Speedway European Championship

Speedway European Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2016 Speedway European Championship
Sport Speedway
Founded 2013
Country Europe
Most recent
champion(s)		 Denmark Nicki Pedersen
Official website www.speedwayeuro.com

The Speedway European Championship (SEC) is an individual speedway competition consisting of a series of stand-alone events over the course of a season to determine the European champion.

History

The original European Championships were organised as part of qualification for the World speedway Championship from 1955-75. The European championship from 2011 had been organised by European Motorcycle Union (UEM). From 1955 the champion was determined in a single event. In 2012 this was replaced by a series of four finals. Regardless of that, ISEC was struggling with prestige and promotion and the best European riders were mostly avoiding this contest.[1]

On 20 December 2012 at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland it was announced that the competition would change to a format similar to the Speedway Grand Prix. The Speedway European Championship series is promoted by One Sporta Ltd. from Poland for next three seasons (2013-2015).[2]

Champions

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About SEC". www.speedwayeuro.com. Retrieved 23 Feb 2013.
  2. ↑ "Żużlowe mistrzostwa Europy wkraczają w nową erę" (in Polish). sportowefakty.pl. 20 Dec 2012. Retrieved 23 Feb 2013.
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