Fjelsted Speedway Klub or Team Fjelsted is a motorcycle speedway club from the town of Fjelsted near Harndrup in Denmark, who compete in the Danish Speedway League . The team have won the Danish Speedway League title on six occasions.
7-542: The track called the Fjelsted Speedway Stadium is located 5 kilometres south of Harndrup and 1 kilometre south of Fjelsted, on Ridderstien 31. A mini speedway track was built in the spring of 1971 in an old apple garden. The venture was a collaboration between Ejby Junior Club, the Middelfart Municipality and rider Carl Andreasen . The Fjelsted Speedway Klub (FSK) was duly created and in 1976, after
14-516: A combined Fjelsted/Odense team competed in the Superliga and they managed to win the silver medal during a season beset with problems. The Fjelsted track closed mid-season, resulting in the combined team having to race their remaining fixtures at the Munkebo Speedway Center . There was a silver lining when Brian Andersen became the 1999 Danish champion . However, the club then dropped out of
21-765: A lease agreement with a local farm owner was reached, a full size track was built in just 28 days, with the opening meeting in Easter. FSK ran four teams in the Danish Tournament , they were called Leoparderne (the Leopards), Cometerne (the Comets), who were effectively the 1st and 2nd teams; and Raketternethe (the Rockets), Satelitterne (the Satellites) or Stjernerne (the Stars), who were
28-639: Is a motorcycle speedway stadium in Harndrup , Denmark. The stadium is the home track for the Fjelsted Speedway Club . The municipality identified the village of Fjelsted for the construction of a motorcycling track in 1971 on the location of an old apple orchard. After joining the Danish Motor Union (DMU) in 1973, a larger track was built three years later in 1976. The stadium held the Danish final of
35-614: The 3rd and 4th teams. The Leopards won the Danish Championship for the first time in FSK's history in 1982 . The Leopards finished second in 1985 , therefore qualifying for the following season's new Super League. In 1986 , the professional Danish Speedway League or Superliga was created, of which Fjested were not only a founder member but were the first winners. The team included Lars Henrik Jørgensen, Ole Hansen, Flemming Rasmussen, Jan Jakobsen and Allan Johansen . The club signed one of
42-618: The Super League. The club slowly recovered and returned to the Super league for the 2007 Danish speedway season , led by Hans Andersen who became Danish champion that year. The team reached Super Finals in 2012 , 2013 and 2015 . The recovery was complete when they became champions of Denmark in 2017 and 2019 . The riders involved included Peter Kildemand , Anders Thomsen and Frederik Jakobsen . Fjelsted Speedway Stadium Fjelsted Speedway Stadium or Hele Fyns Speedway Center
49-492: The world's leading riders Jan O. Pedersen and international John Jørgensen and were able to win a third Championship in 1992 , despite Pedersen being injured because the American Billy Hamill deputised. Another Championship came the way of club in 1995 , inspired by Jørgensen and Ronni Pedersen . The club ran into severe financial difficulties in the late 1990s leading to the sale of the club's premises. In 1999,
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