The 1948 Swedish speedway season was the inaugural season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden, in terms of an organised league system. The individual championship would not be introduced until the following season.[1][2]
| 1948 Swedish speedway season | |
|---|---|
Team
editFilbyterna won the first league known as the Dirt Track League and they were declared the first winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship.[3][4][5]
The Swedish teams were inspired by British speedway, including the taking of nicknames. There were seven teams in the first league SMK Stockholm, Motorsällskapet Stockholm, Vendelsö MK (Stockholm), Nyköping MS, SMK Östgöta, Linköping MK and Kumla MSK.[6]
Continuing the British speedway model some of the teams took nicknames, SMK Östgöta became Vargarna (the Wolves), Kumla became Indianerna (the Indians), Linköping became Filbyterna.[7]
| Dirt track | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts | Diff |
| 1 | Filbyterna | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 108 |
| 2 | SMK Stockholm | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 65 |
| 3 | Vargarna | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Indianerna | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Motorsällskapet | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| 6 | Nyköping | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| 7 | Vendelsö | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Swedish speedway season by season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results - 1948 Swedish League table". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "1948 Swedish speedway season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "1948 A HISTORIC YEAR, THE SERIES COMPETITION STARTS". Indianerna Speedway. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Vargarna 1948". formula2.se. Retrieved 15 March 2023.