Facts:
Track name: Slangerup Speedway Centre
Track owner: Frederikssund Municipality
Address: Hoerup Skovvej 5 A, DK 3550 Slangerup
Length: 340 meter
Surface: Granite granulate & crushed bricks
Width straights: 13 meter
Width bends: 12 meter
Open: 1967
Frederiksborg Amts Motorklub (FAM) got founded on August 14th 1929 with Mr. Carl Suhr as chairman.
Carl Suhr
The dominant field of interest was road motoring, but a law from 1932 banned such competitions on public roads.
Co-founder of the club and chairman from 1938 to 1950 was Niels Kristian Pedersen from Hilleröd town. From 1919 he had been an active rider himself. Later he took up organization work, a career he finalized as president of the Danish Motor Union.
FAM vividly supported more kinds of motorcycle and car competitions. In speedway the main activity from 1954 to 1985 were the meetings on Selskov Stadium in Hilleröd. The club organized the Gold Bar races on Charlottenlund Trotting track from 1959 to 1976 and in 1977 on Selskov. Further together with boxing promoter Mogens Palle the club arranged an extra Gold Bar race at Charlottenlund in 1983. Also an ice race on the frozen lake at Frederiksborg Castle got added to the list.
At Selskov those days’ best national and international meetings displayed a brilliant image for the club, but behind the facade problems lurked. FAM had several members riding in the national tournaments. Some of the matches got staged at Selskov, but strict limitation in riding hours there made the need for more practice time imminent.
The solution was found near the smaller town Slangerup in a damp area adjacent to the Graese creek, where a practice track could be built. The track opened early in the 70-es and was from 1976 home track for FAM’s speedway teams, ”Kulsvierne” (the Charcoalers), ”Drabanterne” (The Guardsmen) and ”Skovtroldene” (The Forest Trolls). Like many other tracks this track had a safety fence made of discarded car tyres. Later a wooden safety fence got erected, which few years ago got replaced by an impact absorbing fence.
Unfortunately, on Saturday October 2. the speedway rider Stig Larsson lost his life in an accident while practicing on the track.
A moped speedway track got added and opened on May 22. 1977. The team ”Gasserne” joined the moped speedway tournament, and made it in 1978 to a second place in group 1, but lost the semi final and missed the year’s final.
On the moped track 1979, René Mortensen (FAM)
outside is passing Per Jensen (FMK)..
A scoresheet from a 2. Divisions match 1981
June 27. 1981. Danish junior Championship qualification:
No. Name Club Point.
1. Lars Bannebjerg FAM 12+3 point.
2. Sam Nicolaisen FrMS 12+2 point.
3. Hans J. Tobiasen EMS 11 point.
4. Per Sorensen FAM 10 point.
5. John Jorgensen FSK 11 point.
6. Kurt Sorensen AMK 9 point.
7. Ole Thygesen Dam FMK 9 point.
6. Palle Nielsen SMS 9 point.
May 2. 1982 DK-S Team meeting FAM – Gnistorna Malmoe
The club from Malmoe, Sweden ”Tändstiftet” ( Swedish for spark plug) visited Slangerup with their 500 cc. team named ”Gnistorna” (Swedish for sparks) for a friendly match against a FAM team mixed riders from Kulsvierne and Drabanterne occasionally named ”Kuldrabantsvierne ” (the Charguardsmencoalers). The Dane Per Pedersen, living in Sweden, scored 14 points for his team, and a young Swedish girl, Lennie Ivarsson, with only one year of speedway experience rode very well. For FAM Kurt Hansen and Per Sorensen both scored 13points.
Result: 1. Slangerup 60 points. 2. Malmoe 36 points.
1983 Danish Team Championship:
1958 a team from Amager Speedway won the Danish Team Championship. Then 25 years passed by before any non-Jutland team could claim the title. The team from Slangerup won the Danish Team Championship in 1983, skillfully managed by the former professional rider Michael Lohmann. The victory got reported under the headline below.
