Robert Pfetzing

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Robert Pfetzing
Born (1959-10-04) 4 October 1959 (age 64)
Santa Ana, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
Career history
1984, 1987, 1989 Wolverhampton Wolves
1988 Bradford Dukes
Individual honours
1986 United States National Championships silver
1991 United States National Championships bronze

Robert Pfetzing (born 4 October 1959) is an American former international speedway rider. [1] He earned 9 caps for the United States national speedway team. [2]

Speedway career

Pfetzing rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1984 [3] to 1989, riding for Wolverhampton Wolves and Bradford Dukes. [4] [5]

He reached the Overseas final as part of the Speedway World Championship during the 1988 Individual Speedway World Championship [6] and has twice been on the podium at the United States National Championships.

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References

  1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. "Wolverhampton" . Birmingham Mail. 12 March 1984. Retrieved 1 September 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2021.