Valsarna

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Valsarna
Tallhult Motorstadion.jpg
Club information
Track address Tallhult Motorstadion
Tallhult, Hagfors, Sweden
CountrySweden
Founded1967
League Allsvenskan
Website Official website
Club facts
NicknameThe Waltzes / Rollers
Track size290 metres
Track record time52.4
Track record date2008
Track record holder Victor Palovaara
Major team honours
Team champions 1998, 1999
Allsvenskan champions 1993, 2009, 2002

Valsarna is a motorcycle speedway club from Tallhult, Hagfors in Sweden, who compete in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship. [1] [2] [3] Their home track is at the Tallhult Motorstadion which is located to the North of Hagfors on the road to Geijersholm. [4] They are twice league champions of Sweden. [5]

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History

1967–1976

Valsarna Speedway Club was founded on 11 October 1967. They first participated in the Swedish leagues during the 1970 Swedish speedway season, competing in division 3 west, [6] and they won their first honours the following season in 1971, after winning the same division. [7] After four years in division 2, they dropped out for the league.

1981–1993

A 2012 match between Valsarna and Vetlanda Vroom (7208282928).jpg
A 2012 match between Valsarna and Vetlanda

The club returned to league action in 1981 [8] and spent the decade in the second tier before finally earning promotion during the 1993 Swedish speedway season.

1994–1999

For their first season in the Elitserien they signed one of the world's leading riders in Tony Rickardsson and along with Marvyn Cox and Stefan Dannö the club finished runner up to Örnarna. [9] The team finished runner up again after recruiting Tomasz Gollob in 1997. Despite losing Gollob the following season, Rickardsson, Dannö and Rune Holta oversaw the club's first ever Championship win in 1998. [10] The team saw Sam Ermolenko replace Rickardsson and with the addition of Mikael Karlsson the team successfully defended their crown in 1999. [11]

2000–present

From 2003 until 2009 the team competed in the second tier before returning to the Elitserien following their 2009 Allsvenskan win. [2] [12]

The club have since returned to the Allsvenskan, a competition that they won again during the 2022 Swedish Speedway season. [13]

Season summary

Teams

2023 team

[14]

2022 team

Notable riders

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Home". Valsarna Hagfors Speedway. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Speedway Around The Globe – Sweden". Speedway Star. 23 July 2022. pp. 38–39.
  4. ↑ "Tallhults Motorstadion". Four Square City Guide. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948–2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "1970". Speedway.org. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "1971". Speedway.org. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "1981". Speedway.org. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "1994 Swedish Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Statistik". Elit Speedway Sverige. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-201". Speedway History. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Allsvenskan tables and final". Every Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "LINDBACK EXTENDS MASARNA STAY". FIM. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
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