(Historic Danish Championship).
The team Champions with their gold medals.
1983 also was the year when FAM opened an Old boys branch with a set of rules, which without being today’s rulebook, still is a basic part of it.
August 6. 1983. Mini speedway Championship of Zealand.
This championship , run first time on Slangerup Speedway left no doubt about, which club would boast of the champion after the meeting. In fact only riders from FAM participated. Anyway the boys had a tough fight, from which young Henrik H. Hansen came out the best.
Henrik H. Hansen narrowly passing Lars Munkedal inside.
September 22. 1984. 500 cc Championship of Zealand.
No. Name Club Point.
1. Jimmy Andersen FAM 15 point.
2. Peter V. Christensen FAM 13 point.
3. René Mortensen FAM 12 point.
4. Peter Olsen FAM 12 point.
5. John Olsen FAM 11 point.
6. Keld Munkedal FAM 8 point.
79 years old Morian Hansen rode a few show laps
with the famous No. 13, and after the final heat he
presented the medals to the winners.
September 7. 1986. 500 cc Danish junior Championship final.
No. Name Club Point.
1. Gert Handberg FMK 12+3 point.
2. Hans Henrik Hansen FAM 12+2 point.
3. Jess Frederiksen HAMK 11+3 point.
4. Torben Hansen VSK 11+2 point.
5. Jesper Olsen FAM 10 point.
6. Carsten Schött VSK 8 Point.
Junior Champion Gert Handberg between Henrik H. Hansen (left) and Jess Frederiksen.
May 17. 1987. Danish World Championship qualification.
Result:
No. Name Club Point.
1. Hans Nielsen HaMK 15 point.
2. Erik Gundersen EMS 13 point.
3. John Jorgensen FSK 11+3 point.
4. Jan Jacobsen *) FSK 11+2 point.
5. Tommy Knudsen VSK 10 point.
6. Peter Ravn RMS 10 point.
*) Jan Jacobsen replaced injured Jan O. Petersen, who subsequently got nominated on the last of the 7 places available for Denmark.
July 5. 1987, U.21 nations match Denmark1, Hungary, Sweden, Denmark2.
1. Hungary 32 points.
2. Denmark 2 28 points.
3. Denmark 1 24 points.
4. Sweden 23 points. .
Danish top scorers were Henrik Kristensen, Esbjerg and Per Sørensen, FAM, both 11points. A final superheat with 6 riders was won by the Hungarian Lazlo Bodi. The day before a similar meeting at Amager Speedway was won by Denmark 1.
Lazlo Bodi leads the pack in the super 6-man heat.
May 12. 1988. Nations match Denmark v England:
Result:
Danmark 71 point. England 37 point.
Hans Nielsen 15 point. Kelvin Tatum 10 point.
Jan O. Pedersen 15 point. Simon Wigg 10 point.
Tommy Knudsen 15 point. Gary Havelock 1 point.
Erik Gundersen 6 point. Jeremy Doncaster 6 point.
Peter Ravn 12 point. Andy Silver 3 point.
Jan Stæchmann 1 point. Chris Morton 4 point.
Per Sørensen 7 point. Neil Evitts 0 point.
John Jorgensen Dnr. Simon Cross 3 point.
The day before a similar meeting at Brovst Speedway was won by Denmark 74 – 34.
In aggregate Denmark won 145 – 71..
1989
Before season opening 1989 the FAM team was on tour in England riding in friendly meetings against Hackney, Arena Essex, Eastbourne and Poole. The team lost every match but got most valuable practice.
May 7. 1989. World U21 Championship qualification.
No. Name Nation Point.
