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Timo Aleksander Laine (born 5 July 1934) is a former international Speedway longtrack and motorcycle speedway rider from Finland. He was the three times champion of Finland.

Speedway career

Laine won the gold medal at the European Longtrack Championship in the 1961 Individual Long Track European Championship. In addition he won the Nordic Longtrack Championship three times (1964, 1965, 1966) and the Finish Longtrack Championship seven times (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1972).

He was also a prominent rider in conventional speedway and won the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship on three occasions in 1961, 1962 and 1963.

He did not ride in the British leagues for a team, which was rare for the leading riders of the time but did visit the United Kingdon to take part in several meetings.

References

1. "SpeedwayChampionship". Liverpool Daily Post. 8 September 1961. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. ^ "Timo Laine". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
3. "SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
4. "World Longtrack World Champions". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
5. "European Long Track Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
6. "Speedway Individual Finnish Championship". Speedway Sanomat. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
7. "Finnish Speedway Star's Visit". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 16 June 1961. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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