Smedstadion or Gröndals Motorstadion is a
motorcycle speedway stadium located outside of
Eskilstuna
Eskilstuna () is a city and the seat of Eskilstuna Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The city of Eskilstuna had 67,359 inhabitants in 2015, with a total population of 100,092 inhabitants in Eskilstuna municipality (2014). Eskilstuna h ...
, Sweden. The stadium was opened in 2002 and is the home arena of
Elitserien team
Smederna who compete in the
Swedish Speedway Team Championship.
History
The stadium was opened on 27 April 2002. The stadium was formerly known as Ikarosstadion from 2008 to 2009 due to sponsorship reasons from the company Ikaros.
The stadium has hosted a World Championship round called the
Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden
The Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden is a speedway event that is a part of the Speedway Grand Prix Series.
Winners
Most wins
Jason Crump 4 times
See also
*List of sporting events in Sweden
*Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia
References
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in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and the
Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in 2002.
The track record was broken in 2019 by Polish rider
Kacper Woryna
Kacper Woryna (born 31 August 1996) is a Polish Speedway rider.
Biography
Born in Rybnik Woryna began racing in his native Poland in the Ekstraliga, with hometown club Rybnik. After a few years of riding in Poland, Woryna got his first break i ...
(57.2 sec) but it was bettered again in 2022 by Dan Bewley, who recorded 56.8 sec.
References
Speedway venues in Sweden
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