1. Leigh Adams AUS 13+3 point.
2. Henrik Gustafsson S 13+2 point.
3. Dean Standing GB 13+1 point.
4. Niklas Karlsson S 11 point.
5. Claus Jacobsen DK 10 point.
6. Tim Korneliussen DK 9 point.
7. Andy Phillips GB 8+3 point.
8. Tom Knudsen DK 8+2 point.
9. Lars Gunnestad N 8+1 point.
1 to 8 further to next round in Mariestad, Sweden, no. 9 reserve.
The riders in the race-off for 8th place ready at the gates.
August 2. 1989. 500 cc Danish Championship final:
This meeting also celebrated FAM’s 60 years anniversary. Heavy rain lasted up to the opening, but the track was so well prepared that Erik Gundersen with 59, 7 seconds rode a new track record in heat 2. Although it was an ordinary workday’s evening, a crowd of 4000 fans attended the meeting.
No. Name Club Point.
1. Erik Gundersen EMS 15 point.
2. Hans Nielsen HaMK 13+3 point.
3. Gert Handberg FMK 13+2 point.
4. John Jorgensen FSK 10 point.
5. Per Sorensen FAM 10 point.
6. Frede Schott FMK 10 point.
August 5. 80 cc speedway Championship of Zealand:
No. Name Club Point.
1. Carsten Hansen FAM 15 point.
2. Michael Dahl FAM 14 point.
3. Kim Petersen FAM 12 point.
4. Allan Nielsen FAM 12 point.
5. Anders Nielsen FAM 10 point.
August 27. 80cc Danish Championship final:
No. Name Club Point.
1. Kim Brandt FAM 14+3 point.
2. Henrik Grimstrup SMS 14+x point.
3. Ronnie Pedersen FSK 13 point.
4. Jorn Sorensen FSK 11 point.
5. Flemming Jensen FSK 10 point.
6. Martin Vinther FMK 9 point.
September 13. 80 cc Club Championship:
No. Name Club Point.
1. Michael Dahl FAM 14+3 point.
2. Kim Brandt FAM 14+ef point.
3. Allan Nielsen FAM 13 point.
1990. 80 cc team meeting, Funen – Jutland – Zealand
was first time held on Slangerup. Funen won ahead of Jutland and Zealand.
23. juni. 1990, U21 nations match Denmark – Sweden – Norway – Poland.
1. Denmark 37 point. 2. Sweden 32 point.
Claus Jacobsen 10 point. Joakim Karlsson 5 point.
Brian Andersen 8 point. Jimmy Engmann 6 point.
Jacob Olsen 0 point. Robert Johansson 7 point.
Hans Clausen 8 point. Tony Rickardsson 12 point.
Jan Andersen 11 point. Göran Flood 2 point.
3. Norway 20 point. 4. Poland 19 point.
Lars Gunnestad 11 point. Thomasz Pfeiffer 5 point.
Odd Pettersen 5 point. Robert Sawina 3 point.
Rolf Netland 0 point. Janusz Slaczka 6 point.
Jørn Aardal 2 point. Robert Kuzdzal 1 point.
Nils Mellomstrand 2 point. J. Karskicwich 4 point.
This was the first day of a 2-days meeting. Second day was next day on Amager (see Amager CPH)
1991. On FAM’s general assembly the sectioneering in the club organization got discarded. The former speedway section re-emerged as a separate club named Slangerup Speedway Klub. The club’s teams continued as usual, now under the club initials SSK.
The league team announced having signed a contract with American Sam Ermolenko as captain.
Sam Ermolenko and Greg Hancock having a chat in the pit.
May 13. 1993, International speedway. (The Trasborg meeting)
No. Name Nation Point.
1. Sam Ermolenko USA 14 point.
2. Greg Hancock USA 13 point.
3. Brian Karger DK 12 point.
4. Tommy Knudsen DK 11 point.
5. Billy Hamill USA 11 point.
6. John Jorgensen DK 10 point.
7. Tom Knudsen DK 8 point.
8. Jacek Kryzyanlak PL 7 point.
April 29. 1995. World U21 Championship qualification:
No. Name Club Point.
