Belle Vue Speedway

About

Home to the world famous Belle Vue Aces, the stadium is located along the city’s ‘Sport Corridor’ and is a significant aspect of the East Manchester Regeneration Framework.

About Speedway

League Racing - There are three leagues in British Speedway: Premiership, Championship and National Development League (NDL). Belle Vue have teams in both the Premiership and the NDL. Teams compete with the aim of becoming League Champions. Top four teams progress to the play-offs. The first-placed team chooses from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams whom they wish to race in the two-legged semi-finals. The winners from the two semi-finals then meet in a two-legged Grand Final to decide the Champions. In the event of a tie on aggregate in the Final, the outcome will be determined by Golden Heats Format.

The Meeting - A typical team meeting sees two teams, who compete in the same league, of seven riders race each other over 15 ‘heats’, or races. Two riders from each team take part in each heat, which lasts four laps of the track. Points are awarded as follows, based on a rider’s finishing position: First = 3 points, Second = 2 points, Third = 1 Point, Fourth = 0 Points. The points that each rider scores are counted towards the teams total at the end of the meeting. The team with the most points at the end of the meeting wins.