Born | Drammen, Norway | 18 February 1971
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Nationality | Norwegian |
Career history | |
Great Britain | |
1991 | Sheffield |
1993–1998, 2000–2002 | Poole |
Poland | |
1991–1992 | Zielona Góra |
1993 | Bydgoszcz |
2000–2001 | Rybnik |
2003 | Ostrów |
Norway | |
1991, 1999 | NMK Drammen |
Sweden | |
1987 | Piraterna |
1988–2004 | Indianerna |
2005 | Valsarna |
Individual honours | |
1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003 | Norwegian Champion |
Team honours | |
1990, 1991 | Elitserien Champion |
1994 | British League Champion |
2002 | Craven Shield Winner |
Lars Gunnestad (born 18 February 1971 in Drammen, Norway) [1] is a former Norwegian international motorcycle speedway rider. [2] He won the Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship a record ten times and earned 22 caps for the Norway national speedway team. [3]
His sons, Lars Daniel Gunnestad and Thomas Gunnestad, were both speedway riders. [4] Lars Daniel won the 2011 Norwegian Championship and Thomas won the 2012 Norwegian Championship. [5]
Gunnestad first came to prominence in 1988, when he won his first Norwegian title at the age of 17. His first British club was Sheffield in 1991, [6] who competed in the British League Division Two. Gunnestad missed the British speedway season in 1992 despite signing for Poole Pirates, but returned in 1993 to compete in the British League for Poole Pirates, [7] with whom he would spend this rest of his British career.
Gunnestad became a popular rider at Poole and eventually received a testimonial meeting there in 2001. [8] He appeared in five Speedway Grand Prix meetings as a wild card.
1995 SGP | |||||
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Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
1 (1) | Vojens | 11 | 9 | (1,1,1,2,1) +1C | 13 |
1998 SGP | |||||
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Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
1 (2) | Vojens | 18 | 4 | (0,3,1) | 24 |
2 (3) | Linköping | 24 | 1 | (0,X) | 24 |
2002 SGP | |||||
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Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
1 (4) | Hamar | 13 | 6 | (3,2)(0,1) | 23 |
2003 SGP | |||||
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Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw | |
1 (5) | Hamar | 18 | 4 | (0,2,1) | 23 |
permanent speedway rider | |
wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve | |
rider not classified (track reserve who did not start) |
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