Lokomotiv Daugavpils

Latvian motorcycle speedway team

Lokomotīve Daugavpils

Club information
Track address| Lokomotiv Stadium
Jelgavas iela 53
LV-5404 Daugavpils
Country| Latvia
Founded| 1963
Team manager| Nikolajs Kokins
League| Polish 2\. Liga
Website| Official website
Club facts
Track size| 373 m
Track record time| 66.65
Track record date| 2010-05-02
Track record holder| Grigory Laguta
Major team honours
| 1\. Liga| 2015, 2016

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Soviet Union silver medal| 1970, 1971
Russian bronze medal| 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002

Lokomotīve Daugavpils, also known as Lokomotiv Daugavpils, is a Latvian motorcycle speedway team based in Daugavpils who race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga).[1][2]

## Stadium

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Stadium Lokomotīve (former name Spīdveja centrs) is located at Jelgavas iela 54, Daugavpils. Its capacity is 10,000 seats. The track is 373 metres long and has a granite surface. The track record was set by Grigory Laguta (66.01 sec on 30 May 2010).[3]

## History

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Founded in 1963, the club began league speedway in 1964, as part of the Soviet Union Championship. They won the silver medal in 1970 and 1971.[4] Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union the team continued to race in the Russian Team Speedway Championship, due to the lack of a team competition in Latvia.[5] They won the bronze medal four times in 1995, 1996, 2001 and 2002.[6] The team also competed in the Finnish league from 1994 to 2002.[7]

The team withdrew from the Russian leagues to join the Polish leagues and twice won the 1\. Liga in 2015[8] and 2016[9] but were not promoted to the Ekstraliga, which was restricted to Polish clubs.

During the 2020 Polish speedway season the club were relegated to 2\. Liga.

## Teams

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### 2023 team

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* Nick Morris
* Gustav Grahn
* Kevin Juhl Pedersen
* Steve Worrall
* Sam Jensen
* Justin Sedgmen
* Jevgeņijs Kostigovs
* Daniils Kolodinskis
* Časts Puodžuks
* Ričards Ansviesulis

### Previous teams

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Extended content

2022 team

* Nick Morris
* Victor Palovaara
* Adam Ellis
* Kevin Juhl Pedersen
* Jevgeņijs Kostigovs
* Daniils Kolodinskis
* Ričards Ansviesulis

## Honours

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Competitions  | Total  | Golden medals  | Silver medals  | Bronze medals

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Total  | Years  | Total  | Years  | Total  | Years
European Club (KPE)
(since 1998) | 2  |  |  | 1  | 2005 | 1  | 2001

## Season by season record

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### Russia

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Season | League | Rang

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1995 | I | 3rd
1996 | I | 3rd
1997 | I | 4th
1998 | I | 4th
1999 | I | 4th
2000 | I | 3rd
2001 | I | 3rd
2002 | I | 3rd
2003 | I | 4th
2004 | I | 4th
2005 | I | 8th

### Poland

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Season | League | Rang

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2005 | 2\. Liga | 3rd
2006 | 2\. Liga | 3rd
2007 | 2\. Liga | 2nd (promotion)
2008 | 1\. Liga | 5th
2009 | 1\. Liga | 2nd
2010 | 1\. Liga | 4th
2011 | 1\. Liga | 5th
2012 | 1\. Liga | 4th
2013 | 1\. Liga | 4th
2014 | 1\. Liga | 6th
2015 | 1\. Liga | winner
2016 | 1\. Liga | winner
2017 | 1\. Liga | 3rd
2018 | 1\. Liga | 4th
2019 | 1\. Liga | 6th
2020 | 1\. Liga | 8th
2022 | 2\. Liga | 4th
2023 | 2\. Liga | 5th
2024 | National league |

## Team name changes

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* Iskra Daugavpils: 1964
* Lokomotiv Daugavpils: 1966–1993
* Daugavpils Speedway–Center: 2003–2004
* Daugavpils Speedway: 2005
* Daugavpils Speedway Center (Daugavpils Spīdveja centrs): 2006
* Lokomotiv Daugavpils (Daugavpils Lokomotīve): 2007–present

## See also

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* Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia
* Sport in Latvia
* Speedway in Poland

## References

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1. ^ "2. SPEEDWAY LEAGUE". Sporto we Fakty. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
2. ^ "Speedway from Around the Globe - Poland PGE Ekstraliga". Speedway Star. 10 September 2022. p. 42.
3. ^ "The Stadium". Lokomotiv Daugavpils Speedway. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
4. ^ "Soviet Union Team Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
5. ^ "Soviet Union & Russian Team Championship". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
6. ^ "Russian Team Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
7. ^ "The city on the Dvina River is saturated with speedway". Polsat Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
8. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 2015". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
9. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 2016". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

## External links

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* (lv) www.LatvijasSpidvejs.lv – Official website
* (ru) www.SokolRacing.lv – Speedway website

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Speedway Grand Prix events in Latvia

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Daugavpils|

* 2006
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* 2008
* 2009
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2017

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Riga|

* 2023
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* Częstochowa
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* Bydgoszcz
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* Krosno
* Łódź
* Ostrów
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* Rybnik
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National League|

* Daugavpils
* Gniezno
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* Piła
* Tarnów

Former|

* Motor Lublin
* Kraków
* Lviv
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* Warsaw
* Wittstock

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