[5] The stadium has hosted international matches for the West Germany national speedway team[6] and in 1964, held the Speedway World Team Cup final.
[7] Also referred to as the Motorstadion Abensberg, the venue hosted the 1985 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship.
It was won by Per Jonsson on 14 July 1985, who later became a world champion.
[8] The most prestigious speedway event to be held at the track was the first ever Speedway Grand Prix of Germany in 1995,[9] which formed part of the World Championship.
The 1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany was won by the Dane Tommy Knudsen.