MSC Pocking
| Club information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Track address | Rottalstadion | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
| Founded | 1962 | ||
| League | Speedway Bundesliga | ||
| Website | msc-pocking | ||
| Major team honours | |||
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MSC Pocking is a German motorcycle speedway team based in Pocking, in the district of Passau, in Lower Bavaria, Germany.[1][2][3]
History
[edit]The club was founded on 13 March 1962 and the founding members unanimously voted to join the DMV. Xaver Ziegler was instrumental in racing returning in June 1962, albeit on a sand track measuring a huge 760 meters. Events became a regular occurrence and a record crowd of 22,000 attended the stadium on Easter Sunday, 1967.[4]
The team competed in the West German Team Championship from circa.1975 to 1990. They won the team bronze in 1982 and again in 1987.[5]
Following the German reunification, the team joined the Speedway Bundesliga/Superliga.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Home". MSC Pocking. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "MSC Pocking". BahnSport. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "4 International match". DMSB. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Timeline". MSC Pocking. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "West German Team Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "German Team Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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