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Vetlanda Motorstadion
Vetlanda Motorstadion or the Hasses Motorstadion (for sponsorship purposes) is a motorcycle speedway track located in the north eastern outskirts of Vetlanda. The track is on the Valhallavägen road and largely surrounded by forest.[1][2][3] The stadium hosts the Njudungarna speedway team (previously known as Elit Vetlanda Speedway) that compete in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship.[4] The speedway team have been champions of Sweden 11 times racing under the name of Vetlanda.[5] HistoryWork began on the track on 12 October 1946, when the area was rented by Vetlanda Motorsällskap from farmer Henric Wictorin. It opened on 24 June 1949.[1] The venue hosted the World Championship round known as the Intercontinental final in 1982, 1985 and 1988.[6] The 1982 event set a record stadium attendance of 11,517.[1] In addition to the intercontinental finals, it has also hosted multiple finals of the Swedish Individual Speedway Championship in 1976, 1981, 1991,1997, 2005, 2012 and 2013.[7] The record league attendance of 8,703 was set on 27 September 2005 in the fxiture between VMS Elit and Västervik beating the previous best of 7,256 from 2004.[8] In 2020, the club signed a three-year agreement with the company Hasses Gatukök & Pizzeria for naming rights to the stadium.[9] Track records
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