# Elgane

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{{Short description|Stadium near Varhaug, Norway}}
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| location          = Elgane, 4360 [Varhaug](/source/Varhaug), Norway
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'''Elgane''' is a [motorcycle speedway](/source/motorcycle_speedway) and [motocross](/source/motocross) stadium near [Varhaug](/source/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](/source/Stavanger) but although both are in [Rogaland](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Additionally, it was the only Norwegian track to host the [Intercontinental final](/source/Intercontinental_final) in 1995 and has been selected for the final of the [Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship](/source/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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