Fladbro Speedway Explained

Stadium Name:Fladbro Speedway
Location:Randersvej 94, 8870 Langå, Denmark
Coordinates:56.4447°N 9.9653°W
Opened:8 August 1954
Tenants:Motorcycle speedway
Length Km:(370 metres) 0.370
Honour1:Danish Speedway League silver medal
Year1:1958, 1959
Honour2:Danish Speedway League bronze medal
Year2:1994

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]

History

Randers 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RANDERS - Denmark . Speedway Plus . 8 February 2024.
  2. Web site: FLADBRO SPEEDWAY . Speedway Life . 8 February 2024.
  3. Web site: Danish Super League . Speedway Life . 8 February 2024.
  4. Web site: Danish Team Championships . Speedway History . 27 April 2024.
  5. Book: Oakes, Peter . 1981 Speedway Yearbook . 1981 . 81 . Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd . 0-86215-017-5.
  6. Web site: World Championship . Metal Speedway . 8 February 2024.
  7. Web site: World Championship . Speedway.org . 8 February 2024.
  8. Web site: Danish speedway league . Dansk Speedway Fansite . 26 April 2024.