The jewel in the crown of classic motor racing arrived in Ukraine when the Chayka Autodrome was built in Kyiv in the mid-1970s, making Ukraine a significant part of the growth and the history of modern auto and motor sports.
Ukraine occupied an important place in the development of car racing sport and motorcycle sport among other republics. Ukraine was located closer to the Warsaw Pact countries (Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the GDR). This contributed to the fact that Ukraine was actively involved in international competitions, in particular, the Friendship Cup of the socialist countries in ring racing, which began to be held in the 60s.
In the 70s and 80s of the XX century, the leadership of the USSR began to establish professional ties with the Western society and to organize domestic andinternational competitions between racers from other European countries (mostly Eastern European countries). This, in part, led to the emergence of the idea and implementation of the construction of the largest Western-certified stadium in the USSR, named Chaika, which began to host international racing competitions.
