Rottalstadion
The Rottalstadion is a 10,000-capacity motorcycle speedway, association football and athletics stadium located in the southern area of Pocking, Germany.[3] It finally had an official opening in 1953 when FC Nürnberg met SSV Jahn Regensburg in a football match.Xaver Ziegler was instrumental in racing returning in June 1962, albeit on a sand track measuring a huge 760 meters.[3] In 1974, a smaller conventional speedway track was built and on 30 March 1975, national teams from Poland, the Soviet Union, Sweden and West Germany competed in an international fixture.[7][8][9] In 1996 and 1998, the stadium hosted the prestigious Speedway Grand Prix of Germany, which were won by Hans Nielsen and Tony Rickardsson respectively.