MC Nordstern Stralsund

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Club information
Track addressPaul Greifzu Stadium
CountryGermany
Founded1958
LeagueSpeedway Bundesliga
Websitewww.mcn-stralsund.de/de/home/home.php
Club facts
NicknameNorthern Stars
Track size385m
Major team honours
Bundesliga champions (x2)2015, 2022
Bundesliga Runners-up (x1)2012

MC Nordstern Stralsund is a German motorcycle speedway team based in Stralsund, Germany.[1][2]

Founded in 1958, the first race meeting at the Paul Greifzu Stadium took place on 4 May 1958.[3] The team raced in the East German Championship and as MC Dynamo Nordstern Stralsund, won four consecutive championship bronze medals from 1972 until 1975.[4]

In 1977, Nordstern's Hartmut Ernst won the East German Individual Championship[5] and from 1978 to 1983 the team won four more team bronze medals.[4]

The team are two-times champions of Germany, having won the Speedway Bundesliga in 2015 and 2022.[4][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "MC Nordstern Stralsund". Bahnsport. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Who will win?". Ostsee Zeitung. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Home". MC “Nordstern” Stralsund eV. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "German Team Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  5. ^ Loader, Tony (1991). Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991. Tony Loader. p. 166. ISSN 1036-4404.
  6. ^ "Bad fall overshadows Stralsund's title win". Speedweek. Retrieved 17 March 2024.