The Outrup Speedway Center is a motorcycle speedway stadium and track about 1.5 kilometres southwest of Outrup.[1][2]
| Location | Hennevej 35, 6855 Outrup, Denmark |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 55°42′37″N 8°19′31″E / 55.71028°N 8.32528°E |
| Opened | 3 July 1976 |
The venue is used by the Outrup Speedway Club and the speedway team Region Varde Elitesport, who compete in the Danish Speedway League.[3][4]
History
editIn 1961, a short lived club called Outrup Motor Sport was formed and they built a small dirt track described as being part of the Blåbjerg Klitplantage (dune plantations). Although the club soon folded the track location remained.[1] It was this site that the Outrup Speedway Club (founded in November 1973) chose for the construction of a full size speedway track. After much work the new speedway track was opened on 3 July 1976.[1]
During the 1980s, the track needed renovation in order for the licensing of international events to be granted by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. The decision was taken to build a new track adjacent to the existing one to ensure that the necessary specifications could be achieved.[1] The new track opened during 1986, which coincided with the new Danish Superliga, a new professional league tournament.[5] Previously the league consisted of multiple amateur teams and Danish speedway suffered from the fact that many of their top professional riders chose not to race in Denmark.[6]
The venue has hosted significant speedway events including -
- 2003 Speedway World Cup Race-off[7]
- multiple Danish Individual Speedway Championship finals[8]
- multiple Danish World Championship qualifying finals
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Outrup Speedway Club". Speedway Life. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Outrup track pictures". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Teams". Speedway Ligaen. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Speedway Around The Globe - Denmark". Speedway Star. 3 September 2022. p. 429.
- ^ "1985 to 1989". Dansk Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Danish Team Championships". Speedway History. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "World Team Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Bamford, Reg (2004). Speedway Yearbook. Tempus Publishing, Stroud. ISBN 978-0-7524-2955-7.
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