Västervik Speedway

Västervik Speedway are a motorcycle speedway team from Västervik in Sweden. They were established as Skepparna in 1966 and have raced in the Elitserien, the top league division of Swedish speedway, since 1991, changing their name to Västervik in 1993.[1] They were Elitserien Champions in 2005 and in 2007 they finished runners-up to Dackarna.[2] The team is managed by Peter Helgesson and Marvyn Cox. Former riders include 1993 World Champion Sam Ermolenko and Australia national speedway team manager Craig Boyce.

Västervik Speedway
Club information
Track addressSparbanken Arena
Västervik
Country Sweden
Founded1966
Team managerMarvyn Cox
Peter Helgesson
Team captainPeter Ljung
LeagueElitserien
WebsiteOfficial Website
Club facts
ColoursBlue and yellow
Track record time55.2 seconds
Track record date2005
Track record holderBjarne Pedersen and Niels-Kristian Iversen
Major team honours
Elitserien Champions2005

2012 Team

RiderAverage
Jurica Pavlič1.889
Chris Harris1.669
Tomasz Jedrzejak1.520
Daniel King1.508
Dave Watt1.500
Rafal Okoniewski1.432
Peter Ljung1.393
Mikael Max1.383
Pontus Aspgren0.973

References

  1. "Historik". Västervik Speedway. 2008. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
  2. "Swedish Leagues". SpeedwayWorld.tv. 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
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