Timo Laine
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| Born | 5 July 1934 Turku, Finland |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Individual honours | |
| 1961 | European Longtrack Champion |
| 1961, 1962, 1963 | Finland National Champion |
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.
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]
- ^ a b "Timo Laine". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "European Long Track Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway Individual Finnish Championship". Speedway Sanomat. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
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