Västervik Speedway are 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 ...
team from
Västervik in
Sweden
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. They were established as Skepparna in 1966 and have raced in the
Elitserien
Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan.
Elitserien leagues at present:
* Elitserien (badmint ...
, the top league division of Swedish speedway, since 1991, changing their name to Västervik in 1993. They were Elitserien Champions in 2005 and in 2007 they finished runners-up to
Dackarna.
The team is managed by Peter Helgesson and
Marvyn Cox. Former riders include
1993
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World Champion
Sam Ermolenko and
Australia national speedway team manager
Craig Boyce.
2012 Team
References
External links
Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vastervik Speedway
Swedish speedway teams
Västervik
Sport in Kalmar County