File:Stadium at the East of England Showground - geograph.org.uk - 5406808.jpg The Showground is also the home of the
Peterborough Panthers speedway team who race in the
SGB Premiership, the highest level of
Speedway in the United Kingdom. The track is long and the stadium has a 2,200 capacity grandstand along with grass banking on the back straight. The track record of 57.4 seconds was set on 13 May 2019 by
Danny King.
History The venue first hosted speedway on 12 June 1970, when Peterborough competed in their inaugural season
1970 British League Division Two season. The Peterborough track was also the host of the
2002 Speedway World Cup Final which took place on 10 August.
Australia, with
Jason Crump,
Leigh Adams,
Todd Wiltshire, and Peterborough Panthers riders
Ryan Sullivan and
Jason Lyons, won their second consecutive
Speedway World Cup defeating
Denmark,
Sweden,
Poland and the
Czech Republic. The Showground also hosted the
2001 Under-21 World Championship final won by Poland's
Dawid Kujawa. In 2022, by the owners Asset Earning Power Group (AEPG) that Arena would undergo redevelopment, which would include demolition of the grandstand and speedway track. Peterborough Panthers came to a short-term agreement with AEPG that it could be used until the end of the 2023 season. ==See also==