Stadium Name: | Sandbahn Rennen Herxheim |
Location: | St.-Christophorus-Straße 14, 76863 Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Germany |
Coordinates: | 49.135°N 8.2211°W |
Sandbahn Rennen Herxheim or Waldstadion is a Longtrack and motorcycle speedway stadium in Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Germany. The stadium is located south of the municipality, on the St.-Christophorus-Straße 14, in a forested area.[1] The Motorsportvereinigung Herxheim use the facility.[2]
The site is best known for longtrack and has been a major venue for the longer form of speedway. It hosted the final of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship in 1984, 1990 and 1996.[3] [4] [5] Since the introduction of the Grand Prix series in 1997, the track has been selected multiple times to hold a round of the series. The most recent being 2024.[6]
The track occasionally holds conventional speedway and was chosen to hold the qualifying round of the 2012 Speedway World Cup.[7] [8]
The speedway team MSV Herxheim (nicknamed the Drifters) also raced conventional speedway, participating in the German Team Speedway Championship during 2012.[9]
In 2024, the venue will hold the European Under-19 Individual Speedway Championship final.[10]