Track Racing

Tributes are pouring in for former Grand Prix rider Lee Richardson, who died following a crash in a Polish Ekstraliga meeting at Wroclaw on Sunday evening.The Rzeszow rider was rushed to hospital and underwent surgery after suffering internal bleeding and breathing difficulties in the spill. He died on the operating table at around 8pm (BST).Richardson hit the back straight fence and suffered a he...

Nicki Pedersen insists reaching the World Championship’s top three remains his target, despite putting himself into title contention by winning the FIM Mitas Czech Speedway Grand Prix in Prague on Saturday. The Danish champion defeated Aussie legend Jason Crump, Polish icon Tomasz Gollob and world champion Greg Hancock in a star-studded final, contested by four men with nine world individual tit...

Long Track is often compared to Speedway, but there are a few differences between the two.So what are they?Long-Track tracks are 800 to 1300 metres long and are greylag, sand or grass.There are six riders on the line (versus four for Speedway) and they cover four laps at speeds of more than 120 km/h!Long-Track bikes are built with a two-speed gearbox and rear suspension, and they are bigger than t...

The FIM Long Track World Championship will start in Forssa, Finland, on 9 June, on one of the biggest tracks of the series.The 17 best riders will compete in the first event of the series of six Finals in 2012.Reigning FIM World Champion Joonas Kylmäkorpi is the man to beat on his home track, and he will certainly be trying to hang on to his title. Newcomers Cameron Woodward and David Howe, local ...

Swedish racer Thomas H Jonasson makes his fourth FIM Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) wild card appearance in three years at the FIM Swedish SGP in Gothenburg’s Ullevi Stadium on May 26.The Vetlanda and Gdansk star, who dons the No.16 race jacket for the night, appeared at the venue last year on May 14, scoring eight points.He then stormed into the semi-finals of the FIM Scandinavian SGP in Malilla on Au...

Greg Hancock is targeting a spot in the FIM Monster Energy Speedway World Cup Race-Off after leading the United States to a famous victory in their qualifying round at Slovenian track Ljubljana on Saturday.The world champion bagged four points as the men in the Stars and Stripes scored 44 points to see off hosts Slovenia, who finished on 40, the Ukraine (24) and Italy (20).The meeting also feature...

Australian hotshot Chris Holder dedicated his FIM Fogo European Speedway Grand Prix win to Leszno legend Leigh Adams after winning a dramatic final at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium on Saturday night. While Polish pair Tomasz Gollob and Jaroslaw Hampel were locked in a titanic battle for the lead, Holder took full advantage to creep up the inside and hit the front. He held on under immense pressure f...

Czech international Josef ‘Pepe’ Franc has been handed the wild card for the FIM Mitas Czech Speedway Grand Prix at the Marketa Stadium in Prague on May 12.Franc, who dons the famous No.16 race jacket, rides for the Prague club in the Czech top division, as well as the Sheffield Tigers in the British Premier League.This will be the three-time Czech Under-21 champion’s third SGP appearance at the M...

FIM Academy inspires future generation of racing starsThe inaugural 2012 FIM Track Racing Youth Training Camp was organised in collaboration with Croatia’s Gorican Speedway Club, which hosted the event at its city’s Speedway Stadium Millennium. The FIM Track Racing Commission together with FIM Medical, Technical & International Environment Commissions, under the aegis of the FIM Academy, the t...

2011 FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship bronze medallist Przemyslaw Pawlicki has been handed the wild card for the FIM Fogo European Speedway Grand Prix at Polish track Leszno on April 28.The 20-year-old dons the No.16 race jacket in his home town after an impressive start to his career on the shale. He led Poland to victory in the FIM Team Speedway Under 21 World Championship Final at Gorzo...