Timo Laine Explained

Timo Laine
Nationality:Finnish
Birth Date:1934 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Turku, Finland
Indivyear1:1961
Indivhonour1:European Longtrack Champion
Indivyear2:1961, 1962, 1963
Indivhonour2: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

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]

Notes and References

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