Speedway
Facts:
Track name: Fredericia Stadion
Track owner: Fredericia Municipality
Address: 7000 Fredericia
Length: 370 m.
Surface: cinders
Width straights: 10 m.
Width bends: 15 m.
Track record: 68,1 sek.
Record holder: Jan O. Pedersen 16.08.87
First meeting: 1967
Last meeting: 1987
FMK logo
Main entrance to Fredericia Stadium. Picture by Graeme Frost, Australia in 1975.
The meetings at the old Fredericia Stadium from 1967 to 1987 always got organized by Fredericia Motor Klub of 1945 (FMK). Because of the stadium’s location in the middle of a residential area tne nummer of annual meetings was limited to 1 or 2.
A section of the city map shows the location of the stadium
Birds eye picture of the Stadium
Even the number of meetings at Fredericia Stadium through its speedway years were restricted to a little more than 20, it has made a substantial impact in the Danish speedway history by the high level sports wise as well as in organization of the meetings.
The old stadium was sold to at private developer and is now (2009) lying in a state next to ruin.
An overgrown bend 2 at the old stadium.
Sic transit Gloria Mundi.(2009)
Important meetings held at Fredericia Stadium.
At the gates in the Nordic team final 1967
August 13. 1967 Nordic team final.
Results:
1. Sweden 44 point. 2. Denmark 24 point.
Ove Fundin 12 point. Poul Vissing 10 point.
Göte Nordin 12 point. Ole Olsen 6 point.
Bengt Jansson 11 point. Gotfred Andreassen 4 point.
Bernt Persson 9 point. Kurt Bogh 4 point.
Per O. Södermann 0 point. Borge Christiansen 0 point.
3. Norway 18 point. 4. Finland 10 point.
Ôjvind S. Berg 7 point. Kalevi Lathinen 7 point.
Odd Fossengen 5 point. Matti Olin 2 point.
Per Aulie 4 point. Jouko Naskali 1 point.
Thorbjörn Nygaard 1 point. Olavi Turunen 0 point.
Ole Todenen 1 point. Reijo Tolviander 0 point.
Sweden proceeded to WC final.
September 10. 1967 Nations match Denmark – Norway.
Result:
Denmark 41 point. Norway 66 point.
Gotfred Andreasen 12 point. Per J. Aulie 12 point.
Erik Kastebo 1 point. Öjvind S. Berg 10 point.
Poul Vissing 13 point. Reidar Eide 16 point.
Jens Ring 1 point. Odd Fossengen 10 point.
Kurt Bogh 0 point. Einar Egidius 4 point.
Ole Olsen 14 point. Ulf Løwaas 6 point.
Jørn Mogensen (res.)
8/9 1968. Nations match Denmark – Norway.
Result missing, can anyone help?
13/8 1969. International meeting.
Result missing, can anyone help?
August 16. 1970. International best pairs.
Fredericia Motor Klub celebrated its 25th anniversary, and offered a comprehensive programme with entertainment by the Girls Guard’s music corps from Odense, Riders’ parade in open sports cars and Fredericia souvenirs to all riders.
The track was face lifted with a new safety fence and new red stop lights firt time mounted on the fence. The latter may not have been the brightest idea in the world, because then the flag marshalls were omitted. Some riders forgot to keep an eye on the lights in case of stoppage.
Results, Best Pairs:
1. England: 20 point, 2. Denmark 18 point. 3. Norway 17 point.
Nigel Boocock 12 point. Ole Olsen 15 point. Ulf Løwaas 12 point. Eric Boocock 8 point. Bjarne Nygaard 3 point. Svein Kaasa 5 point.
Of course the Best Pairs was the main event, but also other classes rode with results as below:.
Ekspert 500 cc: 1. Ole Olsen.
Senior special: 1.Karl Korneliussen
Junior Special: 1. Erwin Juul Hansen
June 20. 1971. Nordic team final.
Results:
1. Sweden 41 point. 2. Denmark 33 point.
Anders Michanek 11 point. Ole Olsen 12 point.
Bernt Persson 11 point. Niels Weiss 8 point.
Bengt Jansson 10 point. Bent Norregaard 7 point.
Sören Sjösten 7 point. Kurt Bogh 6 point.
Leif Enecrona 2 point. Jorn Mogensen 0 point.
3. Norway 21 point. 4. Finland 1 point.
Reidar Eide 6 point. Matti Olin 1 point.
Dag Lövaas 6 point. Erkki Hannula 0 point.
Odd Fossengen 5 point. Jouko Naskali 0 point.
Öyvind Berg 3 point. Reima Lohkovuori 0 point.
Svein Kaasa 1 point. Tapio Leppasalko 0 point.
Sweden proceeded to WC final.
26/9 1971. Danish Championship final.
1. Ole Olsen
2. Kurt Bogh
3. Bent Norregaard Jensen
Early in 1972 the track got a major overhaul. It was widened and was given more regular curves in the bends. Also the safety fence got improved substantially. The picture below shows a situation from the great work.
June 24. 1973. Nordic team final.
