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Bengt Brannefors
Swedish motorcycle speedway rider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bengt Brannefors (31 May 1936 – January 2008) was a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 20 international caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[1]
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Brannefors began his speedway career racing for Kaparna during the 1953 Swedish speedway season.[2] He was part of the Kaparna team that secured two league championships in 1968 and 1970.[3]
His performances in Sweden were noticed by the British teams, which resulted in New Cross Rangers signing him for the 1961 Speedway National League season.[4] However, his time at New Cross was short because promoter Johnnie Hoskins dropped him.[5] He moved to ride a couple of times for Oxford Cheetahs before joining Ipswich Witches for the 1962 season but again only rode a few matches because Ipswich withdrew from the league.[6]
He continued to ride in Sweden and made several attempts to return to Britain but league restrictions and issues over overseas riders caused various problems in securing a team,[7] despite interest from clubs. He finally returned to ride for Newport Wasps during the 1970 British League season.[8] Unfortunately he continued to have issues with external matters and was subject to work permit problems during the season.[9] The problems he encountered were somewhat responsible for being unable to gain consistency in Britain, which affected his average.[10]
The following season in 1971, he rode for Newport and Wolverhampton Wolves,[11] which was his last in the United Kingdom. He rode for Vargarna before completing one more season with Kaparna in 1974.
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His son Pierre Brannefors was also a professional speedway rider.[1]
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