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Vetlanda Motorstadion or the Hasses Motorstadion (for sponsorship purposes) is a motorcycle speedway track located in the north eastern outskirts of Vetlanda. The track is on the Valhallavägen road and largely surrounded by forest.

The stadium hosts the Njudungarna speedway team (previously known as Elit Vetlanda Speedway) that compete in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship. The speedway team have been champions of Sweden 11 times racing under the name of Vetlanda.

History

Work began on the track on 12 October 1946, when the area was rented by Vetlanda Motorsällskap from farmer Henric Wictorin. It opened on 24 June 1949. The venue hosted the World Championship round known as the Intercontinental final in 1982, 1985 and 1988. The 1982 event set a record stadium attendance of 11,517.

In addition to the intercontinental finals, it has also hosted multiple finals of the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in 1976, 1981, 1991,1997, 2005, 2012 and 2013.

The record league attendance of 8,703 was set on 27 September 2005 in the fxiture between VMS Elit and Västervik beating the previous best of 7,256 from 2004.

In 2020, the club signed a three-year agreement with the company Hasses Gatukök & Pizzeria for naming rights to the stadium.

Track records

• 361m, Jason Crump, 62.4 seconds, 7 May 2008
• 355m, Andreas Jonsson, 61.2 seconds, 15 August 2011
• 355m, Jaroslaw Hampel, 62.5 seconds
• 355m, Adrian Miedziński, 62.5 seconds

References

1. ^ "The Association and Motorstadion". Vetlanda MSV. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
2. "Hasses Motorstadion Vetlanda". Zuzelend. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
3. "VETLANDA - Sweden". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
4. "Speedway Around The Globe - Sweden". Speedway Star. 23 July 2022. pp. 38–39.
5. "History SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
6. Bamford, Reg (2004). Speedway Yearbook. Tempus Publishing, Stroud. ISBN 978-0-7524-2955-7.
7. "Individual Swedish Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
8. "History". Vetland Speedway. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
9. "TV: Historic agreement - Vetlanda Speedway's arena changes name". Smålands Dagblad. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
10. ^ "Motorstadion". Vetland Speedway. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

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