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 Danish former speedway rider. He earned 8 caps for the Denmark national speedway team.
Speedway career
Busk won the gold medal at the Individual Speedway Junior European Championship in the 1977 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship.
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1977 to 1985, riding for Coventry Bees, Sheffield Tigers and Swindon Robins.
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 – Mariánské Lázně 15th 3pts
European final appearances
European Under-21
- 1977 - Vojens, Vojens Speedway Center - 1st - 9pts
References
- "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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