Timo Laine

Timo Laine
Born (1934-07-05) 5 July 1934 (age 90)
Turku, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Individual honours
1961European Longtrack Champion
1961, 1962, 1963Finland National Champion

Timo Aleksander Laine (born 5 July 1934) is a former international Speedway longtrack and motorcycle speedway rider from Finland.[1][2] He was the three times champion of Finland.

Speedway career

Laine won the gold medal at the European Longtrack Championship in the 1961 Individual Long Track European Championship.[3][4][5] In addition he won the Nordic Longtrack Championship three times (1964, 1965, 1966) and the Finish Longtrack Championship seven times (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1972).[2]

He was also a prominent rider in conventional speedway and won the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship on three occasions in 1961, 1962 and 1963.[6]

He did not ride in the British leagues for a team, which was rare for the leading riders of the time but did visit the United Kingdon to take part in several meetings.[7]

References

  1. ^ "SpeedwayChampionship". Liverpool Daily Post. 8 September 1961. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ a b "Timo Laine". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ "European Long Track Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway Individual Finnish Championship". Speedway Sanomat. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Finnish Speedway Star's Visit". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 16 June 1961. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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