Smedstadion

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Smedstadion
LocationGröndals Motorstadion, 635 11 Eskilstuna, Sweden
Coordinates 59°25′00″N16°22′33″E / 59.41667°N 16.37583°E / 59.41667; 16.37583
Capacity16,000
Operator Smederna Motorcycle speedway
Opened27 April 2002
Length(335 metres) 0.335 km
Race lap record56.8 sec (Dan Bewley, (Eng), 2022)

Eskilstuna Motorstadion [1] , also known as Smedstadion or Gröndals Motorstadion is a motorcycle speedway stadium located outside of Eskilstuna, Sweden. [2] The stadium was opened in 2002 and is the home arena of Elitserien team Smederna who compete in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship. [3]

History

The stadium was opened on 27 April 2002. [4] The stadium was formerly known as Ikarosstadion from 2008 to 2009 due to sponsorship reasons from the company Ikaros. [5]

The stadium has hosted a World Championship round called the Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in 2002. [6]

The track record was broken in 2019 by Polish rider Kacper Woryna (57.2 sec) but it was bettered again in 2022 by Dan Bewley, who recorded 56.8 sec.

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References

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