Leif Enecrona Explained

Nationality:Swedish
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Career1:Sweden
Years2:1961-1966
Career2:Gamarna
Years3:1967-1978
Career3:Getingarna
Career4:Great Britain
Years5:1966
Career5:Long Eaton Archers
Indivyear1:1968
Indivhonour1:Swedish Champion
Teamyear1:1967, 1969, 1974, 1978
Indivhonour2:Golden Helmet of Pardubice
Indivyear2:1968
Teamhonour1:Allsvenskan Champion
Teamyear2:1965
Teamhonour2:Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion
Teamyear3:1962
Teamhonour3:Allsvenskan Div 3 Champion

Leif Enecrona (5 March 1940 – 11 April 2003)[1] is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship three times.[2] [3]

Career

He rode for Gamarna from 1961 to 1966, winning the Allsvenskan Division 2 in 1965 and then for Getingarna from 1967 to 1978 winning the Allsvenskan four times. Enecrona had a brief spell in the United Kingdom, riding for the Long Eaton Archers during the 1966 British League season, where he averaged 7.68.[4]

He won the Swedish Championship in 1968.[5]

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

Notes and References

  1. Book: Oakes, Peter . Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE . Ivan Mauger. Who's Who of World Speedway . Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd . 1976 . 0-904584-04-6 .
  2. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
  3. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 11 August 2023.
  4. Web site: Rider averages 1929 to 2009 . Speedway Researcher . 6 January 2024.
  5. Book: Oakes, Peter . 1981 Speedway Yearbook . 1981 . 85 . Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd . 0-86215-017-5.