Josef Franc

Josef Franc
	Franc in 2012
Born	18 January 1979 (age 46); Čáslav, Czechoslovakia
Nickname	Pepe
Nationality	Czech
Career history
Czech Republic
2005-2009, 2011, 2013-2018	Olymp Praha
Poland
2000	Lublin
2002, 2009-2011, 2018	Krosno
2007	Praha
2013	Kraków
2014	Daugavpils
2021	Wittstock
Great Britain
2001, 2003-2004, 2009, 2011	Berwick Bandits
2005-2008	Newcastle Diamonds
2006	Belle Vue Aces
2010	Sheffield Tigers
2014	Plymouth Devils
Sweden
2005	Eldarna
Denmark
2015	Holsted
Individual honours
2017, 2018	Czech Republic champion
1999	Czech Republic Under-21 Speedway Champion
2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018	Czech Longtrack Championship
2010	Scottish Open Champion
Team honours
2022	World Longtrack Team silver
2019	World Longtrack Team bronze
1998, 2003	Czech Republic Div One Champion

Last updated January 28, 2025

Josef Franc (born 18 January 1979) is a Czech former international motorcycle racer who competed in Grasstrack, Longtrack and motorcycle speedway.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] He earned 8 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team ^[5]

Career

In 2001, Franc joined Berwick Bandits along with fellow Czechs Michal Makovský and Adrian Rymel.^[6]

He has appeared as a wildcard in the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic ^[7] and as a track reserve in the 2007 Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix, scoring three points from two rides and has represented the Czech Republic national speedway team at senior level.

Franc was the Czech Republic Under-21 Champion in 1999 and was the Czech Republic national champion in 2017 and 2018.^[8]

In 2019, he was part of the Czech team, along with Hynek Štichauer and Martin Málek, that won the bronze medal at the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.^[9]

In 2022, he was part of the Czech team, again with Málek and Štichauer, that won the silver medal at the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.^[10]

Speedway Grand Prix results

2003, Prague SGP, 0 Points.
2007, Prague SGP, 3 Points.
2012, Prague SGP, 9 Points.

Career details

World Championships

Individual World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix
- 2003 - 45th place (1 pt in one event)
- 2007 - 28th place (3 pts in one event)
Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
- 2003 - 6th place (started in Event 1 only)
- 2004 - 6th place
- 2006 - 8th place
- 2007 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 2
Individual U-21 World Championship
- 1999 - Vojens - did not start as track reserve
- 2000 - Gorzów Wlkp. - 6th place (8 pts)

European Championships

Individual European Championship
- 2002 - Rybnik - 14th place (5 pts)
- 2003 - Slaný - did not start as track reserve
- 2007 - 13th place in Qualifying Round 3
- 2008 - Lendava - 6th place (10 pts)
Individual U-19 European Championship
- 1998 - Krško - 8th place (8 pts)
European Club Champions' Cup
- 2004 - Ljubljana - 4th place (10 pts)

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix Years

1999 1 app (23rd) 4pts
2010 1 app (18th) 19pts
2011 6 app (13th) 51pts
2012 6 app (Third) 126pts
2013 6 app (4th) 91pts
2014 4 app (10th) 32pts
2015 4 app (5th) 53pts
2016 5 app (7th) 55pts
2017 5 app (Third) 86pts

Best Grand-Prix Results

Eenrum Second 2017
Forssa Second 2012
Groningen First 2012
Marmande Second 2012
Morizès First 2012, Second 2017
Rzeszów Third 2013

Team Championship

2010 Morizès (6th) 9/25pts (Rode with Zdeněk Schneiderwind, Richard Wolff, Pavel Ondrasik).
2011 Scheeßel (4th) 21/36pts (Rode with Aleš Dryml Jr., Richard Wolff, Pavel Ondrasik).
2012 St. Macaire (5th) 16/30 (Rode with Aleš Dryml Jr., Richard Wolff, Michael Hádek).
2013 Folkestone (7th) 11/23pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Karel Kadlec).
2014 Forssa (6th) 13/23pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Jan Klatovský).
2015 Mühldorf (6th) 18/30pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Michal Dudek, Michal Škurla).
2016 Mariánské Lázně (Third) 18/42pts (Rode with Hynek Stichauer, Martin Málek).
2017 Roden (4th) 28/43pts (Rode with Hynek Stichauer, Martin Málek).
2018 Morizès (5th) 20/32pts (rode with Martin Malák, Michal Škurla).

European Grasstrack Championship

Finalist

1999 Werlte (16th) 1pt
2011 Thorpe St Peter (17th) 4pts
2012 Eenrum (Reserve N/S)
2013 Bielefeld (9th) 13pts
2014 Saint-Macaire (4th) 13pts
2015 Staphorst (20th) 0pts
2016 Folkestone (4th) 12pts
2017 Hertingen (7th) 10pts
2018 Tayac (Second) 15pts

Czech Longtrack Championship

2003 Mariánské Lázně 12th
2010 Mariánské Lázně, Second
2011 Mariánské Lázně, Second
2012 Mariánské Lázně, Second
2013 Mariánské Lázně, First
2014 Mariánské Lázně, First
2015 Mariánské Lázně, First
2017 Mariánské Lázně, First
2018 Mariánské Lázně, First

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References

↑ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6
↑ Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) / 2009, pages 58-59 ISSN 1429-3285
↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
↑ "Franc, Josef". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
↑ "Bandits turn to young guns" . Berwick Advertiser. 11 January 2001. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Life is just grand for wildcard Franc" . Berwick Advertiser. 21 August 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Individual Czechoslovakian Championship at Zuzla Indvidual[sic] Czechoslovakian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
↑ "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
↑ "2022 RESULTS Herxheim – Long Track of Nations". FIM. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

External links

http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/josef-franc/

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[1] Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6

[2] Świat Żużla, No 1 (77) / 2009, pages 58-59 ISSN 1429-3285

[3] "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

[4] "Franc, Josef". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

[5] "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[6] "Bandits turn to young guns" . Berwick Advertiser. 11 January 2001. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.

[7] "Life is just grand for wildcard Franc" . Berwick Advertiser. 21 August 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.

[8] "Individual Czechoslovakian Championship at Zuzla Indvidual[sic] Czechoslovakian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[9] "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

[10] "2022 RESULTS Herxheim – Long Track of Nations". FIM. Retrieved 15 July 2023.

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