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KM Cross Lublin (speedway team)

Klub Motorowy Cross Lublin also known as the Platinum Motor Lublin through sponsorship rights, is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Lublin. The team currently competes in the Ekstraliga (the highest division)[1] and have won the Team Speedway Polish Championship three times.[2]

History

For the Lublin speedway teams before 2017, see-

Main article: Motor Lublin (speedway team)

In 2017, the speedway team in Lublin was reactivated and participated in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. liga).[3] In the 2017 season Motor finished second in 2. liga,[4] and reached the play-off final where they were defeated by Start Gniezno. The final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium (50:40 in Lublin,[5] 36:53 in Gniezno[6]). Despite losing to Start, Motor qualified for the two-game relegation-promotion playoff against the second-last place team in Nice 1. Liga – Stal Rzeszów. The first game took place on 1 October 2017 in Rzeszów, with Motor winning 52:38.[7] Motor won the deciding game 47:25 which took place on 8 October 2017 in Lublin.[8]

Motor Lublin ended first half of the 2018 season in first place, three points ahead of Start Gniezno.[9] Motor finished first in the Nice 1. Liga regular season, and faced Lokomotiv Daugavpils in the play-off semi-finals. On 31 August 2018, Motor won the away leg 47:43.[10] In the second leg, which took place on 8 September 2018 in Lublin, Motor won 55:35.[11] In the play-off finals, Motor faced second placed side ROW Rybnik. The first leg took place on 16 September 2018 in Rybnik, which Motor lost 52:38.[12] The return leg was contested one week later, when Motor beat ROW 53:37, and gained promotion to Ekstraliga.[13]

In 2022, the team won the Ekstraliga and were awarded the gold medal and declared Team Speedway Polish Championship winners.[14]

In 2023, the club signed 3-times world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik[15] and won the Ekstraliga during the 2023 Polish speedway season and 2024 Polish speedway seasons to record three consecutive title wins.[16]

Notable riders

See also

References

  1. ^ "Speedway Around The Globe - Poland". Speedway Star. 23 July 2022. pp. 35–37.
  2. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 2022". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Zużlowy powrót do tradycji. Po ile bilety i karnety?". dziennikwschodni.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Speed Car Motor Lublin - Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski w półfinale II ligi". kurierlubelski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  5. ^ "W pierwszym meczu finału żużlowcy Speed Car Motoru Lublin pokonali Start Gniezno". kurierlubelski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Speed Car Motor Lublin był bliski szczęścia na torze w Gnieźnie, ale awans wywalczył jednak Start". kurierlubelski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Wysokie zwycięstwo żużlowców Speed Car Motoru Lublin w pierwszym meczu barażowym" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Speed Car Motor Lublin - Stal Rzeszów. Walka o awans do I ligi" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Pilanie nie dali rady liderom. Lublin nadal niepokonany". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Motor Lublin bliżej PGE Ekstraligi. Znów muszą szukać juniora". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Do awansu pozostał tylko jeden krok. Lublin w finale Nice 1. LŻ". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Wysoka porażka żużlowców Speed Car Motoru Lublin w pierwszym meczu finału Nice 1. ligi z ROW Rybnik". kurierlubelski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Speed Car Motor wygrał w Lublinie z ROW Rybnik i awansował do PGE Ekstraligi". kurierlubelski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  14. ^ "2022 results". PGE Ekstraliga. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  15. ^ "KEPA: ZMARZLIK SIGNING BIGGEST IN LUBLIN'S HISTORY AS LINDGREN & HOLDER ALSO JOIN POLISH CHAMPS". FIM. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  16. ^ "ORLEN Oil Motor Lublin - Betard Sparta Wrocław 52:38. Deklasacja w finale, Sparta wicemistrzem Polski". Gazeta Wrocławska. Retrieved 12 October 2024.