Lars Gunnestad

Lars Gunnestad
Born	18 February 1971 (age 53); Drammen, Norway
Nationality	Norway
Current club information
Career status	Retired
Career history
Great Britain
1991	Sheffield Tigers
1993–1998, 2000–2002	Poole Pirates
Poland
1991–1992	Morawski Zielona Góra
1993	Polonia Bydgoszcz
2000–2001	RKM Rybnik
2003	KM Ostrów Wielkopolski
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. He won the Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship a record ten times.

His son, Lars Daniel, is speedway rider also.^[2] Lars Daniel finished fifth in the 2009 Norwegian Championship.^[3]

Career summary

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, who competed in the British League Division Two. Gunnestad missed the British speedway season in 1992, but returned in 1993 when he was signed by British League team the Poole Pirates 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.^[4] He appeared in five Speedway Grand Prix meetings as a wild card.

Speedway Grand Prix results

1995 SGP
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw
1 (1)	Vojens	11	9	(1,1,1,2,1) +1C	13

1998 SGP
	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
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw
1 (4)	Hamar	13	6	(3,2)(0,1)	23

2003 SGP
	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)

World Longtrack Championship

1994 Semi-final
1995 Semi-final
1996 - Herxheim (18th) 3pts

References

^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
^ "Norwegia powalczy o DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
^ "Rune Sola mistrzem Norwegii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
^ Robert Bamford, Glynn Shailes (2004). 50 Poole Pirates Greats. Tempus Publishing. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-7524-3257-5. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)

External links

Lars Gunnestad profile at Speedway History Info

[1] Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0

[2] "Norwegia powalczy o DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-11-04.

[3] "Rune Sola mistrzem Norwegii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-11-04.

[4] Robert Bamford, Glynn Shailes (2004). 50 Poole Pirates Greats. Tempus Publishing. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-7524-3257-5. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)

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Career summary

Speedway Grand Prix results

World Longtrack Championship

See also

References

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