Rospiggarna
Rospiggarna is a motorcycle speedway team based in Hallstavik, Sweden. The club was founded in 1930 and were named Orion, although it did not compete in the Swedish speedway leagues until 1966. The club joined the Swedish Division Three in 1966 and the team name was changed to Stjärnorna (English: The Stars). In 1978 the name was changed again to Rospiggarna which is the demonym for people from Roslagen, where Hallstavik is situated. Rospiggarna have won four Elitserien Championships and has also been the home team of 4 former World Champions, Tony Rickardsson, Per Jonsson, Greg Hancock and Jason Crump. In 2010 it was announced that the club voluntarily made the decision to drop down a division due to financial problems. In 2014 the club returned to the Elitserien.
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Club information | |||||||
Track address | Carl Wahren Arena | ||||||
Country | Sweden | ||||||
Founded | 1930 | ||||||
Team manager | Micke Teurnberg | ||||||
Team captain | Andreas Jonsson | ||||||
League | Elitserien | ||||||
Website | www | ||||||
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Colours | Red, white and yellow | ||||||
Track size | 289 metres | ||||||
Track record time | 55.0 seconds | ||||||
Track record date | 8 June 2004 | ||||||
Track record holder | Joonas Kylmäkorpi | ||||||
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2016 Team
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Jason Doyle -
Timo Lahti -
Andreas Jonsson -
Martin Vaculik -
Krzsztof Buczkowski -
Jacob Thorsell -
Max Fricke
Guest Riders
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Kauko Nieminen -
John Lindman -
Andreas Vestlund