Lars Gunnestad

Infobox Speedway rider
ridername= Lars Gunnestad


nationality = flagicon|Norway Norway
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|02|18
cityofbirth = Drammen
countryofbirth = Norway
britishleague =
retired = Retired
years = 1991
1993-1998, 2000-2002
1991-1992
1993
2000-2001
2003
career = Sheffield Tigers
Poole Pirates
ZKŻ Zielona Góra (POL)
Polonia Bydgoszcz (POL)
RKM Rybnik (POL)
KM Ostrów Wielkopolski
NMK Drammen (NOR)
Indianerna (SWE)
indivhonour = Norwegian Champion

indivyear = 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003

teamhonour = British League Champion
Craven Shield Winner
teamyear = 1994
2002

Lars Gunnestad (born February 18 1971 in Drammen, Norway) [Oakes, P.(2006). "Speedway Star Almanac". ISBN 0-9552376-1-0] is a retired Norwegian former international speedway rider. He was the Norwegian Speedway Champion a record 10 times.

Career

Gunnestad first came to prominence in 1988 when he won his first Norwegian title at the age of 17. His first British club was Sheffield in 1991 who competed in the British League Division Two. Gunnestad missed the UK season in 1992 but came back in 1993 when he was signed by British League team the Poole Pirates with whom he would spend this rest of his British career. Lars became a popular rider at Poole and eventually received a testimonial meeting there in 2001. [cite book | last= | first= | coauthors=Robert Bamford, Glynn Shailes | year=2004 | month= | title=50 Poole Pirates Greats | publisher=Tempus Publishing | isbn=0-7524-3257-5 | pages=pp. 54-55 ] He appeared in five Speedway Grand Prix meetings as a Wild Card.

peedway Grand Prix results

SGP Career|1995|W|POS=21 |PTS=9 |No=16 |event=SGP Career|1998|W|POS=28 |PTS=5 |No=24 |event=SGP Career|2002|W|POS=28 |PTS=6 |No=23 |event=SGP Career|2003|W|POS=33 |PTS=4 |No=23 |event=

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