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Track racing
Motorcycle racing on oval track / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the type of motorcycle racing. For the bicycle sport, see Track cycling. For the automobile sport, see Dirt track racing.
Track racing is a form of motorcycle racing where teams or individuals race opponents around an unpaved oval track. There are differing variants, with each variant racing on a different surface type.
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The most common variant is Speedway which has many professional domestic and international competitions in a number of countries.
Administered internationally by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), the sport became popular in the 1920s and remains so today.