Snälltorpet

{{Short description|Former stadium in Eskilstuna, Sweden}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox motorsport venue | name = Snälltorpet | image = | location = [[Eskilstuna]], Sweden | coordinates = {{coord|59|22|09|N|16|29|27|E|}} | opened = | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = | surface = | operator = [[Motorcycle speedway]] | capacity = | record_time = | record_driver = | record_car = | record_year = | length_km = }}

'''Snälltorpet''' or the old '''Eskilstuna Motorstadion''' was a [[motorcycle speedway]] stadium located in [[Eskilstuna]], Sweden. It was located close to the [[Tunavallen]] on the south side and is today housing surrounding the Granbarrsgatan road.

The stadium was the home arena of the team [[Smederna]] from 1952 to 2001. Smederna competed in the [[Swedish Speedway Team Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eskilstunasmederna.se/ |title=Home |website=Smederna Speedway |access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref> In 2001, the land was sold by Eskilstuna Municipality for housing<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eskilstunasmederna.se/foreningen |title=Vår historia |website=Smederna Speedway |access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref> and the team moved to the [[Smedstadion]].

The venue hosted significant speedway events and was used for the final of the [[1976 Speedway World Pairs Championship]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=1978 Speedway Yearbook |year=1978 |publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd |isbn=978-0904584509}}</ref> It also hosted the Intercontinental final of the [[1979 Speedway World Team Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc79.htm |title=1979 World Team Cup |website=International Speedway |access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref> and five [[Swedish Individual Speedway Championship|Swedish Championships]] in 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/ |title=Speedway and Longtrack |website=Speedway.org |access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref>

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{{Motorcycle speedway tracks in Sweden}} [[Category:Speedway venues in Sweden]] [[Category:Sport in Eskilstuna]] [[Category:Sports venues in Södermanland County]]