Kurt W. Petersen
| Born | 2 December 1934 |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Danish |
| Career history | |
| Denmark | |
| 1958 | Amager |
| Great Britain | |
| 1961 | Norwich Stars |
| Individual honours | |
| 1964 | Long Track World Champion |
| 1967 | Nordic Longtrack Champion |
| 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 | Danish Champion |
| 1959, 1960, 1961 1962, 1963, 1964 1965, 1966, 1967 1968, 1969 | Denmark Longtrack Champion |
Kurt Wæde Petersen (born 2 December 1934) is a former Motorcycle speedway rider who was a four times champion of Denmark and the 1964 world longtrack champion.[1]
Speedway career
[edit]Petersen was a four times champion of Denmark, winning the Danish Championship in 1960 to 1963.[2][3]
He competed in nine World Longtrack Championship Finals and became a world champion after winning the 1964.[4][5] He was the Denmark Longtrack Champion eleven times, in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969.[4]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1961, riding for Norwich Stars.[6][7][8]
Speedway World Final appearances
[edit]World Longtrack Championship
[edit]- 1963
Malmö (Second) 16pts - 1964
Scheeßel (Champion) 15pts - 1965
Seinajoki (10th) 8pts - 1966 Mühldorf (Second) 16pts
- 1967 Scheeßel (4th) 10pts
- 1968 Mühldorf (Third) 12pts
- 1969
Oslo (Third) 11pts - 1970 Scheeßel (11) 7pts
- 1971 Oslo (12th) 7pts
Nordic Final
[edit]- 1961 Malmö (14th) 6pts
World Pairs Championship
[edit]- 1968 - Kempten (with Jens Hauser) - 6th - 6pts (2)
References
[edit]- ^ "Birthday: Kurt W. Petersen - 80 years". Stiften. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Danish Champions". wwosbackup. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Denmark's first international championship". Speedway Life. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ a b "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Norwich snap up champion Kurt". Daily Mirror. 11 March 1961. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 9 August 2023.