Bopfingen Speedway Explained

Clubname:MSC-Ipf Bopfingen
Track:Breitwangbahn
Country:Germany
Founded:1972
Closed:1984
League:West German championship
Honour1:West German champion
Year1:1974
Honour2:West German Runners-up
Year2:1975, 1978

Bopfingen Speedway was a German motorcycle speedway team called MSC-Ipf Bopfingen and a former speedway track known as the Breitwangbahn, which was located approximately 2 kilometres west of Bopfingen on Sandberg 1. The team were champions of West Germany in 1974.[1]

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History

Breitwangbahn

The Breitwangbahn was a speedway track from 30 July 1972 until 1984. The venue hosted significant events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship in 1977 and 1981[3] [4] and a qualifying round of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1974.[5]

MSC-Ipf Bopfingen

The team called MSC-Ipf Bopfingen competed in the West German Team Championship from 1974 until 1984. They became champions of West Germany after winning the title in 1974. The following year in 1975, they won the silver medal, a feat which they repeated in 1978.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: From the founding to the eighties . MSCIp Bopfingen . 19 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Alois Wiesböck celebrates: Always good for a headline . Speedweek . 19 March 2024.
  3. Web site: World Championship . Metal Speedway . 19 March 2024.
  4. Web site: World Championship . Speedway.org . 19 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Speedway World Cup . International Speedway . 19 March 2024.
  6. Web site: West German Team Championship . Historia Sportu Zuzlowego . 19 March 2024.