KM Cross Lublin (speedway team)

Klub Motorowy Cross Lublin also known as the Platinum Motor Lublin through sponsorship rights, is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Lublin. The team currently competes in the Ekstraliga (the highest division)[2] and have won the Team Speedway Polish Championship once.[3]

Motor Lublin

Motor vs. Wanda Kraków
at al. Zygmuntowskie on 20 May 2018
Club information
Track addressStadion MOSiR Bystrzyca
Lublin
CountryPoland
Founded2017
Team managerMaciej Kuciapa
Team captainJarosław Hampel
LeagueEkstraliga
Club facts
ColoursYellow, White and Blue
Track size388 metres (1,273 ft)[1]
Track record time64.63[1]
Track record date2012-06-24[1]
Track record holderDaniel Jeleniewski[1]
Major team honours
Team champions2022
Pairs champions2022

History

For the Lublin speedway teams before 2017, see-

Main article: Motor Lublin (speedway team)

In 2017, the speedway team in Lublin was reactivated and participated in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. liga).[4] In the 2017 season Motor finished second in 2. liga,[5] and reached the play-off final where they were defeated by Start Gniezno. The final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium (50:40 in Lublin,[6] 36:53 in Gniezno[7]). Despite losing to Start, Motor qualified for the two-game relegation-promotion playoff against the second-last place team in Nice 1. Liga – Stal Rzeszów. The first game took place on 1 October 2017 in Rzeszów, with Motor winning 52:38.[8] Motor won the deciding game 47:25 which took place on 8 October 2017 in Lublin.[9]

Motor Lublin ended first half of the 2018 season in first place, three points ahead of Start Gniezno.[10] Motor finished first in the Nice 1. Liga regular season, and faced Lokomotiv Daugavpils in the play-off semi-finals. On 31 August 2018, Motor won the away leg 47:43.[11] In the second leg, which took place on 8 September 2018 in Lublin, Motor won 55:35.[12] In the play-off finals, Motor faced second placed side ROW Rybnik. The first leg took place on 16 September 2018 in Rybnik, which Motor lost 52:38.[13] The return leg was contested one week later, when Motor beat ROW 53:37, and gained promotion to Ekstraliga.[14]

In 2022, the team won the Ekstraliga and were awarded the gold medal and declared Team Speedway Polish Championship winners.[15]

In 2023, the club signed 3-times world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik.[16]

Teams

2023 team

Past teams

See also

References
  1. "KMŻ Motor Lublin 2015". speedway.info.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. "Speedway Around The Globe - Poland". Speedway Star page 35-37. 23 July 2022.
  3. "Historia Speedway Polsce 2022". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  4. "Zużlowy powrót do tradycji. Po ile bilety i karnety?". dziennikwschodni.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2008.
  5. "Speed Car Motor Lublin - Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski w półfinale II ligi". kurierlubelski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  6. "W pierwszym meczu finału żużlowcy Speed Car Motoru Lublin pokonali Start Gniezno". kurierlubelski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. "Speed Car Motor Lublin był bliski szczęścia na torze w Gnieźnie, ale awans wywalczył jednak Start". kurierlubelski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  8. "Wysokie zwycięstwo żużlowców Speed Car Motoru Lublin w pierwszym meczu barażowym" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  9. "Speed Car Motor Lublin - Stal Rzeszów. Walka o awans do I ligi" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  10. "Pilanie nie dali rady liderom. Lublin nadal niepokonany". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  11. "Motor Lublin bliżej PGE Ekstraligi. Znów muszą szukać juniora". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  12. "Do awansu pozostał tylko jeden krok. Lublin w finale Nice 1. LŻ". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  13. "Wysoka porażka żużlowców Speed Car Motoru Lublin w pierwszym meczu finału Nice 1. ligi z ROW Rybnik". kurierlubelski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  14. "Speed Car Motor wygrał w Lublinie z ROW Rybnik i awansował do PGE Ekstraligi". kurierlubelski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  15. "2022 results". PGE Ekstraliga. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  16. "KEPA: ZMARZLIK SIGNING BIGGEST IN LUBLIN'S HISTORY AS LINDGREN & HOLDER ALSO JOIN POLISH CHAMPS". FIM. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
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