Kurt W. Petersen

Kurt Wæde Petersen (born 2 December 1934) is a former Motorcycle speedway rider who was a four times champion of Denmark and the 1964 world longtrack champion.^[1]

Kurt W. Petersen

Born	(1934-12-02)2 December 1934
Nationality	Danish
Career history
Denmark
1958	Amager
Great Britain
1961	Norwich Stars
Individual honours
1964	Long Track World Champion
1967	Nordic Longtrack Champion
1960, 1961, 1962, 1963	Danish Champion
1959, 1960, 1961 1962, 1963, 1964 1965, 1966, 1967 1968, 1969	Denmark Longtrack Champion

Speedway career

Petersen was a four times champion of Denmark, winning the Danish Championship in 1960 to 1963.^[2][3]

He competed in nine World Longtrack Championship Finals and became a world champion after winning the 1964.^[4][5] He was the Denmark Longtrack Champion eleven times, in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969.^[4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1961, riding for Norwich Stars.^[6][7][8]

Speedway World Final appearances

World Longtrack Championship

• 1963 Malmö (Second) 16pts
• 1964 Scheeßel (Champion) 15pts
• 1965 Seinajoki (10th) 8pts
• 1966 Mühldorf (Second) 16pts
• 1967 Scheeßel (4th) 10pts
• 1968 Mühldorf (Third) 12pts
• 1969 Oslo (Third) 11pts
• 1970 Scheeßel (11) 7pts
• 1971 Oslo (12th) 7pts

Nordic Final

• 1961 Malmö (14th) 6pts

World Pairs Championship

• 1968 - Kempten (with Jens Hauser) - 6th - 6pts (2)