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

Timo Laine
Born (1934-07-05) 5 July 1934 (age 89)
Turku, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Individual honours
1961European Longtrack Champion
1961, 1962, 1963Finland National Champion

Speedway career edit

Laine won the gold medal at the European Longtrack Championship in the 1961 Individual Long Track European Championship.[2][3][4] 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).[1]

He was also a prominent rider in conventional speedway and won the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship on three occasions in 1961, 1962 and 1963.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Timo Laine". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. ^ "European Long Track Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway Individual Finnish Championship". Speedway Sanomat. Retrieved 18 February 2023.