On Saturday on May 31 the third round of this year’s Speedway Grand Prix cykle will take place. The best speedway riders in the world will be competing for points to the general classification on the trasck in Prague.
The local venue was built primarily for hosting athletics competitions. All major speedway events in the Czech Republic were held at the Strahov Stadium until 1971. Only since 1971 the speedway club AK Marketa Praga has competed on Marketa Stadium.
The best riders in the world have competed in Prague in the cycle of Grand Prix since 1997. It was then that in the capital of Chech Republic one of the Speedway World Championsip was organised for the very first time.
In years 2021 – 2021 due to pandemia of coronavirus the timetable of competition for the best speedway rider in the world was modified. As a result of this Prague was the organizer of two rounds of the championship in that season.
In 2023 Martin Vaculik delivered a very strong performance in the Grand Prix of Chech Republic. The rider in a great style won the tournament in Prague defeating: Leon Madsen, Jack Holder and Bartosz Zmarzlik.
The Slovakian also dominated in Prague in the past season. Martin was second only in one of his seven races. He won the other runs.