FIM Long Track World Championship 2024 calendar update
The event originally scheduled for 11 August in Scheessel, Germany will now take place on 18 August. Please find below the updated 2024 calendar. Words FIM Communications – Feature Image by Jesper Veldhuizen
2024 British Youth Speedway Championship – The Dates & Venues
An amended schedule for the British Youth Championship has been announced in order to avoid clashes with other sporting events. The series will now get underway at Workington on Saturday May 11, whose Youth round will be split into two sections with July 27 remaining on the calendar. The date for Leicester’s round has been […]
Chad Wirtzfield ready to kickstart his Speedway comeback with the Belle Vue Colts!
CHAD Wirtzfeld is ready to have another crack at the shale after nearly three years away, and says his choice of racing for Belle Vue in 2024 was a “no-brainer” to kickstart his comeback. The 20-year-old from Poole has quite the commute to the National Speedway Stadium but is far from phased at the prospect […]
2024 British Speedway U21 Qualifier – The Draw
The draw has been made for the British Under-21 Qualifier to be staged at Plymouth on Tuesday April 30. Six riders have already been seeded to the Final, based on their Championship averages from 2023, with those places going to Leon Flint, Dan Thompson, Joe Thompson, Ace Pijper, Jake Mulford and Nathan Ablitt. They will […]
Dirt Track Racing back at the Mallory Bike Bonanza!
British Championship dirt track racing, promoted by the Dirt Track Riders Association (DTRA), is returning to Mallory Park this year for the 2024 Bike Bonanza on July 6-7. Last year’s Bonanza hosted the DTRA for the first time on a brand-new dirt oval track, created to introduce the Mallory fans American-style flat track motorcycle racing […]
Rory Schlein laser-focussed on success with Berwick Bandits in 2024!
Rory Schlein will be laser-focussed on his role with Berwick Bandits in 2024. The five-times South Australian champion is back for a second season at Shielfield Park but has resisted the temptation to double up in the Premiership. Having reversed his 2022 retirement the 39-year-old was a surprise winter signing but ended his comeback campaign […]
World Number 2 Freddie Lindgren joins Ben Fund Bonanza line up in Workington!
World number two and Sweden’s Freddie Lindgren will be adding his considerable presence to the lineup for the Ben Fund Bonanza at Workington on Saturday 16th March. It will be his second successive appearance in the event and his fourth in all. Last year at King’s Lynn he scored 12 points in highly entertaining fashion […]
Lidsey wins Oceania title in style; Kurtz clinches final SGP qualifying spot – Race Report
Jaimon Lidsey is the 2024 FIM Oceania speedway champion after producing a blemish-free scorecard in the Gillman-hosted event on Saturday, January 27. The 2020 world under 21 champion came out all guns blazing in his opening heat, and then waltzed through the evening en route to victory in the final ahead of Tai Woffinden, Brady […]
Huge blow for Redcar Bears as Thomas Jorgenson ruled out!
It feels like DeJa’Vu for the Redcar Agilia Bears after losing James Shanes just weeks before the start of the 2023 season now unfortunately, Thomas Jorgensen has had a huge setback in his recovery and will require surgery on his back injury, which will rule him out of the start of the season. Co-promoter Jamie […]
2024 Swedish Champion will line up in the FIM Speedway GP of Sweden
This year’s Swedish Championship winner will be guaranteed a place in the FIM Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla on June 15. The national champion will be crowned at the Swedish Final in Vastervik on Tuesday, May 28. The winner – or the runner-up if Speedway GP regular and world No.2 Fredrik Lindgren tops the […]