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Track address | Holsteinring | ||||||
Country | Germany | ||||||
Founded | 1970/1983 | ||||||
League | Speedway Bundesliga | ||||||
Website | www | ||||||
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Nickname | Vikings | ||||||
Track size | 393m | ||||||
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MSC Brokstedt is a German motorcycle speedway team based in Brokstedt, Steinburg, Germany. [1] [2]
The origins of the Brokstedt speedway team began with a club called Team 70 Neumünster who were founded in 1970 and were the first champions of West Germany in 1973. They played their home fixtures at the VfR-Stadion an der Geerdtsstraße (today called the Grümmi-Arena) in Neumünster.
In 1975, the Holsteinring was constructed and Team 70 Neumünster moved to the new stadium in Brokstedt becoming Team 70 Brokstedt. The team won further West German Championships in 1980 and 1981. [3] The legendary German rider Egon Müller rode for the club.
The MSC Brokstedt was founded in 1983 taking over the running of the speedway club. The team are four-times champions of Germany, having won the Speedway Bundesliga in 1997, 2014, 2019 and 2021. [3]
In 2022, the MSC entered into a cooperation of promotion and training with Polish side Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski. [4]
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