Västervik Speedway are a motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

 team from Västervik

Västervik

Västervik is a city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 20,694 inhabitants in 2005.- History :Västervik was first mentioned in 1275. The town was then located at the current location of Gamleby. In 1433 Eric of Pomerania decided to give it a charter and move it to its...

 in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Västervik were established in 1966 and have raced in the Elitserien

Elitserien (speedway)

Elitserien is the highest league in the league system of speedway in Sweden and currently comprises the top 9 Swedish speedway teams. The first season began in 1982...

, the top league division of Swedish speedway, since 1991. They were Elitserien Champions in 2005 and in 2007 they finished runners-up to Dackarna

Dackarna

Dackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the G&B Stadium which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005.-History:...

. The team is managed by Peter Helgesson and Marvyn Cox

Marvyn Cox

Marvyn Cox is a former Speedway rider . Cox was twice a winner of the German Individual Championship in 1993 and 1995-Domestic career:...

. Former riders include 1993

1993 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1993 Individual Speedway World Championship.-World final:*August 29, 1993 Pocking, Rottalstadion...

 World Champion Sam Ermolenko

Sam Ermolenko

Guy Allen 'Sudden Sam' Ermolenko is a former Speedway rider. In 1993 he won the Speedway World Championship in Pocking, Germany. He is the older brother of Charles 'Dukie' Ermolenko who also rode in the UK....

 and Australia national speedway team

Australia national speedway team

Australia are one of the major teams in international speedway. The team is managed by former rider, three time Australian Champion and 1994 World #3 Craig Boyce and captained by three time Speedway World Champion Jason Crump...

 manager Craig Boyce

Craig Boyce

Craig Boyce was a motorcycle speedway rider who primarily rode for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League...

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External links

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