Alfred Smoczyk Stadium

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Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka
Smok (Dragon)
Location Leszno, Poland
Opened
Owner Unia Leszno
Operator Unia Leszno
Surface Grass
Tenants Speedway team: Unia Leszno
Capacity 15,000

Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (pl. Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka) is a stadium in Leszno, Poland. It is currently used speedway matches and is the home stadium of Unia Leszno. The stadium has a capacity of 15,000 people.

The stadium is located on ulica Strzelecka 7.

[edit] Alfred Smoczyk

Alfred Smoczyk (1928-1950) was the first Polish speedway superstar. He successfully competed on Dutch tracks in the late 1940s, but died in a road accident in October 1950. He was a first Individual Polish Champion after World War II (in 1949).

[edit] Track

The track is 330 metres long and has a syenite surface. The track record was made by Krzysztof Kasprzak (58.40 sec on May 3, 2007).

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Coordinates: 51°49′57″N 16°35′8″E / 51.8325, 16.58556

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