Salavat Speedway
{{Short description|Motorcycle speedway in Salavat, Russia}}
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{{Infobox motorcycle speedway team
|clubname = Salavat Speedway
|image = File:Stroitel salavat.jpg
|caption = Stroitel Stadium entrance
|country = Russia
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|league = Russian championship
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|honour1 = Soviet Union championship silver medal
|year1 = 1967
|honour2 = Russian championship bronze medal
|year2= 1994, 2004
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Salavat Speedway is a motorcycle speedway team and a multi-purpose venue known as the Stroitel Stadium.
Stroitel Stadium
The Stroitel Stadium is located on Ulitsa Revolyutsionnaya, 3, in the Central Park of Culture and Recreation, which is on the eastern edge of the city and also incorporates the 50th Anniversary of October Stadium. The Stroitel stadium was constructed in 1959 and hosts football and athletics, in addition to speedway. In winter, the football field is flooded and an ice skating rink is in operation.{{cite web|url=https://news.sportbox.ru/Vidy_sporta/Futbol/stats/stadium_1295441286 |title=Стадион Строитель |website=Sport Box |access-date=12 April 2024}}
The stadium has also hosted ice speedway and in particular held the final of the 1968 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship on the 20 and 21 February 1968,{{cite web|url=http://www.speedway.org/history/|title=Ice Speedway|website=Speedway.org|access-date=12 April 2024}} won by Gabdrakhman Kadyrov of the Soviet Union.{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results|year=1987|pages=290–291|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5}}{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980|page=99|publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}
In 2008, a major renovation of the stadium was carried out and in 2011, the stadium hosted the Russian Archery Championship. Outside of the stadium there is a monument statue in memory of speedway rider Alexander Baskakov, who died following an operation after a crash on the track in 1990.
Salavat speedway team
The speedway team were founded in 1963 and competed in the second edition of the Soviet Union Championship. In 1967, the team won the bronze medal in the championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmzsrr.php |title=Soviet Union Team Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=12 April 2024}}
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union the team raced in the Russian Team Speedway Championship,{{cite web |url=http://speedwayfansite.com/ligi/rosyjskaliga.html |title=Soviet Union & Russian Team Championship |website=Speedway Fansite |access-date=12 April 2024}} winning the bronze medal again in 1994 and 2004 respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/dmrosji.php |title=Russian Team Championship |website=Speedway History |access-date=12 April 2024}}
During the 2014 championships, the team were unable to complete their fixtures dur to financial issues and withdrew from the league but have since returned but now race in the lower division.
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Category:Speedway venues in Russia