Dag_Lövaas

Dag Lövaas

Dag Lövaas

Norwegian speedway rider

Dag Lövaas (born 25 February 1951 in Holmestrand, Norway) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider,[1] who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship in 1974.[2]

Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...

Family

His brother Ulf Lövaas was also a speedway rider.[3]

Career summary

Lövaas was twice Norwegian champion, winning the Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship in 1973 and 1974, as a NMK Tønsberg rider.[4]

In Great Britain, he won the British League in 1973 with Reading Racers finishing with the 5th highest average in the league. When Reading closed for a year he moved to the Hackney Hawks in 1974, finishing the season with the highest recorded average in the Hawks' history.[5]

He then rode for Oxford Rebels (photo) in 1975,[6] winning the Midland Cup and then moved with the team and the promoters Danny Dunton and Robert Dugard to become the White City Rebels in 1976.[7] Dag had been keen to ride at Oxford, a track he loved and was disappointed at the move to the London stadium in 1976. On deciding not to return to England in 1977, White City were granted a 'Dag Lovaas (Rider Replacement)' facility for the entire season, in which they ended up as champions.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

References

  1. [1]
    Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. [2]
    Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
  3. [3]
    "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. [4]
    "NM Individuelt". Speedway Norge. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. [5]
    Fenn, C.(2003). Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2737-7
  6. [6]
    Lawson,K (2018) “Rebels 1975 – The Last Season”. ISBN 978-0-244-99725-0
  7. [7]
    Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9
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