{"id":3134,"date":"2024-11-22T19:16:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2024-11-22T19:18:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:18:37","slug":"matej-zagar-snapped-up-by-the-birmingham-brummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/matej-zagar-snapped-up-by-the-birmingham-brummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Matej Zagar snapped up by the Birmingham Brummies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Birmingham Brummies have added vastly experienced campaigner Matej Zagar to their side for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-times Slovenian Champion is heading back to British Speedway, having last appeared for Belle Vue as part of their 2022 title winning team.<\/p>\n<p>Zagar becomes the Brummies\u2019 third signing alongside Tobiasz Musielak and Jason Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>And CEO Nigel Tolley feels the 41-year-old still has plenty to offer.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOne thing that nobody can argue with is that Matej is an enormously talented speedway rider,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cHe was a Grand Prix regular for over a decade in total and he won his national championships for 18 successive years \u2013 that takes some doing no matter who you are or who you are up against.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhen he last raced here a couple of years ago, he was very, very impressive around Belle Vue and he\u2019s looking forward to tackling the away tracks in this league again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cI\u2019ve looked back at his previous scores around Birmingham the last time the club was in the top division and some of them are very eye-catching.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Matej\u2019s experience in the sport could count for a lot for this year\u2019s team and hopefully, he and Tobi will form a solid spearhead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Words and feature image by Birmingham Speedway<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Birmingham Brummies have added vastly experienced campaigner Matej Zagar to their side for 2025. 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