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Track address | Paul Greifzu Stadium | ||||
Country | Germany | ||||
Founded | 1958 | ||||
League | Speedway Bundesliga | ||||
Website | www | ||||
Club facts | |||||
Nickname | Northern Stars | ||||
Track size | 385m | ||||
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MC Nordstern Stralsund is a German motorcycle speedway team based in Stralsund, Germany. [1] [2]
Founded in 1958, the first race meeting at the Paul Greifzu Stadium took place on 4 May 1958. [3] The team raced in the East German Championship and as MC Dynamo Nordstern Stralsund, won four consecutive championship bronze medals from 1972 until 1975. [4]
In 1977, Nordstern's Hartmut Ernst won the East German Individual Championship [5] and from 1978 to 1983 the team won four more team bronze medals. [4]
The team are two-times champions of Germany, having won the Speedway Bundesliga in 2015 and 2022. [4] [6]
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