Dag Lövaas

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]

Dag Lövaas
Born (1951-02-25) 25 February 1951
Holmestrand, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Career history
1970Newcastle Diamonds
1971-1973Reading Racers
1974Hackney Hawks
1975Oxford Rebels
1976White City Rebels
Individual honours
1973, 1974Norwegian Champion
Team honours
1973British League winner
1972Spring Gold Cup winner
1975Midland Cup winner

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. 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. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
  3. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. "NM Individuelt". Speedway Norge. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. Fenn, C.(2003). Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2737-7
  6. Lawson,K (2018) “Rebels 1975 – The Last Season”. ISBN 978-0-244-99725-0
  7. Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9
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