Facts:
Track name: Nakskov Speedway
Track owner: Sports Motor Club DAN
Track address: DK 4900 Nakskov, Lolland
Length: 402 m. ¼ mile.
Track surface: Soil & cinders.
Track record: 1,24,4 May 20. 1951
Record holder: Irving Irvinger, Copenhagen
Opened year/date: 1946
Closed year/date: 1952
Nakskov is the major town on the island Lolland, located at Nakskov Fjord at the western coast of the island. The town is known to be the place where the shipping company East Asiatic Company got founded, and to be a center for sugar production.The Sports motor club DAN got founded in Nakskov on January 18th 1940, open for motor cyclists who broke out in protest from another motor club.
The outbreak of WW2 in 1939 a. o. led to restriction in fuel supply, but despite that, the club got permission to organize a benevolent meeting on Sunday April 7th 1940 to benefit for charity aid to the people of Finland after the winter war against Russia.
Two days later the German army occupied Denmark and all motor sports activities seized.The club lay idle during the war, but revived in 1945, and despite the restriction in fuels supply, the members again arranged a benevolent meeting on December 2nd to benefit for “Elderly people’s Christmas”.The club wanted to get a speedway of its own, and after time consuming with the municipality of Nakskov finally a suitable site was found. The construction cost would add up DKK 20.000, which the club was far from having. Like many other places the club members in November 1946 volontarily had to dig out a substantial amount of earth and spread 900 m3 cinders to cover the track surface. Thus the costs were kept down to DKK 6.000.
A number of well reputed riders from the entire Denmark joined the opening meeting, among them the famous Nimbus rider Josef Koch in the sidecar class. The first track record attempts for 4 laps gave the results below:
Class Rider /Driver Home Time.
Special 500 cc:. Svend Jensen Odense 1,30,4
Standard 500 cc: Ejnar Andersen Copenhagen 1,38,6
Midget car: Kaj Hansen Copenhagen 1,40,0
The club itself had some good and well known riders, randomly listed, Erik Melhede, Hans Bondesen, Egon Schlander, Stryg Jensen, Erik Rasmussen, Egon Thorvald, Henry Jorgensen, Palle Houlberg and Erik Langhorn,
5. oktober 1947.
The last meeting of the year began with a number of successful track record attempts. The Odense rider Kaj Holck Mogensen opened with a new record time 1,37,0 in the standard 500 cc class, but got a mere 3 minutes to enjoy his success before Leif Hirsborg from Copenhagen rode 0,5 second faster Track records:
Resultater:
Class Rider. Home Time.
Special 500 cc. Irving Irvinger Copenhagen 1,27,6
Standard 500 cc Leif Hirsborg Copenhagen 1,36,5
Midget car Kaj Hansen Copenhagen 1,39,4
Ekspert-race.
500 cc.
Nr. Name Home Time heat 1 Time heat 2 Time heat 3 Pts.
1, Irv. Irvinger Copenhagen 1,34,0 1,36.4 1,34,0 8
2. Uno Jensen Copenhagen 1,34,0 1,31,0 1,29,0 6
3 Leif Bech Copenhagen 1,38,4 1,35,5 1,38,9 5
Senior Standard 500 cc. ”The Svingel cup”
1. leg
Nr. Name Home
1. Kaj. H. Mogensen Odense
2. Robert Petersen Copenhagen
2. leg
1. Leif Hirsborg Copenhagen
2 Henry Jorgensen Nakskov,
3. leg
1 Leif Hirsborg Copenhagen
2 K. H. Mogensen Odense
Junior Standard 500 cc.
Nr. Name Home
1 Ernst Petersen Nakskov
2 Eigil Jørgensen Nakskov
Sidecars.
1. leg.
Nr. Name Home
1. Josef Koch Copenhagen
2. Svend Knudsen Odense
3. Johs. Hansen Odense
2. leg
1. Josef Koch Copenhagen
2. Svend Knudsen Odense
3. Johs. Hansen Odense (retired)
May 20. 1951. International Expert meeting.
The meeting opened with an attempt from Morian Hansen to improve Irving Irvinger’s track record from October 1947 1,27,6 over 4 laps. With the time 1,28,4 he failed. Later in the meeting Irvinger himself improved his time to 1,25,4.
The local newspaper “New Day” described the meeting as boring and was disappointed, because the Dutch riders were unable to match the Danes.
Results:
International expert:
1. Leg
No. Name Home Time heat 1 Time heat 2 Time heat 3 Pts.
1, Irv. Irvinger Copenhagen 1,25,4 1,30.7 1,28,3 9
2 Co Boef Holland 1,34,0 1,31,0 1,29,0 6
3 Jorgen Petersen, Copenhagen 1,34,6 1,35,3 1,32,5 2
4 Morian Hansen Copenhagen Retired Retired 1,30,0 1
2. Leg
No. Name Home Time heat 1 Time heat 2 Time heat 3 Pts.
1. Aage Andersen Copenhagen 1,29,3 1,31,3 1,29,8 9
2. Uno Jensen Copenhagen 1,29,5 1,21,4 1,30,5 6
3 Jan de Vreugde Holland 1,34,5 1,37,4 1,34,0 2
4. Peter Nielsen Slagelse Retired Retired 1,33,7 1
Final:
No. Name Home Time
1 Irv. Irvinger Copenhagen 1,26,5
2 Aage Andersen Copenhagen
3 Uno Jensen Copenhagen
4 Jørgen Petersen Copenhagen
Special 500 cc.
No. Name Home Time heat 1 Time heat 2 Time heat 3 Pts.
1. Falle Jensen Jyderup 1,37,2 1,37,2 1,36,5 11
2. G.V. Mathiasen Lyngby 1,38,4 1,41.0 1,35,8 8
3. Crone Jorgensen Copenhagen 1,37,5 1,37,5 Retired 6
4.Ole. K. Hansen Copenhagen 1,48,5 1,48,5 1,47,6 4
5 Kjeld Andersen Copenhagen Retired Retired Retired 0
The economy of the track was poor and jeopardized the club’s existence. At an extraordinary general assembly in 1949 16 members voted for continuing and 13 voted for closing. Anyhow the club survived and is still existing in 2011, although only with few members and with focus on family car touring.
The last speedway meeting in Nakskov was ridden in 1951, and the track got closed.
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