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He competed regularly in the Xtreme International Ice Racing series (ice speedway) in the United States, winning the series in 2004 and 2005. On 8 June 2007, he died in a hospital after a crash the day before at the Norrköping Motorstadion, while racing for Vargarna in the Swedish Elite League, had left him with serious head injuries. [3] [4]
Polish Speedway Team Championship [122] 19 July 1988 Ken Berry Inland Motorcycle Speedway Golden State Speedway Series - Division II [123] 30 June 1989 Paul Muchene Hackney Wick Stadium: British National league [124] 16 June 1991 Jiří Hurych Miramont, France Grasstrack meeting [125] 3 September 1992 Grzegorz Kowszewicz KS Apator Stadium ...
Malmö Motorstadion is a motorcycle speedway track in the southeastern outskirts of Malmö, Sweden. The track is located on the Elisedalsvägen road, adjacent to the Malmö BMX track. [1] [2] The stadium hosts the Gnistorna speedway team that compete in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship and were the third division champions of Sweden in ...
Linus Lundqvist became the first driver to crash in Indianapolis 500 preparations when the Swedish rookie for Chip Ganassi Racing spun into the wall on Thursday. Lundqvist, one of seven rookies ...
Tallhult Motorstadion is a 6,000 capacity motorcycle speedway track located about 3 kilometres north of Hagfors. The track is on road 245 to Geijersholm and is surrounded by forest. [1] The stadium hosts the speedway team Valsarna that compete in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship. [2] The speedway team have been champions of Sweden two ...
In 1961, 1962 and 1963 non-championship Formula One events were hosted here, which saw the likes of Stirling Moss, Jim Clark and Jack Brabham battle it out on-track. 1967 a race called Swedish Grand Prix was held there, won by Jackie Stewart. In 1979, the circuit hosted the Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix won by Barry Sheene.
The first season was in 1948 but it was during the 1950s motorcycle speedway became one of Sweden's most popular team sports where each fixture drew audiences between 10,000 and 20,000 people. [2] [3]
The team made their debut in the first division (commonly known as the Allsvenskan at the time) and achieved a remarkable feat by winning the gold medal during the 1971 Swedish speedway season and thus becoming the Swedish Speedway Team Champions. [4] The team then retained their title the following season in 1972. [4]