Dackarna

Dackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the Skrotfrag Arena which was the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia and is the current venue for the Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden.[1] They ride in the Elitserien[2] and are six times champions of Sweden.[3][4]

Dackarna
Club information
Track addressSkrotfrag Arena
Målilla
Sweden
CountrySweden
Founded1929
Team managerMikael Teurnberg
Team captainJacob Thorssell
LeagueElitserien
WebsiteOfficial Website
Club facts
ColoursYellow, white and red
Track size305 metres
Track record time55.1 seconds
Track record dateSeptember 7, 2010
Track record holderAndreas Jonsson
Major team honours
Team champions1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 2007, 2021

History

The team was founded in May 1935 as Målilla Motorklubb and in 1949 renamed itself Dackarna (in honour of Nils Dacke) and the club began league racing. Dackarna raced in the highest level of league racing in Sweden between 1951 and 1965, winning the Swedish Speedway Team Championship in 1957, 1958, 1959, and 1962, and finished as runners-up in 1956 and 1964.[3] Dackarna switched between the first and second league for the next 30 years until 1997 when the team received the backing of a major new sponsor (Svelux) and were renamed Team Svelux. Svelux were taken over by Luxo in 2002 and the team name was changed to Luxo Stars. In 2006 the sponsorship deal expired and the team name reverted to Dackarna.[5]

Success returned to Dackarna when they won the 2007 Elitserien after defeating Västervik in the play-off final.[6][3] In 2021, Dackarna again became Swedish champions after defeating Smederna in Eskilstuna.[3]

Smålänningarna and Team Dalej

Smålänningarna compete in the Allsvenskan and Team Dalej compete in the third tier (division 1), they are a collaboration between Dackarna and Lejonen allowing less senior riders the opportunity to race. The collaboration started in 2020 and the Smålänningarna name came from and old team that had riders from Småland.[7]

Teams

2023 Dackarna team

[8]

2023 Smålänningarna team

To be announced

Previous teams
Extended content

2019 Team

2020 team

2021 Team (Champions)

2022 teams 2022 Dackarna team

2022 Smålänningarna team

Previous seasons
Extended content
Year League Position
2020Eliserien3rd in league (play off quarter finals)
2021EliserienChampions
2022Eliserien6th in league (play off semi finals)

References
  1. "EUROPEAN PREVIEW - SGP Sweden". FIM. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  2. "Speedway Around The Globe - Sweden". Speedway Star page 38-39. 23 July 2022.
  3. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. "Dackarna Malilla". Elit Speedway. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  5. "History" (in Swedish). Målilla Motorklubb. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  6. "Gold for Dackarna" (in Swedish). Eurosport. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  7. "Smålands team in Allsvenskt Speedway collaboration". Dackarna Speedway. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. "DACKARNA BAGS BEWLEY FOR 2023". FIM. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
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