Fladbro Speedway is a speedway track near Randers in Denmark. The track is located on the Randersvej road, about 5 kilometres west of Randers, on the south side of the Nørreå close to where it meets the Gudenå.[1] The stadium hosted the speedway team Randers Speedway Club and then Kronjyllands Speedway Club, who both previously raced in the Danish Speedway League.[2]
| Location | Randersvej 94, 8870 Langå, Denmark |
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| Coordinates | 56°26′41″N 9°57′55″E / 56.44472°N 9.96528°E |
| Opened | 8 August 1954 |
| Length | (370 metres) 0.370 km |
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History
editRanders Motor Klub acquired a new site for a track near the Fladbro Inn in 1954, having previously raced at the Jydsk Motorbane from 1947 to 1956. The new track opened on 8 August 1954.[2] Randers Speedway Club raced at Fladbro for many years and twice finished runner-up in the Danish Tournament (league) in 1958 and 1959.[3] The team raced under the name Laksene (the Salmon) because of the industry connected to the city and the team returned to league action during the 1972 Danish speedway season.[4]
Laksene continued to race in the Danish tournament and entered a second team known as Svanerne (the Swans) and later Fladbrodrdrengene.[5]
The stadium was a venue for important events, including a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship in 1984.[6][7]
The new professional league was introduced in 1986 and was called the Danish Superliga.[8] The Randers speedway team, as they were now known, were not selected as founder members of the top division in 1986 but did race in the 1991 Superliga.[4] In 1994, the team won the bronze medal during the 1994 Danish speedway season.
Randers dropped out of the Superliga in 1996 after a poor 1995 season and were replaced by a new club Kronjylland Speedway Club, who started racing at Fladbro in 1997. Kronjylland stopped racing in 2004.[2]
On 5 August 2009, Claus Vissing set a track record of 65.5 seconds.[2]
References
edit- ^ "RANDERS - Denmark". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d "FLADBRO SPEEDWAY". Speedway Life. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Danish Super League". Speedway Life. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Danish Team Championships". Speedway History. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 81. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Danish speedway league". Dansk Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 26 April 2024.