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Ice Speedway

Ice speedway is motorcycle track racing on ice: riders use specialist brakeless speedway motorcycles, long spikes and a secured ice oval. Launch technique, slide control, race line and FIM track-racing rules define the discipline.

LevelVariant FamilyMotorsport CategoryMotorsport

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Classification

Category Motorsport

Family Motorsport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Motorcycle speedway on an ice oval with specialist brakeless bikes and long spikes.

Geeignet für Suitable for experienced motorsport riders in a licence, club and safety context.

Cost Spectating, club contact or basic speedway training is realistic; your own ice-speedway bike is not a starter purchase. Specialist motorcycle, spiked wheels, protection, licence, scrutineering, training, transport and ice-track access. Speedway/motorcycle club, national federation or FIM ice-speedway event. Do not infer private ice-surface experiments.

First progress Realistic only after speedway/motorcycle basics and club access.

Fitness level high

Was du brauchst

ice-speedway motorcycle
spiked tyres
helmet/protection
scrutineering
ice oval
licence/permit
marshals

First steps

watch an event
contact a speedway club
clarify licence/training requirements
build speedway/track-racing basics first

FIM Ice Speedway calendar, national motorcycle federation, speedway club or ice-speedway event.

Only on secured tracks with organiser, protection, scrutineering and rescue structure.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Eisspeedway, Ice Speedway

Tags individual, ice, vehicle, eisspeedway, motorsport, ice-speedway

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Complete the ice oval heats/races legally faster or better placed.

Teilnehmer

riders on ice-speedway motorcycles.

Teamgröße

individual starts; team/nation scoring by event possible.

Spielfeld

ice-speedway oval.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

placing, points, finals and series score.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

speedway motorcycle
spiked tyres
helmet/protection
ice oval

Wichtige Regelpunkte

false start
illegal contact
equipment breach
track/safety breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

FIM
Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)

FIM Ice Speedway FIM Ice Speedway · federation-guide · high
FIM Ice Speedway FIM-MOTO.TV · sport-guide · high
Ice Racing American Motorcyclist Association · association-guide · medium