Result:
1. Sverige 37 point. 2. Norge 35 point.
Anders Michanek 11 point. Ulf Lövaas 10 point.
Tommy Jansson 9 point. Edgar Stangeland 10 point.
Bernt Persson 9 point. Dag Lövaas 8 point.
Bengt Jansson 8 point. Öyvind Berg 7 point.
3. Danmark 23 point. 4. Finland 1 point.
Ole Olsen 12 point. Reino Santala 1 point.
Kurt Bogh 4 point. Ari Hiljanen 0 point.
J. E. Krause Kjaer, 4 point. Ilka Teromaa 0 point.
Arne Andreasen 3 point. Veli-Pekka Teromaa 0 point.
. Kari Vuoristo 0 point.
Sweden proceeded to WC final.
August 4. 1974. British-Nordic-American final:
1.Ole Olsen DK 14 point.
2.Ivan Mauger NZ 13 point.
3.John Louis GB 10 point.
4.Terry Betts GB 10 point.
5. Peter Collins GB 10 point.
6. Dave Jessup GB 10 point.
7. Scott Autrey USA 9 point.
8. Dag Løvaas N 9 point.
These 8 proceeded to the European finale.
September 5. 1974. Danish Championship final.
1. Bent Norregaard Jensen.
2. Finn Thomsen.
3. Kurt Boegh.
May 25. 1975. World Pair Championship semifinal.
Result:
1. Denmark 24 point. 2. Sweden 22 point. 3. Australia 22 point. Ole Olsen 18 point. Anders Michanek 13 point. John Boulger 12 point. Bent Norregaard 6 point. Sören Sjösten 9 point. Phil Crump 10 point.
These 3 top pairs proceeded to the World final.
4. New Zealand 20 point.
5. Norway 15 point.
6. Finland 14 point.
7. Holland 8 point.
May 19. 1977. Danish World Championship qualification.
Result:
1.Finn Thomsen 13 point.
2. Erling Rasmussen 12 point
3. Bo Petersen 12 point.
4. Gunnar Svendsen 11 point.
5. Finn-Rune Jensen 9 point.
These 5 to Nordic final, Ole Olsen seeded directly.
May 31. 1977. Danish Championship final.
1. Ole Olsen.
2. Finn Thomsen
3. Hans Nielsen.
July 2. 1978. Intercontinental final:
Result:
1. Ole Olsen DK 13+3 point.
2. Ivan Mauger NZ 13+2 point.
3. Scott Autrey USA 13+1 point.
4.Ilka Teromaa FIN 11+3 point.
5. Jan Andersson S 11+2 point.
6. Anders Michanek S 10 point.
7.John Titman AUS 10 point.
These 7 proceeded to the WC final.
July 30. 1978. Danish Junior Championship final.
1. Tommy Knudsen.
2. Finn Lundahl
3. Preben Eriksen.
September 23. 1979. Danish Championship final. .
1. Ole Olsen
2. Bo Petersen
3. Hans Nielsen
September 11. 1983. Danish Junior Championship final.
1. Aksel Jepsen EMS, 15 point.
2. Knud Erik Knudsen HaMK, 12+3 point.
3. Henrik Ziegler FrMK, 12+2 point.
4. Flemming Rasmussen FSK, 12+1 point.
July 1. 1984. Nations match Denmark – England.
Danmark 59 point. England 49 point.
Erik Gundersen 17 point. Chris Morton 10 point.
Hans Nielsen 14 point. Neil Evitts 10 point.
Preben Eriksen 11 point. Phil Collins 9 point.
Peter Ravn 11 point. Neil Collins 8 point.
John Jorgensen 4 point. Alan Grahams 7 point.
Flemming Petersen 1 point. Peter Collins 3 point.
Tommy Knudsen 1 point. Mark Courtney 1 point. . Peter Carr 1 point.
August 19. 1985. Danish Championship final. . .
1. Erik Gundersen EMS 15 point.
2. Hans Nielsen HaMK 13 +3 point.
3. Tommy Knudsen VSK 13+2 point.
August 16. 1987. World team Championship qualification group 1.
Fredericia result:
1. Denmark 47 point. 2. England 37 point.
Hans Nielsen 15 point. Jeremy Doncaster 13 point.
Jan O. Pedersen 12 point. Simon Wigg 9 point.
Erik Gundersen 10 point. Simon Cross 8 point.
Tommy Knudsen 10 point. Kelvin Tatum 7 point.
3. USA 24 point. 4. Czechoslovakia 12 point.
Sam Ermolenko 9 point. Lubomir Jedek 4 point.
Rick Miller 8 point. Toni Kasper 4 point.
Shawn Moran 4 point. Roman Matousek 3 point.
Lance King 3 point. Petr Vandirek 1 point.
Aggregate group 1.
Fredericia 16/8, Coventry GB 25/8, Prague CZ 13/9.
1. Danmark 47+37+46=130 point.
2. England 37+33+31=101 point.
3. USA 24+43+26=93 point.
4. Czechoslovakia 12+7+17=36 point
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