Avesta Motorstadion

Avesta Motorstadion

Location	Brovallen Motorbana 510, 775 96 Krylbo, Avesta, Sweden
Coordinates	60°04′28″N 16°19′10″E
Capacity	12,000
Operator	Masarna motorcycle speedway
Opened	1979
Length	(315 metres) 0.315 km

Avesta Motorstadion also called the Arena Avesta or Stadion Brovalla is a 12,000 capacity motorcycle speedway track located 10 kilometres south of Krylbo and Avesta. The stadium is on the Swedish national road 70, in a remote area surrounded by Långheden Forest.^[1][2] The stadium hosts the Masarna speedway team that compete in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship^[3] and have been champions of Sweden on two occasions.^[4]

History

The track was inaugurated in 1979, with the Masarna speedway team moving there from the Avestavallen.^[4]

The stadium's most significant event was the hositng of the World Championship round called the Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden in 2003.^[5] It has also hosted the finals of the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in 2001, 2008 and 2017.^[6][7]

References

1. "Avesta Motorstadion". Top Ten Place. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
2. "Avesta Masarna Speedway". YouTube. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
3. "Speedway Around The Globe - Sweden". Speedway Star. 23 July 2022. pp. 38–39.
4. "About the Association". Masarna Speedway Club. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
5. Bamford, Reg (2004). Speedway Yearbook. Tempus Publishing, Stroud. ISBN 978-0-7524-2955-7.
6. "Individual Swedish Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
7. "AVESTA - Sweden". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 26 November 2023.