Misplaced Pages

#935064

13-541: The Arena is also the home venue of the speedway team called Dackarna who race in the Elitserien . The speedway track has a circumference of 305 metres. The stadium opened on 29 June 1993 when it was known as the new Målilla Motorstadion and the track record for 500cc is 55.1sec by Andreas Jonsson recorded on 23 August 2011. From 2006 until 2019 it was known as the G & B Arena for sponsorship purposes. In 2022, Bartosz Zmarzlik sealed his second world title at

26-638: The 1998 Swedish speedway season They won promotion in 2000 to the Allsvenskan and then seven years later, in 2007 won the Allsvenskan defeating Valsarna in the play-off final to gain promotion to the Elitserien for 2008 . During the winter of 2007-08 the track underwent major changes to accommodate Elitserien racing and the club announced the signing of Nicki Pedersen , the 2007 World Champion . The club became champions of Sweden for two successive years in 2008 and 2009 after they won

39-602: The Elitserien and are six times champions of Sweden. 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

52-502: The Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the first time; the team included Rune Sörmander and Dan Forsberg . They then dominated the championship by winning successive titles in 1958 and 1959 before claiming a fourth success in 1962 . Riders like Sormander, Per-Tage Svensson and Åke Andersson were instrumental during this period. Dackarna switched between the first and second league for

65-466: The Swedish Speedway Team Championship . Pedersen, Chris Holder , David Ruud , Mikael Max and were instrumental in bringing the success to the club. The club were relegated and declared bankrupt in 2011 and dropped to division 1 (the third tier). They slowly recovered to win the Allsvenskan in 2014 and in 2022 won the Elitserien silver medal. In 2024, the club became champions of Sweden for

78-645: The Lions ' ) is a motorcycle speedway team from Gislaved in Sweden, who compete in the Elitserien . Their home track is at the Gislaved Motorbana or the OnePartnerGroup Arena for sponsorship purposes, which is Sweden's oldest track still in use. The club are three times champions of Sweden . In December 1929 Gislaved Motorclub was formed and by 1931 the track was built. The track

91-529: 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 . 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 . In 2021 , Dackarna became Swedish champions for

104-413: The club won their first honours by winning division three A. They were promoted to division 2 and finished 2nd in 1966 and 1967 before winning division 2 in 1968 . The club made their debut in the top flight in 1969 , finishing 4th. During the 1971 Swedish speedway season and 1972 Swedish speedway season , the club, led by Jan Simensen , Bo Josefsson and Therje Henriksson finished 2nd and won

117-479: 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

130-411: The silver medal. For the next decade the club found themselves bouncing between the first and second divisions. With the introduction of the Elitserien in 1982 , the club were relegated that season and dropped two divisions. Although they gained promotion back to the second tier they struggled to make any challenge in the division and at the end of 1989 the club stopped racing. The team returned for

143-766: The sixth time, after defeating Smederna in Eskilstuna. The team included Tai Woffinden , Jason Doyle , Maciej Janowski and Jacob Thorssell . Smålänningarna and Team Dalej compete in the tiers below the Elitserien and were a collaboration between Dackarna and Lejonen allowing less senior riders the opportunity to race. The collaboration ran from 2020 and the Smålänningarna name came from and old team that had riders from Småland . 2019 Team 2020 team 2021 Team (Champions) 2022 teams 2022 Dackarna team 2022 Smålänningarna team 2023 team Lejonen Lejonen ( lit.   '

SECTION 10

#1732775537936

156-704: The stadium. This motorcycle speedway-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dackarna 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 . They ride in

169-463: Was originally 6 metres (20 ft) wide and 400 metres (440 yd) long but in 1936 it was widened to 10 metres (33 ft) and during the 1980s the inside edge of the track was moved and the length was reduced to 380 metres (1,250 ft). In 1963 , Smålands Lejon began racing in Division Three, becoming Lejonen the following season in 1964. During the 1965 Swedish speedway season ,

#935064