Petr Vandírek | |
Nationality: | Czech |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1962 |
Birth Place: | Czechoslovakia |
Years1: | Czechoslovakia |
Career2: | AMK Čakovice |
Years2: | 1979 |
Career3: | Rudá Hvězda Praha |
Years3: | 1984–1989 |
Career4: | Olymp Praha |
Years4: | 1990–1991 |
Career6: | Great Britain |
Career7: | Exeter Falcons |
Years7: | 1995–1996 |
Indivyear1: | 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 |
Indivhonour1: | World Longtrack finalist |
Indivyear2: | 1989 |
Indivhonour2: | Czech Champion |
Petr Vandírek (born 7 April 1962) is a Czech former speedway rider.[1] He earned 32 international caps for the Czechoslovakia national speedway team and 1 cap for the Czech Republic national speedway team.[2]
Vandírek reached five Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship finals from 1986 until 1990[3] and won the 1989 Czech Republic Individual Speedway Championship.[4]
On 21 May 1983, Vandírek set a new track record at the Letňa Avia, in Čakovice of 1:12.1 min.[5]
Nine years before he rode in Britain, he toured the United Kingdom in 1986.[6] He then rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for Exeter Falcons from 1995 until 1996.[7]
In 1987, he represented the Czechoslovak national team during the final of the 1987 Speedway World Team Cup.[8]