Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit.[1]
| 250px A speedway rider on the track | |
| Highest governing body | Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme |
|---|---|
| Nicknames | Speedway |
| First played | 1923 |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | Contact |
| Team members | 2 at a time on track |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Presence | |
| Olympic | No |
Motorcycle Speedway Media
- Sydney Speedway 1946 by Ray Olsen.jpg
Speedway riders, Sydney, 9 February 1946, by Ray Olsen, Pix Magazine photographer.
- Speedway start 1.jpg
All 4 riders leaning into the first corner – note the elbows.
- Speedway track labelled.svg
Generic Speedway track layout
- Speedway Wolfslake gegen Stralsund 07.06.2015 14-29-26.JPG
Track preparation: Watering the track to avoid excessive dust.
- Stadion Polonii Bydgoszcz 2.jpg
Stadion Polonii Bydgoszcz in Poland, a track using an air-fence
- Stadion Polonii Bydgoszcz (dmuchana banda).jpg
dmuchana banda
- Jawa Speedway 500 01.JPG
1983 World Champion Egon Müller's Jawa Speedway Machine with 500 cc engine
- Zuzel deflektor.jpg
A dirt deflector fitted to a Speedway motorcycle
- Speedway Extraliiga 22. 5. 2010 - lähtö 18.jpg
Speedwayriders Niko Siltaniemi (team Jokerit, Kauhajoki) and Aarni Heikkilä (team Paholaiset, Pori) in start number 18 in Speedway Extraliiga -competition in Yyteri speedway venue.
References
- ↑ Hodgdon, T. A. (July 1934). "With the Short Track Racers". Popular Science: 61–62. ISSN 0161-7370.
