Sandbahn Rennen Herxheim or Waldstadion is a Longtrack and motorcycle speedway stadium in Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Germany. The stadium is located south of the municipality, on the St.-Christophorus-Straße 14, in a forested area.[1] The Motorsportvereinigung Herxheim use the facility.[2]
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| Location | St.-Christophorus-Straße 14, 76863 Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Germany |
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| Coordinates | 49°08′06″N 8°13′16″E / 49.13500°N 8.22111°E |
History
editThe site is best known for longtrack and has been a major venue for the longer form of speedway. It hosted the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship in 1984, 1990 and 1996.[3][4][5] Since the introduction of the Grand Prix series in 1997, the track has been selected multiple times to hold a round of the series. The most recent being 2024.[6]
The track occasionally holds conventional speedway and was chosen to hold the qualifying round of the 2012 Speedway World Cup.[7][8]
The speedway team MSV Herxheim (nicknamed the Drifters) also raced conventional speedway, participating in the German Team Speedway Championship during 2012.[9]
In 2024, the venue will hold the European Under-19 Individual Speedway Championship final.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Sondersprtlange Waldstadion". Ortsgemeinde Herxheim. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Home". MSV Herxheim. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "WORLD LONGTRACK FINALS 1971 – 1996 Tracy Holmes" (PDF). Speedway Plus.com.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A To Z of Sport, page 512. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-72946-9.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. p. 290. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "FIM Long Track World Championship 2024 calendar update". FIM. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "2012 WORLD CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "FIM Speedway World-Cup Qualifying Runde 1, Herxheim 2012". YouTube. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "German Team Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "European Championship dates: One title decision is in Germany". Speedweek. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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