There are annual world championship events in the sport of motorcycle speedway for individual riders - the Speedway Grand Prix - and for national teams - the Speedway World Cup. Each has a counterpart for riders under 21: the Speedway World Under 21 Championship and the Team Speedway Junior World Championship. A pairs event, the Speedway World Pairs Championship, ran until 1993.
In addition there are two Ice Speedway World Championships for individuals and teams. [1] [2] The first Ice World Championships were held in 1966. [3]
Another form of speedway on larger tracks takes place called Longtrack and there is a World Championship called the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship. Since 1998 it has been a combination of grasstrack and longtrack [4]
Competing entities | Competition name | First held | Current holder | Next | Held every |
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Individuals | Unofficial Speedway World Championships (1931–1935) Official Speedway World Championship (1936–1994) | 1931 | Jason Doyle (2017) | 2018 | One year |
Individual Speedway World Under 21 Championship | 1977 | Maksym Drabik (2017) | 2018 | One year | |
National Pairs | Speedway World Pairs Championship | 1970 | Sweden (1993) | Defunct | One year until 1993 |
National Teams: | Speedway World Team Cup (1960–2000) Speedway World Cup (since 2001) | 1960 | Poland (2017) | 2018 | One year |
Team Speedway Junior World Championship | 2005 | Poland (2017) | 2018 | One year | |
Individuals: | Individual Ice Speedway World Championship | 1966 | Dmitry Koltakov (2017) | 2018 | One year |
Team Ice Racing World Championship | 1979 | Igor Kononov, Dmitry Khomitsevich, Dmitry Koltakov (2017) | 2018 | One year | |
Individuals: | Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship | 1971 | Mathieu Trésarrieu (2017) | 2018 | One year |
Motorcycle Grasstrack is a form of track racing which typically, in its current form, takes place on a flat track consisting of two straights and two bends usually constructed in a field. It is one of the oldest types of motorcycle sports in the UK with the first meetings having taken place in the 1920s.
Track racing is a form of motorcycle racing where teams or individuals race opponents around an unpaved oval track. There are differing variants, with each variant racing on a different surface type.
Simon Antony Wigg was an English speedway, grasstrack and longtrack rider who won five World Long Track Championships and finished runner-up in the Speedway World Championship in 1989.
Sidecar Speedway is a motorcycle sport involving 4 crews of a rider and a passenger competing over 4 laps on an oval shale surface. Rules are governed by the national speedway federation and are not dissimilar to conventional speedway rules.
Long track is a version of track racing, that takes place on tracks ranging from 425 to 1,000 metres in length at high speeds. There are also subtle differences between longtrack and speedway such as the machinery used in longtrack bike is slightly larger and has a two-speed gearbox. Races usually consist of six riders although occasionally they have eight. Longtrack is very similar with another form of track racing, Grasstrack. The two sports use the same machinery and have a combined World Championship
The FIM Team Long Track World Championship, known officially as the Longtrack of Nations, is an annual track racing event since 2007 organized by the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM). The championship has been won by Germany eight times.
The 1988 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 18th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 18 September 1988 at Scheeßel in Germany, which was West Germany at the time.
The 1991 Individual Long Track World Championship was the 21st edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. The event was held on 28 July 1991 at Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic, which was Czechoslovakia at the time.
The 1997 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 27th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship. For the first time the Championship was decided on a Grand Prix system and also contained races on grasstrack.
The 2000 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 30th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2005 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 35th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2006 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 36th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2008 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 38th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2011 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 41st edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2012 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 42nd edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2013 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 43rd edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2014 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 44th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2015 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 45th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2017 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 47th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.
The 2019 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship is the 49th edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.