![]() Franc in 2012 | |
Born | Čáslav, Czechoslovakia | 18 January 1979
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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 |
Josef Franc (born 18 January 1979) is a 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]
He has appeared 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. [6]
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. [7]
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. [8]
Grand-Prix Years
Best Grand-Prix Results
Team Championship
Finalist
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