Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway is a motorcycle racing sport contested on oval dirt tracks. Riders use lightweight, single-speed bikes without brakes and slide through left-hand turns.

Speedway motorcycle: A lightweight racing motorcycle with one gear, no brakes, and a clutch, built for oval dirt-track racing. Its minimal controls and sliding setup make speedway’s distinctive riding technique possible.
Jack Parker: An English speedway rider who became one of the sport’s leading competitors in its early decades. His career helped establish British speedway during the sport’s formative period.
Speedway Grand Prix: An annual series of speedway meetings that determines the individual world champion. It is the sport’s premier recurring individual championship.
Flat track racing: A motorcycle racing discipline on oval dirt tracks, commonly using larger circuits and bikes with multiple gears. It shares dirt-oval sliding with speedway but differs in equipment and track scale.
Broadsliding: A motorcycle cornering technique in which the rear wheel slides outward while the bike continues around a turn. Riders use controlled rear-wheel slides to negotiate speedway’s tight left-hand turns.
New South Wales speedway: Early motorcycle speedway contests held in Australia, especially in New South Wales during the 1920s. Australian dirt-track racing was among the settings where modern speedway took shape.
Speedway of Nations: An international speedway competition in which national teams race in paired heats. It adapts speedway’s short heats to a team-based world event.
Long track motorcycle racing: A speedway-related motorcycle discipline held on longer oval tracks, often on sand or shale. Its longer circuits permit higher speeds and broader racing lines than conventional speedway.
Speedway track: A compact oval dirt track with two straights and two banked or flat turns, used for speedway racing. Its short oval shape makes acceleration and cornering central to each race.
British speedway boom: The rapid growth of organized speedway in Britain during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The boom turned local racing into a mass spectator sport with regular leagues.

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Cycle speedwayCompared with: The shared name and oval-dirt format invite comparison, though cycle speedway uses bicycles.