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Lars Gunnestad
Born (1971-02-18) 18 February 1971 (age 53)
Drammen, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Career history
Great Britain
1991 Sheffield
1993–1998, 2000–2002 Poole
Poland
1991–1992 Zielona Góra
1993 Bydgoszcz
2000–2001 Rybnik
2003 Ostrów
Norway
1991, 1999 NMK Drammen
Sweden
1987 Piraterna
1988–2004 Indianerna
2005 Valsarna
Individual honours
1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,
1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003
Norwegian Champion
Team honours
1990, 1991 Elitserien Champion
1994 British League Champion
2002 Craven Shield Winner

Lars Gunnestad (born 18 February 1971 in Drammen, Norway) [1] is a former Norwegian international motorcycle speedway rider. [2] He won the Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship a record ten times.

Family

His sons, Lars Daniel Gunnestad and Thomas Gunnestad, were both speedway riders. [3] Lars Daniel won the 2011 Norwegian Championship and Thomas won the 2012 Norwegian Championship. [4]

Career summary

Lars Gunnestad and Rinat Mardanshin. Polish league. 1992

Gunnestad first came to prominence in 1988, when he won his first Norwegian title at the age of 17. His first British club was Sheffield in 1991, who competed in the British League Division Two. Gunnestad missed the British speedway season in 1992, but returned in 1993 when he was signed by British League team the Poole Pirates with whom he would spend this rest of his British career. [5]

Gunnestad became a popular rider at Poole and eventually received a testimonial meeting there in 2001. [6] He appeared in five Speedway Grand Prix meetings as a wild card.

Speedway Grand Prix results

1995 SGP
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw
1 (1) Denmark Vojens 11 9 (1,1,1,2,1) +1C 13
1998 SGP
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw
1 (2) Denmark Vojens 18 4 (0,3,1) 24
2 (3) Sweden Linköping 24 1 (0,X) 24
2002 SGP
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw
1 (4) Norway Hamar 13 6 (3,2)(0,1) 23
2003 SGP
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw
1 (5) Norway Hamar 18 4 (0,2,1) 23
  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

World Longtrack Championship

  • 1994 Semi-final
  • 1995 Semi-final
  • 1996 - Germany Herxheim (18th) 3pts

See also

References

  1. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN  0-9552376-1-0
  2. ^ "GUNNESTAD: FOREVER A PIRATE". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Norwegia powalczy o DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Rune Sola mistrzem Norwegii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Ultimate Rider Index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. ^ Robert Bamford, Glynn Shailes (2004). 50 Poole Pirates Greats. Tempus Publishing. pp. 54–55. ISBN  0-7524-3257-5.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lars Gunnestad
Born (1971-02-18) 18 February 1971 (age 53)
Drammen, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Career history
Great Britain
1991 Sheffield
1993–1998, 2000–2002 Poole
Poland
1991–1992 Zielona Góra
1993 Bydgoszcz
2000–2001 Rybnik
2003 Ostrów
Norway
1991, 1999 NMK Drammen
Sweden
1987 Piraterna
1988–2004 Indianerna
2005 Valsarna
Individual honours
1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,
1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003
Norwegian Champion
Team honours
1990, 1991 Elitserien Champion
1994 British League Champion
2002 Craven Shield Winner

Lars Gunnestad (born 18 February 1971 in Drammen, Norway) [1] is a former Norwegian international motorcycle speedway rider. [2] He won the Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship a record ten times.

Family

His sons, Lars Daniel Gunnestad and Thomas Gunnestad, were both speedway riders. [3] Lars Daniel won the 2011 Norwegian Championship and Thomas won the 2012 Norwegian Championship. [4]

Career summary

Lars Gunnestad and Rinat Mardanshin. Polish league. 1992

Gunnestad first came to prominence in 1988, when he won his first Norwegian title at the age of 17. His first British club was Sheffield in 1991, who competed in the British League Division Two. Gunnestad missed the British speedway season in 1992, but returned in 1993 when he was signed by British League team the Poole Pirates with whom he would spend this rest of his British career. [5]

Gunnestad became a popular rider at Poole and eventually received a testimonial meeting there in 2001. [6] He appeared in five Speedway Grand Prix meetings as a wild card.

Speedway Grand Prix results

1995 SGP
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw
1 (1) Denmark Vojens 11 9 (1,1,1,2,1) +1C 13
1998 SGP
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw
1 (2) Denmark Vojens 18 4 (0,3,1) 24
2 (3) Sweden Linköping 24 1 (0,X) 24
2002 SGP
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw
1 (4) Norway Hamar 13 6 (3,2)(0,1) 23
2003 SGP
Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw
1 (5) Norway Hamar 18 4 (0,2,1) 23
  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

World Longtrack Championship

  • 1994 Semi-final
  • 1995 Semi-final
  • 1996 - Germany Herxheim (18th) 3pts

See also

References

  1. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN  0-9552376-1-0
  2. ^ "GUNNESTAD: FOREVER A PIRATE". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Norwegia powalczy o DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Rune Sola mistrzem Norwegii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Ultimate Rider Index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. ^ Robert Bamford, Glynn Shailes (2004). 50 Poole Pirates Greats. Tempus Publishing. pp. 54–55. ISBN  0-7524-3257-5.

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