Bohumír Bartoněk Explained

Bohumír Bartoněk
Nationality:Czech
Birth Date:1939 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Career1:Czechoslovakia
Career2:Rudá Hvězda Praha
Years2:1958–1966
Indivyear1:1959, 1961
Indivhonour1:Continental finalist
Teamyear1:1960
Teamhonour1:Speedway World Team Cup bronze medal
Teamyear2:1961, 1962
Teamhonour2:Speedway World Team Cup finalist

Bohumír Bartoněk (born 10 May 1939) is a former international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.[1]

Speedway career

Bartoněk reached the 1959 Continental Speedway final as part of the 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2]

Bartoněk helped the Czech Republic reach the final of the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup at the 1960 Speedway World Team Cup,[3] where he won a bronze medal despite not riding because he was the official reserve rider.[4] He was twice a Continental Speedway Finalist in 1959 and 1961.[5] [6] >

World final appearances

World Team Cup

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bohumir Bartonek. GrasstrackGB. 4 August 2021.
  2. News: Tough Moore . Sunday Mirror . 28 June 1959 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 27 August 2024.
  3. . World Team Cup Preview. Speedway Star and News, Vol 9 No.24 . 3 September 1960 .
  4. Web site: World Team Cup 1960-1990. Edinburgh Speedway. 12 July 2021.
  5. Web site: HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK. Speedway.org. 16 July 2021.
  6. Book: Bott, Richard. The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 100. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. 0-09-141751-1.