Lars Gunnestad

Lars Gunnestad
Born	18 February 1971; Drammen, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Career history
Great Britain
1991	Sheffield
1993–1998, 2000–2002	Poole
Poland
1991–1992	Zielona Góra
1993	Bydgoszcz
2000–2001	Rybnik
2003	Ostrów
Norway
1991, 1999	NMK Drammen
Sweden
1987	Piraterna
1988–2004	Indianerna
2005	Valsarna
Individual honours
1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,; 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003	Norwegian Champion
Team honours
1990, 1991	Elitserien Champion
1994	British League Champion
2002	Craven Shield Winner

Lars Gunnestad (born 18 February 1971 in Drammen, Norway)[1] is a former Norwegian international motorcycle speedway rider.[2] He won the Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship a record ten times.

Family

His sons, Lars Daniel Gunnestad and Thomas Gunnestad, were both speedway riders.[3] Lars Daniel won the 2011 Norwegian Championship and Thomas won the 2012 Norwegian Championship.[4]

Career summary

Lars Gunnestad and Rinat Mardanshin. Polish league. 1992

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 British speedway season in 1992, but returned in 1993 when he was signed by British League team the Poole Pirates with whom he would spend this rest of his British career.[5]

Gunnestad became a popular rider at Poole and eventually received a testimonial meeting there in 2001.[6] He appeared in five Speedway Grand Prix meetings as a wild card.

Speedway Grand Prix results

1995 SGP
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw
1 (1)	Vojens	11	9	(1,1,1,2,1) +1C	13

1998 SGP
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw
1 (2)	Vojens	18	4	(0,3,1)	24
2 (3)	Linköping	24	1	(0,X)	24

2002 SGP
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw
1 (4)	Hamar	13	6	(3,2)(0,1)	23

2003 SGP
	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw
1 (5)	Hamar	18	4	(0,2,1)	23

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

World Longtrack Championship

1994 Semi-final
1995 Semi-final
1996 - Herxheim (18th) 3pts

References

Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
"GUNNESTAD: FOREVER A PIRATE". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
"Norwegia powalczy o DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
"Rune Sola mistrzem Norwegii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
"Ultimate Rider Index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
Robert Bamford, Glynn Shailes (2004). 50 Poole Pirates Greats. Tempus Publishing. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-7524-3257-5.

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[1] Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0

[2] "GUNNESTAD: FOREVER A PIRATE". Poole Speedway. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

[3] "Norwegia powalczy o DPŚ" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 3 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

[4] "Rune Sola mistrzem Norwegii" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

[5] "Ultimate Rider Index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

[6] Robert Bamford, Glynn Shailes (2004). 50 Poole Pirates Greats. Tempus Publishing. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-7524-3257-5.