Alf Busk
Danish speedway rider
Born | (1958-04-16) 16 April 1958 (age 66) Silkeborg, Denmark |
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Nationality | Danish |
Career history | |
1977-1982 | Coventry Bees |
1983-1985 | Swindon Robins |
1985 | Sheffield Tigers |
Individual honours | |
1977 | European Junior Champion |
Team honours | |
1978, 1979 | British League Champion |
1981 | British League Cup |
1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 | Midland Cup |
1980 | Midland League |
Alf Busk (born 16 April 1958) is a former international speedway rider from Denmark.[1] He earned 8 caps for the Denmark national speedway team.[2]
Speedway career
Busk won the gold medal at the Individual Speedway Junior European Championship in the 1977 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship.[3][4]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1977 to 1985,[5] riding for Coventry Bees,[6] Sheffield Tigers and Swindon Robins.[7]
His career at COventry resulted in two league championship titles, one league cup and five Midland Cup wins.
World final appearances
World Longtrack Championship
- 1979 –
Marianske Lazne 15th 3pts
European final appearances
European Under-21
- 1977 -
Vojens, Vojens Speedway Center - 1st - 9pts
References
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Bike boost for Busk". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 17 February 1977. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Coventry go for Bastable". Daily Mirror. 16 February 1983. Retrieved 29 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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