King's Lynn Stadium
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| Location | Saddlebow Road King's Lynn Norfolk PE34 3AG |
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| Coordinates | 52°43′48″N 0°23′20″E / 52.73000°N 0.38889°E |
| Opened | 1951 |
King's Lynn Stadium, also known as the Adrian Flux Arena and previously as the Norfolk Arena, is a short oval stadium situated to the south of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. It currently hosts BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Car Racing, Banger racing, motorcycle speedway and is also a former greyhound racing track.[1]
Origins
[edit]The stadium was constructed in 1951 on the west side of Saddlebow Road, adjacent to a poultry farm.[2] It originally opened for greyhound racing.
Stock car racing
[edit]Since 1955 it has hosted BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Car Racing, for which it has hosted World Final events for in 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019. It is set to hold the World Final again in September 2020 with this year's winner Tom Harris defending his title.[3][4][5]
Speedway
[edit]The stadium has been the home of the King's Lynn Stars speedway team since 1965. It hosted the Final of the 1984 European (World) Under-21 Championship won by England's Marvyn Cox.[6]
The shale-surfaced track is 342 metres (374 yards) long and is surrounded by a solid steel plate fence and like most international speedway venues, the fences in the turns are protected by an air fence.[7]
Sidecar Speedway
[edit]Three-wheeled motorcycle racing has been a regular visitor to Saddlebow Road over the years, the most prodigious event being the World Cup (The Gold Trophy). It was hosted in 2008 and won by Australian's Darrrin Treloar & Justin Plaisted.[citation needed]
Greyhound racing
[edit]Independent greyhound racing (not affiliated to the sport's governing body the National Greyhound Racing Club) began on 27 August 1951.[8][9] It is believed that greyhound racing at the stadium ended in 1966.
Other uses
[edit]Other short oval formulas such as Banger racing also appear regularly at the track and the stadium also hosts drifting and stunt events.
References
[edit]- ^ "Official Website". Adrian Flux Arena.
- ^ "OS Plan 1966". old-maps.co.uk.
- ^ "Official BriSCA website". Brisca. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012.
- ^ "World Final information". F1stockcars.com.
- ^ "World Final Statistics". BriSCAF1stox.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ "Kings Lynn programme 1952". National Speedway Museum.
- ^ "Adrian Flux Arena". King's Lynn Speedway.
- ^ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 418. ISBN 0-948955-15-5.
- ^ "King's Lynn Greyhound Stadium". Greyhound Derby.com.
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52°43′48.58″N 0°23′20.96″E / 52.7301611°N 0.3891556°E