Motodrom Halbemond, Motorcycle speedway stadium in Halbemond, Germany.
The Motodrom Halbemond is a motorcycle racing track with seating capacity for tens of thousands of spectators arranged for optimal viewing of races. The facility also includes a separate motocross course designed to host different types of motorcycle competition.
The site was first used as a sports facility in 1972 and took its current form in 1983, when it was expanded for the Speedway World Final. On 4 September 1983, Egon Müller won that final, becoming the first and so far only German speedway world champion. After years of disuse, regular speedway races resumed around 2000, and in 2008 the venue hosted a World Championship round for the first time in 25 years.
The club MC Norden has fielded teams here, including the Norden-Haie in the 1. Speedway-Bundesliga from 2015, and the track is one of four venues of the German Flattrack Cup for amateur riders. In 2020 and 2022 football matches were played on the infield grass, drawing groundhoppers from across Germany.
The Motodrom sits on a seven-hectare site owned by MC Norden, about 5 km southeast of Norden's town centre. The grandstand holds 4,000 seated spectators, with standing room for 30,000 more. A motocross course borders the stadium directly to the east.
On 4 September 1983, Egon Müller won the Speedway World Final at the Motodrom, becoming the first and so far only German speedway world champion. The track, 396 metres long and 12 metres wide on the straights, is among the fastest in the world.
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