Anatoly Stepanov Stadium

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Anatoly Stepanov Stadium
Stroitel, speeway track, Togliatti, Russia.JPG
speeway track, Tolyatti
LocationUlitsa Rodiny, 40, Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia 445020
Coordinates 53°30′00″N49°23′26″E / 53.50000°N 49.39056°E / 53.50000; 49.39056
Capacity15,000
Opened1963
Length(353 metres) 0.353 km

The Anatoly Stepanov Stadium formerly the Stroitel Stadium is a 15,000-capacity Motorcycle speedway and Ice speedway in Tolyatti, Russia. [1] It is the home track of the Russian speedway team called the Mega Lada Togliatti.

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History

The stadium opened in 1963.

In 2019, the stadium hosted the 2019 Speedway of Nations (the World Cup of speedway). In 2021, the stadium hosted the Speedway World Championship round known as the Speedway Grand Prix of Russia in 2021 and was due to be a regular venue until the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [2] [3] The speedway track has a circumference of 353 metres. [4]

Since 2022, the stadium has been restricted to domestic use following the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme ban on Russian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions, as a result of the invasion of Ukraine. [5]

Name

The stadium is named after the deputy of the Duma of Samara Oblast and president of the sports club Mega-Lada Anatoly Alexeyevich Stepanov, who was murdered in 2009. [6]

Riders preparing for race in 1986 Speedway start on stadium of Anatoly Stepanov.jpg
Riders preparing for race in 1986

Mega Lada Togliatti

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The speedway pits at the stadium in 1986

The speedway team Mega Lada Togliatti competed in the European Speedway Club Champions' Cup from 1999 and from 2002 until 2008. They won the event a record four times. [7] They also hold the record number of wins for the Russian Team Speedway Championship.

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References

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  2. "STATEMENT: FIM SPEEDWAY GP OF MFR – TOGLIATTI". FIM. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. "TOGLIATTI SGP CANCELLED". Speedway Star. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  5. "FIM Suspends Russian And Belarusian Motorcycle Competitors And Competitions". Full Noise. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  6. "Mysteries in assassination of Stepanov". TLTgorod.ru. (in Russian). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  7. "Historical statement of results 1998-2012". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 15 March 2024.