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MSC Pocking

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Club information
Track addressRottalstadion
CountryGermany
Founded1962
LeagueSpeedway Bundesliga
Websitemsc-pocking.de
Major team honours
West German bronze medal (x2)1982, 1987

MSC Pocking is a German motorcycle speedway team based in Pocking, in the district of Passau, in Lower Bavaria, Germany.[1][2][3]

History

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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

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  1. ^ "Home". MSC Pocking. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. ^ "MSC Pocking". BahnSport. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  3. ^ "4 International match". DMSB. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Timeline". MSC Pocking. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  5. ^ "West German Team Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  6. ^ "German Team Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 19 March 2024.