Speedway racing at Hofheim-Diedenbergen

As a kid I was often at the Speedway in Edinburgh with my Dad. I stopped some time ago, but I was pleasantly surprised when I moved to Hofheim, to find a speedway track and team. Speedway is very popular in Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Russia and to some degree in the UK as well as smaller interest in the US and Italy. Diedenbergen's track only hosts 3 or 4 meetings per year disappointingly, but this weekend I visited the European Championships Semi Final 2 in the Rhein-Mein Stadion, Hofheim-Diedenbergen.

The track is a good size and the crowd was not too bad, maybe a couple of hundred. Not really a stadium, more a banking to stand on, but the weather was warm and sunny and it was good to see some speedway for the first time in a long time. Cost €14 pp so not so cheap, but when only a few times a year, that's OK. There were riders from Russia, Holland, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Denmark and a Czech I think. The Poles, Danes and Russian's seemed to be on better form, German's not so, but I suppose that's a function of the size of the sport in their respective countries.

We left before the end, as heavily pregnant wife was not too happy with the heat and noise. Not to self, make this a 'blokes' event next time. Next time is in August with a Bundesliga match between Diendenbergen and Landshut.

If anyone's interested, it could be a good way to spend an afternoon in August.

That is all

i maybe interested, just need to check my schedule.

were you planning on going to the auto show there in Frankfurt in October I believe?

-Fred

I think the auto show is in September. I'm not sure if I will go again this year though. 2 years ago, it was so packed that I'm not sure if I want to deal with that crowd again.

ahhh, okay... besides it being super packed, was it a good show? i consider myself a car enthusiast and i think it was be dope to go..

oh don't get me wrong, it was fascinating. i'm a huge car guy, but with those crowds...2007 they debuted the f430 scuderia, 911 gt2, merc c63 amg, the merc mclaren slr convertible (not sure if it was the debut, but they had it there), as well as lamborghini reventon, and a bunch more. it was an awesome show, but fighting through that crowd was no fun.

i'm not sure what's on the lineup for this year, but i bet it should be pretty good, even though the focus seems to have turned to "being green."