Neuenknick Speedway

{{Short description|German motorcycle speedway team}}

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{{Infobox motorcycle speedway team

| clubname = SC Neuenknick e.V.

| track = Stadion Lindenau

| country = Germany

| image = 250px

| caption = Neuenknick Speedway track

| founded = 1981

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| league = Speedway Bundesliga

| website = {{URL|https://www.sc-neuenknick.com/}}

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| tracksize = 357m

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| honour1 = Bundesliga Runners-up (x3)

| year1 = 1994, 1995, 1996

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Neuenknick Speedway is a German motorcycle speedway team called SC Neuenknick and speedway track known as the Stadion Lindenau, which is located approximately 12 kilometres north east of Petershagen on Brennwisk 40.{{cite web |url=https://www.sc-neuenknick.com/ |title=Home | website=SC Neuenknick e.V|access-date=18 March 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bahnsport-info.de/category/vereine/sc-neuenknick/|title=SC Neuenknick | website=Bahnsport |access-date=18 March 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/Neuenknick.shtml |title=Neuenknick Germany| website=Speedway Plus |access-date=21 March 2024}}

History

The facility, a 357-metre track, has hosted important events since 1981, including a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship in 1988.{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/SPEEDWAY--_--Indywidualne-mistrzostwa-%26%23346%3Bwiata-----------k1-World-Speedway-Championship-k2-.htm |title=World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=18 March 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/ |title=World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=18 March 2024}}

The team raced in the Speedway Bundesliga and won three consecutive silver medals from 1994 until 1996.{{cite web |url=https://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmniemiec.php |title=German Team Championship |website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=18 March 2024}}

Ten years later in 2006, they won the Bundesliga bronze medal. Although a team do not currently compete in the Bundesliga, regular events are still held at the track such as the 2023 Easter 6er.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedweek.com/speedway-racing/news/206336/6er-Speedway-Neuenknick-Rene-Deddens-auf-dem-Podium.html |title=6er Speedway Neuenknick: René Deddens on the podium | website=Speedweek |access-date=18 March 2024}}

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