvierne (the Charcoalers), Drabanterne (The Guardsmen) and Skovtroldene (The Forest Trolls). On 22 May 1977, a second smaller moped track opened. In 1993, the Speedway Center hosted a round of the
1993 Speedway World Team Cup The 1993 Speedway World Team Cup was the 34th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final was staged at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England. The United States won their fourth title. Qualific ...
. In 2023, the
Danish Individual Speedway Championship Individual Speedway Danish Championship is the National competition for Danish speedway riders to determine the champion of Denmark. The event was first held in 1947. From 1947 to 1951 there was no definitive difference between the short track and ...
was held at Slangerup for the fifth time in its history.


References

Speedway venues in Denmark Buildings and structures in Frederikssund Municipality 1967 establishments in Denmark Sports venues completed in 1967 {{speedway-stub