{{Short description|Stadium in Slaný, Czech Republic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox motorsport venue | name = Slaný Speedway Stadium | nickname = | image = Slaný (0063).jpg | location = Netovická 1509, 274 01 [[Slaný]] 1, Czech Republic | coordinates = {{coord|50|13|25|N|14|05|50|E|display=inline, title}} | broke_ground = | opened = 13 August 1950 | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = | operator = | surface = | construction_cost = | architect = | former_names = | nicknames = | capacity = | length_km = 0.382 }}
'''Slaný Speedway Stadium''' ({{langx|cs|Stadion ploché dráhy Slaný}}) is a speedway track in [[Slaný]], Czech Republic. The track is located on the Netovická road in the southeastern area of the town. The stadium hosts the speedway team [[AK Slaný]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://speedwayslany.wbs.cz/ |title=Home Page |website=Autoklub v AČR Slaný |access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/Slany.shtml |title=SLANY - Czech Republic |website=Speedway Plus |access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref>
== History == [[File:Slaný (0065).jpg|thumb|right|250px|]] The stadium was constructed throughout 1948 and 1949 and opened on 13 August 1950. Major reconstructions took place in 1958 and 1974, the latter when FIM regulations required a cinder/shale track.<ref name=Hist>{{cite web |url=https://speedwayslany.wbs.cz/Historie.html |title=The history of the flat track in Slané |website=Autoklub v AČR Slaný |access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref> In-between the stadium hosted arguably what was its most significant event, the final of the [[1962 Speedway World Team Cup]], which attracted a crowd of 35,000.<ref>{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=1978 Speedway Yearbook |year=1978 |publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd |isbn=978-0904584509}}</ref>
Further major events took place at the track when the final of the [[Speedway Under-21 World Championship]] was held in 1981 and 1988 respectively.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bamford |first=Reg |title=Speedway Yearbook |year=2004 | publisher=Tempus Publishing, Stroud | isbn=978-0-7524-2955-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/mims.php |title=Individual Junior World Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref>
In 1986, the width of the track increased allowing six riders to race and in 1988 a grandstand opened which featured VIP areas and seating for 1,000 spectators.<ref name=Hist/> The [[2002 Speedway Under-21 World Championship]] was hosted at the stadium and was won by Czech rider [[Lukáš Dryml]] and in 2003 [[Krzysztof Kasprzak]] won the [[Individual Speedway European Championship]].
The track record was broken by [[Robert Kościecha]], who recorded 67.94 seconds on 23 June 2010.<ref name=Hist/>
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