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Western Springs Stadium is a stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. Built within a natural amphitheatre, it is primarily used for rugby union matches during the winter and for speedway during the summer. It is also occasionally used for large concerts and festivals.
West Melton is a town in the Selwyn District, in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of Christchurch and is part of the Christchurch metropolitan area. The town has a population of 2,450, making it the 123rd-largest urban area in New Zealand, the 16th-largest in Canterbury and fifth-largest in the Selwyn District.
The former Sydney Showground (Moore Park) at Moore Park was the site of the Sydney Royal Easter Show in New South Wales, Australia from 1882 until 1997, when the Show was moved to the new Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park, which was built for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. The old site was then leased to News Corporation on a 99-year lease from the Government of New South Wales to be used for the site of Disney Studios Australia (formerly Fox Studios Australia), and is now part of The Entertainment Quarter.
Central Park is a multi-use stadium in Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland, used for football and stock car racing. It is situated in the centre of the town, just off the High Street, and has a capacity of 4,309. The pitch size is 107 x 66 yards. Central Park has been the home ground of Lowland League team Cowdenbeath F.C. since it opened in 1917. Stock car racing has taken place at the ground since 1970, and takes place on a tarmac racetrack surrounding the football pitch. Central Park was also previously a venue for greyhound racing between 1928 and 1965.
Euromarque Motorsport Park is a permanent motor racing circuit owned and operated by the Canterbury Car Club Inc on land leased from the Christchurch City Council. It is located at 107 Hasketts Road in Templeton, 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) west of Christchurch, New Zealand. It was opened as Ruapana Park in 1963, and between 2004 and 2013 was known as Powerbuilt Raceway at Ruapuna Park. Mike Pero joined the circuit as title sponsor from 2013–2023, as Mike Pero Motorsport Park. In the early parts of February 2023, the sponsorship deal was over, and Euromarque became the new title sponsor.
Ronald Leslie Moore was a New Zealand international motorcycle speedway rider. He twice won the Individual World Speedway Championship, in 1954 and 1959. He earned 13 international caps for the Australia national speedway team, 50 caps for the New Zealand national speedway team and 21 caps for the Great Britain national speedway team.
Jack Stark Hoskins MBE was the most significant promoter of speedway and stock car racing in the United Kingdom. He is considered by some to have invented motorcycle speedway.
Rosebank is a peninsula and industrial suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is the westernmost point of the Auckland isthmus. The peninsula runs from the southeast in a northerly direction, with the Whau River on its west. Pollen Island and Traherne Island lie nearby in the Waitematā Harbour to the north-eastern side of the peninsula. Traherne Island is connected to the peninsula by a causeway that is part of the Northwestern Motorway.
Costa Mesa Speedway in Costa Mesa, California, US, is a major motorsports venue credited with the renaissance of motorcycle speedway racing in Southern California. The 185 yards long track hosts both Solo and Sidecar speedway.
Ventura Raceway is a 1/5 mile, high-banked clay oval racetrack located at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, California, United States. On a weekly basis the track is home to many types of dirt track racecars including wingless sprint cars, midgets, dwarf cars, stock cars, modifieds, sport compacts, and karts. It is owned and operated by Jim Naylor and is also home to Cory Kruseman's Sprint Car Driving School and the Ventura Racing Association sprint cars.
Sydney Showground Stadium is a sports and events stadium located at the Sydney Showground in Sydney Olympic Park, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It hosted the baseball events for the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Showground, including the stadium, is operated by the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS), under lease from the New South Wales Government.
The New Zealand Speedway Grand Prix was a motorcycle speedway event that formed part of the Speedway Grand Prix. The event was held at the Western Springs Stadium in Auckland from 2012 to 2014.
The Loxford Park Speedway is a motorcycle speedway track located in the area of Loxford, near Kurri Kurri in New South Wales (NSW). It is home to the Kurri Kurri Speedway Club and the Kurri Cobras. Loxford Park also has a 135 m (148 yd) junior track, built on the infield of the main track with the junior track joining onto the main straight and sharing the start-finish line. The site also hosts sidecar racing.
Maitland Showground is an multi-purpose outdoor recreational area located on Blomfield Street, Evans Street and Louth Park Road, in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. The site is used for the annual Maitland Show. It also includes the greyhound racing stadium known as Maitland Greyhounds and the Maitland Harness Racing Club, around the exterior of the greyhound track. The site is also a historic landmark for motorcycle speedway having been regarded as the birth of the sport on 15 December 1923.
Oreti Park Speedway is a motorcycle speedway venue, located approximately 10 kilometres west from the centre of Invercargill, adjacent to the Oreti Beach.
Awapuni Speedway or Gisborne Speedway is a motorcycle speedway venue, located approximately 4 kilometres south west from the centre of Gisborne, on Awapuni Road, adjacent to the Awapuni Links golf course. The track races various types of cars, including sidecars, midgets, saloons, stockcars, streetstocks, in addition to motorcycle speedway.
Meeanee Speedway is a motorcycle speedway venue, located in Meeanee, approximately 4 kilometres south of Napier, on Sandy Road, off the Meeanee Road. The track races various types of cars, in addition to motorcycle speedway. It opened in 1961 and is the home of Hawkes Bay Speedway Club.
Nelson Speedway is a motorcycle speedway venue near Richmond, it is located approximately 4 kilometres to the north of Richmond on Lansdowne Road, off Lower Queen Street and 11 Kilometres west of Nelson. The track races various types of cars, such as stock cars, superstocks, midgets, sprint cars, sidecars and saloons. The track is 354 metres and promoted by the Nelson Speedway Association.
Stratford Speedway is a motorcycle speedway venue in Stratford, on Flint Road East, off the New Zealand State Highway 3. The track races various types of cars including stock cars, saloons, midgets and superstocks. The track is owned by the Taranaki Stockcar Club.
Rosebank Speedway is a motorcycle speedway venue approximately 2 kilometres north of the centre of Rosebank, Auckland. It is located in the Rosebank Park Domain, on the Patiki Road. The track also races sidecars and flattracks and has a smaller track inside the 320m circuit for junior racing.
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- ↑ "Moore Park Motorcycle Speedway, Canterbury". Speedway Racing New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ↑ "Home". Moore Park Speedway. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ↑ "Historyczne Zestawienie Wynikow 1929-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
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