TheEddie Wright Raceway is a Britishrace track inScunthorpe,North Lincolnshire.[1] It is primarily used formotorcycle speedway, but also occasionally hostsstock car racing.
In 2004, the North Lincolnshire Council offered a 10-acre plot of land on Normanby Road to theScunthorpe speedway team and work began on creating a new venue. Promoters Rob Godfrey and Norman Beeney opened the track for practice in 2004 before the first speedway meeting was held on 27 March 2005, ending a twenty-year absence of speedway in Scunthorpe. The Scorpions took their place in division 3 (the2005 Speedway Conference League).[2]
In 2008, used car dealership Eddie Wright entered into a 29-year sponsorship deal with Scunthorpe Scorpions to rename the track the Eddie Wright Raceway.[3]
The Eddie Wright Raceway also host's banger and stockcar events every 3–4 weeks from March - November.[4]
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