AK Slaný
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| Track address | Slaný Speedway Stadium | ||||||||
| Country | Czech Republic | ||||||||
| League | Czech Extraliga | ||||||||
| Website | speedwayslany | ||||||||
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| Track size | 382 metres | ||||||||
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Autoklub v AČR Slaný is a Czech motorcycle speedway team based in Slaný, Czech Republic. The team race at the Slaný Speedway Stadium.
History
[edit]The training of club riders first took place in 1957 and the team first competed in the Czechoslovak Team Speedway Championship during 1967, finishing second in group A of the 1.liga.[1]
Club rider Jan Holub I won the Czechoslovak Individual Speedway Championship in 1969[2] and Jan Klokočka rode for the club for 18 years.[3]
The team were champions of the former Czechoslovakia in 1969 and competed as Bateria Slaný (due to a battery company sponsorship) until 1986. They took on the name of Výstavba dolu Slaný (due to a mining construction company sponsorship) several years before the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia.[4]
Zdeněk Tesař won the Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship as a Slaný rider, in 1995.[2]
Continuing as AK Slaný the team competed in the Czech Republic Team Speedway Championship and won the Extraliga in 2005 and 2006.[5] The team were sponsored by mobile phone company 3ton from 2015 to 2019.
References
[edit]- ^ "Czechoslovakian Team Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Individual Czechoslovakian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "The history of the flat track in Slané". Speedway Slany. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Czechoslovakian Team Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Czech Republic & Czechoslovakia Team Championship". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 23 March 2024.