{{Short description|Stadium near Varhaug, Norway}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use British English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox motorsport venue | name = Elgane | nickname = | image = | location = Elgane, 4360 Varhaug, Norway | coordinates = {{coord|58|36|18|N|5|44|30|E|}} | broke_ground = | opened = | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = | operator = | capacity = | length_km = }}
'''Elgane''' is a motorcycle speedway and motocross stadium near Varhaug in Norway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/Elgane.shtml |title=ELGANE - Norway |website=Speedway Plus |access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref> The stadium is situated approximately 6 kilometres east of Varhaug, on the Elgane road. The venue has previously been listed as being part of Stavanger but although both are in Rogaland county, Elgane is 50 kilometres south of Stavanger.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC42JWG_elgane-motorstadion-advest-2012-22 |title=Elgane Motorstadion|website=Geocaching |access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref> The facility is run by the Motorsykkel Elgane Klubb<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elgane-mc.idrettenonline.no/next/p/4938/nyheter |title=Home Page |website=Motorsykkel Elgane Klubb |access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref> and is one of Norway's leading motorcycle speedway venues.
==History== Initially the venue was used by the team NMK Stavanger until MK Elgane took over the running of the facility.
It was and still is, a significant venue for important motorcycle speedway events. It held qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship, starting in 1979<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/SPEEDWAY--_--Indywidualne-mistrzostwa-%26%23346%3Bwiata-----------k1-World-Speedway-Championship-k2-.htm |title=World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/ |title=World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref> and qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1982 and 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/ |title=Speedway World Cup | website=International Speedway |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>
The track held the final of the 1994 Speedway Under-21 World Championship.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wolves' Karlsson trumphant as King of the Under-21s |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=15 August 1994 |access-date=10 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19940815/020/0020 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
Additionally, it was the only Norwegian track to host the Intercontinental final in 1995 and has been selected for the final of the Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship on 15 occasions from 1982 to 2021.<ref>{{cite web | title = Speedway History Info - Historia Zuzla | publisher = Historia Sportu Zuzlowego | url = http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmnorwegii.php | access-date = 4 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://speedwayfansite.com/champs/norim.html|title=Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship|website=Speedway Fansite|access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Motorcycle speedway tracks in Norway}}
Category:Speedway venues in Norway Category:Varhaug Category:Sports venues in Rogaland
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