1. Ronnie Pedersen FSK 14 point.
2. Nicki Pedersen FSK 13 point.
3. Anders Nielsen SSK 12 point.
4. Carsten Hansen SSK 11 point.
5. Klaus Rasmussen HSK 10 point.
6. Bo Larsen GSK 9 point.
No. 1 to 5 further to next round at Uhre, Jutland, DK. No. 6 reserve.
September 28. 1996 Sponsor day 500 cc.
No. Name Club Point.
1. Nicki Pedersen FSK 14 point.
2. Ronnie Pedersen FSK 13 point.
3. Jesper Olsen SSK 12+3 point.
4. Charlie Gjedde HoSK 12+2 point.
Final heat over 6 laps.
1. Jesper Olsen
2. Nicki Pedersen
3. Charlie Gjedde
500 cc speedway Championship of Zealand. 1997
No. Name Club Point.
1. Jacob Beierholm SSK 17 point.
2. Thomas Carlsen SSK 14 point.
3. Henrik Vedel SSK 14 point.
August 8. 1998. Micro 50 cc Cup Danmark
No. Name Club Point.
1. Tommy Pedersen MSC 15 point.
2. Nicki Barrett FSK 14 point.
3. Klaus Jacobsen FSK 13 point.
2002:
SSK received a ban warning from Frederiksborg County, ordering that for environmental reasons the pits should be re-built. This initiated a major construction task resulting in a new building with pits for both tracks under roof.
Slangerup speedway with the new pit and a yellow safety fence.
Slangerup Speedway from another angle
September 19. 2010. 500 cc Danish junior Championship Final:
No. Name Point.
1. René Bach 15 point.
2. Michael J. Jensen 14 point.
3. Patrick Hougaard 13 point.
4. Simon Nielsen 11 point.
5. Mikkel B. Jensen 10 point.
6. Lasse Bjerre 10 point.
Slangerup in the Danish Speedway League.
FAM/SSK is the only Danish team having participated uninterruptedly in all years Danish Speedway League.
20.09.2017: Danish Metal Speedway League Championship:
No. 1, Fjelsted, 41 p.
No. 2, Region Varde, 40 p.
No. 3. Slangerup, 37 p.
See video from the meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YnduvRgSTE
Year Place Race format
1986 Bronze medal 4-teams meetings
1987 Bronze medal 4-teams meetings
1988 Gold medal 4-teams meetings
1989 Bronze medal 4-teams meetings
1990 No. 6 4-teams meetings
1991 No. 4 4-teams meetings
1992 No. 5 4-teams meetings
1993 Bronze medal 4-teams meetings
1994 No. 7 4-teams meetings
1995 No. 5 4-teams meetings
1996 No .5 4-teams meetings
1997 No. 4 4-teams meetings
1998 No. 5 4-teams meetings
1999 No. 5 4-teams meetings
2000 No. 5 4-teams meetings
2001 No. 5 DOSL 3- Teams, pairs meetings.
2002 Silver medal 2- Teams, pairs meetings
2003 Silver medal 2- Teams, pairs meetings
2004 Silver medal 2- Teams, pairs meetings .
2005 Silver medal 2- Teams, pairs meetings .
2006 Silver medal 2- Teams, pairs meetings
2007 Silver medal 2- Teams, pairs meetings .
2008 Goldmedaljer 2- Teams, pairs meetings
2009 Silver medal 2- Teams, pairs meetings .
2010 Gold medal 2- Teams, pairs meetings .
2011 Gold medal 2- Teams, pairs meetings
2012 No. 5 2- Teams, pairs meetings
2013 No. 4 2- Teams, pairs meetings
2014 No. 6 2- Teams, pairs meetings.
2015 No. 7 2- Teams, pairs meetings.
2016 No. 4 2- Teams, pairs meetings.
2017 No. 3 2-Teams, pairs meetings.
The League winners 1988
The League winners 2008
The League winners 2010
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