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Motorcycle Speedway

Motorcycle speedway is motorcycle track racing on short dirt ovals. Specialist brakeless motorcycles usually run four-rider heats over a few laps; starts, slide control, line, points and FIM/series rules decide.

LevelVariant FamilyMotorsport CategoryMotorsport

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Classification

Category Motorsport

Family Motorsport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Motorcycle track racing on a dirt oval with short heats, starts and controlled slides.

Geeignet für Suitable for experienced riders who want to learn specialist technique, starts and oval slides.

Cost Speedway club or training school before race heats; specialist bike and track access are required. Speedway motorcycle, protection, licence, track time, mechanic help, tyres/maintenance and transport. Speedway club, national track-racing federation, FIM track-racing context or training school. Do not inherit normal road-motorcycle or car-motorsport logic.

First progress Start and slide feel takes several trainings; race heats only after approval.

Fitness level high

Was du brauchst

speedway motorcycle
helmet
leathers/armour
boots
track
licence
scrutineering

First steps

find speedway track
attend club training
learn bike handling and tapes
build slides slowly
ride training heats first

Speedway club, FIM/national track-racing federation, youth training, track-racing school or local speedway track.

Ride only with protection, track approval, scrutineering, briefing, spacing and track officials.

Weitere Angaben

Tags vehicle, motorcycle-speedway, motorsport, motorrad-speedway, speedway, speedway-racing

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Finish the speedway heat or race legally in the best placing on the oval.

Teilnehmer

individual riders.

Teamgröße

one rider per motorcycle; team scoring possible by event.

Spielfeld

dirt speedway oval.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

placing and points.

Gewinnbedingung

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

Ausrüstung

speedway motorcycle
helmet
protection
dirt oval

Wichtige Regelpunkte

false start
dangerous riding
leaving track
technical breach
flag breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

FIM
Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM)

SGP Championship rules FIM Speedway · official-rules-guide · high
History of Speedway FIM Speedway · official-sport-guide · high
FIM Track Racing Technical Regulations Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme · rulebook · high