Motorcycle speedway
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Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcy
A speedway rider on the track
Col Stewart races his speedway motorcycle wearing a leather helmet, c. 1930.
Speedway riders, Sydney, 9 February 1946, by Ray Olsen, Pix Magazine photographer.
All 4 riders leaning into the first corner – note the elbows.
Speedway World Championship
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The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocy
Motorcycle speedway
…a scoring system based on each riders overall final position. The rider who has gained the most points at the end of the tournament is declared the World Champion. Polish rider Bartosz Zmarzlik is the current (2025) World Champion. The annual British Grand Prix is currently held at the National Speedway Stadium…
Lionel van Praag, first official world champion