Plzeň speedway track 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 clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...
track in
Plzeň
Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...
, Czech Republic. It is located on the Dobřanská road, off the Univerzitní road. The speedway club
PK Plzeň is based at the track.
History
The track was constructed during the beginning of 1959 and was completed in 1960. The opening fixture was a match between Plzeň and RH Prague on 17 July 1960.
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The venue has hosted major speedway events, including the qualifying rounds of the 1960 Speedway World Team Cup, which attracted over 10,000 spectators and the ]1961 Speedway World Team Cup
1961 Speedway World Team Cup was the second edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.
The final took place in Wrocław, Poland. The World Champion title was won by Poland team (32 pts) who beat Sweden ( ...
.
In 2015, the track hosted the Team Junior European Championship and most recently the qualifying round of the 2022 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship was held at the venue.
References
Sports venues in Plzeň
Speedway venues in the Czech Republic
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