I am a press photographer for Ice Speedway World, a UK based ice speedway website.
I have attended meetings in Assen, Netherlands, Sanok, Poland and Novosibirsk, Siberia.
Above are links to Ice Speedway World and the official FIM event page.
Below are some of my Photographs.
Ice speedway is a developed form of Speedway racing, featuring racing on frozen surfaces. The sport uses bikes enhanced for the terrain. Participants can compete at international level.
The bikes race anti clockwise around oval tracks between 260 and 425 metres in length. The race structure and scoring are similar to that in speedway.
The bikes bear a passing resemblance to those used for speedway, but have a longer wheelbase and a more rigid frame. As with speedway, the bikes do not have brakes.
The sport is divided into classes for full-rubber and studded tyres. The studded tyre category involves competitors riding on bikes with spikes up to 3 centimetres in length screwed into each treadless tyre, each bike has 90 spikes on the front tyre and 200-500 on the rear (regulations on length and types of permissible studs are controlled by the sanctioning body). The use of these spikes in this discipline necessitate the addition of special protective guards (similar to mudguards) over the wheels which extend almost to the ice surface. The spiked tyres produce a tremendous amount of traction and this means two-speed gearboxes are also required. - Wikipedia
I have attended meetings in Assen, Netherlands, Sanok, Poland and Novosibirsk, Siberia.
Above are links to Ice Speedway World and the official FIM event page.
Below are some of my Photographs.
Ice speedway is a developed form of Speedway racing, featuring racing on frozen surfaces. The sport uses bikes enhanced for the terrain. Participants can compete at international level.
The bikes race anti clockwise around oval tracks between 260 and 425 metres in length. The race structure and scoring are similar to that in speedway.
The bikes bear a passing resemblance to those used for speedway, but have a longer wheelbase and a more rigid frame. As with speedway, the bikes do not have brakes.
The sport is divided into classes for full-rubber and studded tyres. The studded tyre category involves competitors riding on bikes with spikes up to 3 centimetres in length screwed into each treadless tyre, each bike has 90 spikes on the front tyre and 200-500 on the rear (regulations on length and types of permissible studs are controlled by the sanctioning body). The use of these spikes in this discipline necessitate the addition of special protective guards (similar to mudguards) over the wheels which extend almost to the ice surface. The spiked tyres produce a tremendous amount of traction and this means two-speed gearboxes are also required. - Wikipedia