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The 2024 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 30th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 79th FIM Speedway World Championship. [1] It was the third series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. A new sprint race was introduced at selected Grand Prix during the qualifying session, with the fastest rider in each qualifying session ...
The 2023 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 29th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 78th FIM Speedway World Championship. [1] It was the second series promoted by Discovery Sports Events. Bartosz Zmarzlik was the defending champion, having won the 2022 title.
The original schedule showed the National Speedway Stadium in Manchester joining the flagship Principality Stadium in Cardiff on the calendar, [1] [2] but the Cardiff round was subsequently cancelled and replaced with a second grand prix in Manchester. [3] There will be eight other rounds, with Poland's allocation reduced from four to three. [4]
The event was won by Bartosz Zmarzlik (his 24th career Grand Prix win). [2] By winning the 2024 Grand Prix of Sweden, Zmarzlik broke Jason Crump's all-time record of 23 Grand Prix wins, although ten of them were won on home soil, whereas Crump's were all outside of Australia. [3] The event was subject to a two-hour delay following heavy rain.
The Speedway Grand Prix series and the Speedway World Cup were originally promoted by Benfield Sports International, which later was renamed to BSI Speedway. On 11 April 2007 it was announced that BSI Speedway had been acquired by IMG and the existing team took up roles within IMG Motorsport. IMG Motorsport managed the series until 2021.
Preliminary qualification events included the Grand Prix qualifier in Denmark. The four riders that qualified were Brady Kurtz, Anders Thomsen, Dominik Kubera and Max Fricke. [2] These riders progressed to the 2025 Speedway Grand Prix, where they were joined by the riders who finished in the leading positions of the 2024 Speedway Grand Prix ...
The closing of Irwindale Speedway leaves a massive void in the Southern California racing scene, which has seen a string of race track closures over the decades.
This includes the Speedway Grand Prix, Speedway of Nations, Speedway European Championship, league competitions and other tournaments. [1] In 2024 speedway competitions are scheduled to be held in 4 continents. FIM is the governing body of speedway sport.