Motor Lublin (speedway team)

Motor Lublin was a Polish speedway team that existed from 1962 to 1995.

Motor Lublin
Club information
Track addressStadion MOSiR Bystrzyca
Lublin
CountryPoland
Founded1962
Closed1995
Club facts
ColoursYellow, White and Blue
Track size388 metres (1,273 ft)[1]

Early history

First speedway racing in Lublin took place on 21 September 1947, when Lubelski Klub Motocyklowy organized friendly tournament. In 1948, local activists led an initiative to built speedway track. The team's first recorded league match occurred on 18 April 1956.[2] The club, named Liga Przyjaciół Żołnierza, was dissolved in 1958.[3]

Motor Lublin
Leigh Adams (left) in a match against Morawski Zielona Góra in 1991

A newly established club named Motor Lublin was founded in 1962. In 1977 Motor earned promotion to I liga for the first time in the club's history. The club were moderately successful during Hans Nielsen's four-year era, finishing runners-up in the League in 1991. The club was dissolved in 1995.[3]

Notable riders

Club honours

Speedway in Lublin from 1996 to 2015

LKŻ Lublin

In order to continue the city's speedway traditions a new club was founded on the basis of the old one, officially under the name LKŻ Lublin. It existed in the years 1996-2000 however it never managed to leave the lowest division, frequently finishing dead last.

TŻ Lublin

After disbandment of the previous team in 2000, the club was reformed once again, in time for the 2001 season. In their season under this form they won promotion to the second tier but were relegated at the end of the 2007 season. This turned out to be their last season under this name, they disbanded in 2008.

KMŻ Lublin / KMŻ Motor Lublin

The club was reformed once again in 2008, competing the first season in 2009 after a year's absence of speedway in the city. They won promotion to the second tier in 2011 but as with the previous incarnation they were relegated on the 31 August 2014 which spelled problems for the club. For the 2015 season the club was renamed KMŻ Motor Lublin to return to the historic name that the fans still identified with however after only 1 more season the club disbanded once more.

See also

References
  1. "KMŻ Motor Lublin 2015". speedway.info.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. "60 lat minęło jak z bicza trzasł..." lublin.sport.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. "Historia żużla w Lublinie. Powrócić do najlepszych lat". kurierlubelski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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