Holsteinring

{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway track in Brokstedt, Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox motorsport venue | name = Holsteinring | nickname = | image = File:Brok-11.JPG | location = Dorfstraße 44, 24616 [[Brokstedt]], Germany | coordinates = {{coord|53|59|38|N|9|47|58|E|display=inline, title}} | broke_ground = | opened = 1975 | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = | operator = | surface = | construction_cost = | architect = | former_names = | nicknames = | capacity = 8,000 | length_km = 0.393 }}

The '''Holsteinring''' is an 8,000 capacity motorcycle speedway track in [[Brokstedt]], Germany. The stadium is located in the western outskirts of Brokstedt on the Dorfstraße road.<ref name=MSCB>{{cite web |url=http://www.mscbrokstedt.de/das-stadion/ |title=The Stadium |website=MSC Brokstedt |access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedweek.com/amp/speedwaybundesliga/news/207164/Start-der-Speedway-Bundesliga-in-Olching-Brokstedt.html |title=Start der Speedway-Bundesliga in Olching & Brokstedt |website=Speedweek |access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref>

== History == Th stadium was built in 1975 and hosted the speedway team '''Team 70 Brokstedt''' formerly the '''Team 70 Neumünster''', who moved from [[Neumünster]] to Brokstedt to race at the new stadium. The speedway team became [[MSC Brokstedt]] in 1983 and raced in the [[German Team Speedway Championship|German Speedway Championship]].

The stadium has been a significant venue for major speedway events, including the final of the [[1994 Speedway World Team Cup]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Bamford |first=Reg |title=Speedway Yearbook |year=2004 | publisher=Tempus Publishing, Stroud | isbn=978-0-7524-2955-7}}</ref>

On 3 October 2005, [[Aleš Dryml Jr.]] set a new track record of 67.90 seconds.<ref name=MSCB/>

The final of the 2014 [[German Individual Speedway Championship]] took place at the Holsteinring and the MSC Brokstedt team won the Bundesliga championship title.

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[[Category:Sports venues in Schleswig-Holstein]] [[Category:Speedway venues in Germany]] [[Category:Steinburg]] [[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1975]] [[Category:1975 establishments in West Germany]]