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- ↑ "World Team Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "Individual East German Speedway Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 87. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ↑ "1966 Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "1968 Ice Speedway". Speedway.org. Retrieved 23 March 2024.