Nässjö Motorstadion

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Nässjö Motorstadion
LocationSkogsvallen, 571 41 Nässjö, Sweden
Coordinates 57°38′13″N14°40′51″E / 57.63694°N 14.68083°E / 57.63694; 14.68083
OperatorNässjö SK motorcycle speedway
Length(290 metres) 0.290 km

Nässjö Motorstadion is a motorcycle speedway track in Nässjö, Sweden. The facility is located on the south west edge of the locality on Skogsvallen. [1] [2] The stadium hosts the NK Nässjö speedway team [3] that has competed in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship and won the second division in 1997. [4]

History

The stadium has hosted many important events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship in 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1991. [5] [6]

The track record of 57.8 seconds was set by Peter Ljung on 27 June 2018. [3]

Since 2023, the venue has also run flat track racing (a form of speedway using bigger and heavier bikes). [7]

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