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This is the complete list of official Individual Speedway World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix medalists from 1936 to 2020. (n.b: Winners of Speedway World Championships between 1931 and '35, staged prior to FIM accreditation in 1936 are given elsewhere.) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Speedway racing takes place on a flat oval track measuring between 260 and 425 metres long, usually consisting of dirt or loosely packed shale. Competitors use this loose surface to slide their machines sideways into the bends using the rear wheel to scrub-off speed while still providing the drive to power the bike forward and around the bend.
Most Grand-Prix Series Appearances: Theo Pijper 24. Most Grand-Prix Appearances: Theo Pijper 104. Most Grand-Prix Points: Theo Pijper 1369. Most Grand-Prix Podiums Mathieu Trésarrieu 34. Most Grand-Prix Wins Gerd Riss & Joonas Kylmäkorpi 16; Records up to date and including the 2023 Grand Prix series.
The 15 permanent Grand Prix riders have been decided by various methods over the history of the series. For the 2016 season, the top 8 riders from the 2015 World Championship automatically qualified. They were joined by 3 riders who qualified via the Grand Prix Qualifiers, and 4 riders who were nominated by then-series promoters, IMG.
The IAAF Grand Prix II was an annual series of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It was introduced in 1993 as an expansion of the IAAF Grand Prix series, adding a second category of competitions in order to support a greater number of meetings the financial benefit of being an official Grand Prix meeting.
Formula One World Championship (Started as Grand Prix 1906)(Sanction by FIA 1947,Started 1950-) IndyCar Series (Started 1905-)(Sanctioned by Indycar 1996-) Super Formula (1973-)(Formerly Japanese Formula 2000, Japanese Formula Two, Japanese Formula 3000, Formula Nippon) Formula E World Championship (2014/15-) International - FIA pathway
The speed on straight sections of the track reaches 110 km/h (70 mph) or more on longer tracks, but the limited speed on curves lowers the average. At the start of a race it takes between one and two seconds for the motorcycle to reach the "curve speed" (somewhat lower than the average), which is roughly estimated to be the equivalent of 2.5 to ...
A group of cars at the Snetterton Circuit, featuring three Group GT3 manufacturers. Group GT3, known technically as Cup Grand Touring Cars [1] and commonly referred to as simply GT3, is a set of regulations maintained by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for grand tourer racing cars designed for use in various auto racing series throughout the world.