| Clubname: | Dackarna |
| Track: | Skrotfrag Arena Målilla Sweden |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Founded: | 1929 |
| Manager: | Mikael Teurnberg |
| Captain: | Jacob Thorssell |
| League: | Elitserien |
| Website: | Official Website |
| Colours: | Yellow, white and red |
| Nickname: | The Tires |
| Tracksize: | 305 metres |
| Track Record Time: | 55.1 seconds |
| Track Record Date: | 23 August 2011 |
| Track Record Holder: | Andreas Jonsson |
| Year1: | 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 2007, 2021, 2023 |
Dackarna is a motorcycle speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track since 1993 has been the Skrotfrag Arena which was the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia and is the current venue for the Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden.[1] They ride in the Elitserien[2] and are six times champions of Sweden.[3] [4]
The team was founded in May 1935 as Målilla Motorklubb and in 1949 renamed itself Dackarna (in honour of Nils Dacke) and the club began league racing. The team raced at the Gamla Målilla Motorstadion but in 1956, the team rode their matches at the Växjö Motorstadion.
In 1957, Dackarna won division 1 and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the first time; the team included Rune Sörmander and Dan Forsberg.[5] [6] They then dominated the championship by winning successive titles in 1958[7] and 1959[8] before claiming a fourth success in 1962.[9] Riders like Sormander, Per-Tage Svensson and Åke Andersson were instrumental during this period.
Dackarna switched between the first and second league for the next 30 years until 1997. Despite a largely quiet period they did win five tier two titles in 1971, 1972, 1986, 1991 and 1995. Tommy Johansson also won the 1973 Swedish title as a Dackarna rider. In 1992, the Gamla Målilla Motorstadion was demolished and a new Målilla Motorstadion opened on 29 June 1993 and Dackarna would become the resident speedway team.
When the team received the backing of a major new sponsor (Svelux) and were renamed Team Svelux in 1997. Svelux were taken over by Luxo in 2002 and the team name was changed to Luxo Stars.[10]
In 2006, the sponsorship deal expired and the team name reverted to Dackarna. Success soon returned to Dackarna when they won the 2007 Elitserien, after defeating Västervik in the play-off final. The team included Andreas Jonsson, Freddie Lindgren, Hans Andersen and Peter Karlsson.[11] [12] [3]
In 2021, Dackarna became Swedish champions for the sixth time, after defeating Smederna in Eskilstuna. The team included Tai Woffinden, Jason Doyle, Maciej Janowski and Jacob Thorssell.[3]
Smålänningarna compete in the Allsvenskan and Team Dalej compete in the third tier (division 1), they are a collaboration between Dackarna and Lejonen allowing less senior riders the opportunity to race. The collaboration started in 2020 and the Smålänningarna name came from and old team that had riders from Småland.[13]
See main article: Swedish Speedway Team Championship.
2019 Team
2020 team
2021 Team (Champions)
2022 teams 2022 Dackarna team
2022 Smålänningarna team
Mathias Thörnblom Casper Henriksson
Wiktor Jasinski Aleks Lundquist Jonas Knudsen Daniel Kaczmarek Kacper Pludra Szymon Szlaunderbach Avon van Dyck Tony Gudbrand2023 team