{{Short description|Stadium in Abensberg, Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use British English|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox motorsport venue | name = Wack Hofmeister Stadium | image = | caption = | location = Stadionstraße 17, 93326 [[Abensberg]], Germany | coordinates = {{coord|48|49|04|N|11|51|08|E|}} | opened = | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = | operator = | surface = | capacity = | length_km = 0.398 }}
The '''Wack Hofmeister Stadium''' formerly the '''Altes Stadion Abensberg''' (the Old Stadium) is a [[motorcycle speedway]] and [[association football]] stadium located slightly east of the centre of [[Abensberg]] in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europlan-online.de/speedwaystadion/stadion-16433.html |title=Speedwaystadion "Altes Stadion Abensberg" - Abensberg |website=Europlan |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bahnsport-info.de/category/vereine/msc-abensberg/ |title=CATEGORY: MSC ABENSBERG |website=Bahn Sport |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/Abensberg.shtml |title=Abensberg Germany| website=Speedway Plus |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
It hosts the speedway team MSC Abensberg<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msc-abensberg.de/ |title=HERZLICH WILLKOMMEN BEIM MOTORSPORTCLUB ABENSBERG E.V. |website=MSC Abensberg |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref> and the football team TSV Abensberg 1862.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abensberg-fussball.de/Events/Flutlichtbau-altes-Stadion/ |title=Floodlight conversion to LED technology in the old stadium |website=abensberg-fussball |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref>
==History== The stadium has hosted international matches for the [[West Germany national speedway team]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/162808/ |title=Germany beats Sweden at Speedway (1959)|website=British Pathe |access-date=8 December 2023}}</ref> and in 1964, held the [[Speedway World Team Cup]] final.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}</ref>
Also referred to as the Motorstadion Abensberg, the venue hosted the [[1985 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship]]. It was won by [[Per Jonsson]] on 14 July 1985, who later became a world champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/85.htm|title=1985|website=Speedway.org|access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref> The most prestigious speedway event to be held at the track was the first ever [[Speedway Grand Prix of Germany]] in 1995,<ref>{{cite book |last=Bamford |first=Reg |title=Speedway Yearbook |year=2004 | publisher=Tempus Publishing, Stroud | isbn=978-0-7524-2955-7}}</ref> which formed part of the World Championship. The [[1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany]] was won by the Dane [[Tommy Knudsen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex |title=WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX |website=British Speedway |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref>
In 2022, the stadium was renamed in honour of former speedway rider [[Josef Hofmeister]] (nicknamed Wack Hofmeister).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedweek.com/amp/speedway-racing/news/199208/Speedway-Stadion-in-Abensberg-bekam-einen-neuen-Namen.html |title=Speedway stadium in Abensberg got a new name |website=Speedweek.com |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.merkur.de/bayern/schwaben/kempten-westallgaeu-kreisbote/nach-speedway-legende-josef-wack-hofmeister-ist-jetzt-ein-stadion-benannt-91902334.html |title=A stadium is now named after speedway legend Josef "Wack" Hofmeister |website=Merkur |access-date=10 December 2023}}</ref>
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{{Motorcycle speedway tracks in Germany}}
[[Category:Speedway venues in Germany]]
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