Dackarna

Dackarna
Club information
Track address G&B Stadium
Målilla
Sweden
Country Sweden Sweden
Founded 1929
Team captain Sweden Andreas Jonsson
League Elitserien
Website Official Website
Club facts
Colours Black, white and red
Track size 310 metres
Track record time 55.1 seconds
Track record date September 7, 2010
Track record holder Andreas Jonsson
Major team honours
Elitserien Champions1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 2007

Dackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the G&B Stadium which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005.

History

The team was founded in May 1935 as Målilla Motorklubb and in 1949 renamed itself Dackarna (in honour of Nils Dacke) and the club began league racing. Dackarna raced in the highest level of league racing in Sweden between 1951 and 1965, winning the league championship in 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1962, and finished as runners-up in 1956 and 1964. Dackarna switched between the first and second league for the next 30 years until 1997 when the team received the backing of a major new sponsor (Svelux) and were renamed Team Svelux. Svelux were taken over by Luxo in 2002 and the team name was changed to Luxo Stars. In 2006 the sponsorship deal expired and the team name reverted to Dackarna.[1] Success returned to Dackarna when they won the 2007 Elitserien after defeating Västervik in the play-off final.[2]

2012 Team

Rider Average
Sweden Andreas Jonsson 2.310
Australia Darcy Ward 1.778
Sweden Fredrik Lindgren 1.737
Sweden Jonas Davidsson 1.725
United Kingdom Scott Nicholls 1.411
Denmark Michael Jepsen Jensen 1.324
Poland Patryk Dudek 0.813
Sweden Anders Kling 0.500
Sweden Mikael Karlsson 0.500
Sweden Jonas Einarsson 0.500
Sweden Mathias Persson 0.500

References

  1. ↑ "History" (in Swedish). Målilla Motorklubb. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  2. ↑ "Gold for Dackarna" (in Swedish). Eurosport. Retrieved 2008-08-21.

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