Puma23 Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 I look for riders who rode in british league from Norway, Finnland and Netherlands. Could you help me ? I know Norway Lars Gunnestad Bjorn G. Hansen Rune Holta Finnland Kai Niemi Joonas Kylmarkorpi Kaj Laukkanen Rauli Makinen Vesa Ylinen Ari Koponen Mati Olin Antti Pajari Pepe Teromaa Kauko Nieminen Netherlands Theo Pijper Henny Kroeze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Norway: Basse Hveem Sverre Harrfeldt Henry Harrfeldt Oyvind Berg Reidar Eide Odd Fossengen Helge Langli Dag Lovaas Ulf Lovaas Jod Odegaard Edgar Stangeland Johnny Faafing (I think - something like that!) Finland Anti Pajari I'll see what else I can dredge up from the dark recesses of my memory.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATigerman Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 I look for riders who rode in british league from Norway, Finnland and Netherlands. Could you help me ? I know Norway Lars Gunnestad Bjorn G. Hansen Rune Holta Finnland Kai Niemi Joonas Kylmarkorpi Kaj Laukkanen Rauli Makinen Vesa Ylinen Ari Koponen Mati Olin Antti Pajari Pepe Teromaa Kauko Nieminen Netherlands Theo Pijper Henny Kroeze <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Norway Tormod Langli Finland Ila Teromaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 NorwayRune Holta <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Rune has never ridden in the EL, and some people think he never will. Finnland <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Pekka Hautamaki, for Cradley and Belle Vue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 (edited) Holland Rob Steman Henk Steman Henk Bangma Rudy Muts Maik Groen Ian Darling Frits Koppe Piet Seur Finland Mika Pellinen Markku Helminen Veijo Tuoriniemi Norway Einar Egedius Jan Gravningen Kjell Gimre Tom Godal Svein Kaasa Audun Ove Olsen Nils Paulsen Stein Roar Pedersen Sigvart Pedersen Knut Syrrest Trond Skretting Per Hansen Jorn Haugvaldstad Edited February 22, 2006 by frigbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 (edited) For Norway - Ingar Hvamstad. And Olli Tyravainen (sp) for Finland. Edited February 22, 2006 by rabbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liesdale Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Norway - Rolf Gramstad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Norway: Johnny Faafing (I think - something like that!) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It was Johnnie Faafeng who rode for Glasgow around 1966/67. He was killed in a car crash, and I remember the story doing the rounds that he had been a bit of nutter who used to use a brick on the accelerator when driving on the motorways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Main Man Posted February 22, 2006 Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Jarno Kosonen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Aage Hansen of Norway who briefly rode @ Ipswich in 1957, but clocked some decent scores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Finnish Petri Kokko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Finnish Petri Kokko <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What a star this guy was. There were always rumours about him signing for Newport, sadly he never did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 (edited) SCB He was a lovely well mannered lad with a lovely girlfriend called Anu. Last time I heard they had a little one, sex unknown. Our chinchilla is named after him even though he is a she. He was a brilliant gater and would not have been passed at Newport. My spies tell me that the track at Reading those days was deliberately slick to satisfy him. Edited February 26, 2006 by Tsunami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatface Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Einar Kyllingstad - Norway/King's Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 (edited) SCB He was a lovely well mannered lad with a lovely girlfriend called Anu. Last time I heard they had a little one, sex unknown. Our chinchilla is named after him even though he is a she. He was a brilliant gater and would not have been passed at Newport. My spies tell me that the track at Reading those days was deliberately slick to satisfy him. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He is... He has... a boy called Arttu (2yrs). I had a tape once of his early days in the UK on which he was questing for Newport. He rode a max if I'm not mistaken. Olli Tyravainen... LOL! Tyrväinen would do better. Veijo Tuoriniemi was featured on speedway+ some time ago, when he made somebodys "nightmare team". That was a good laugh. He now has his own speedway business. He tune's motors for Antti Aakko and various finnish riders. He also imports Jawa and GM here. We did a google on Rauli Mäkinen just last saturday, and found a thread of him here at BSF. Someone was saying: " Didn't speak a word of english, but always had a smile on his face." That's him. He didn't adapt too well to the british way of life. Because of the language problem, he ate his serials with orange juice... I thought that was hilarious... Cant think of others. I know Toni Salmela was in the UK once with Kokko, but decided that it wasn't for him. Edited February 27, 2006 by f-s-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Veijo Tuoriniemi was featured on speedway+ some time ago, when he made somebodys "nightmare team". That was a good laugh. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That was me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerblade Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Einar Kyllingstad - Norway/King's Lynn and briefly Sheffield (unfortunately LOL) We did a google on Rauli Mäkinen just last saturday, and found a thread of him here at BSF. Someone was saying: " Didn't speak a word of english, but always had a smile on his face." That's him. He didn't adapt too well to the british way of life. Because of the language problem, he ate his serials with orange juice... I thought that was hilarious...When Sheffield signed him, they announced in the Sheffield Star that we'd signed a Finnish internation called.......Laurie McKinnen He went back to a meeting in Finland after a few weeks, we're still waiting for him to come back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejb Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Dutchman Maik Groen rode for somerset rebels in 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest speedyguy Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 I look for riders who rode in british league from Norway, Finnland and Netherlands. Could you help me ? I know Norway Lars Gunnestad Bjorn G. Hansen Rune Holta Finnland Kai Niemi Joonas Kylmarkorpi Kaj Laukkanen Rauli Makinen Vesa Ylinen Ari Koponen Mati Olin Antti Pajari Pepe Teromaa Kauko Nieminen Netherlands Theo Pijper Henny Kroeze <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Didn't the pre-war Dutch champion Gerrit Kops sign for Sheffield in late August 1939 but because of start of WW2 on September3 that year be deined his place at Owlerton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted February 28, 2006 Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 When Sheffield signed him, they announced in the Sheffield Star that we'd signed a Finnish internation called.......Laurie McKinnen He went back to a meeting in Finland after a few weeks, we're still waiting for him to come back <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you can get him an average low enough, I'll call him and send him back for this season! McKinnen sounds about right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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