Kurt W. Petersen

Kurt Wede Petersen (born 2 December 1934) is a former Motorcycle rider who competed in Longtrack and Grasstrack Racing. He competed in nine World Longtrack Championship Finals and won the title in 1964.

Kurt W. Petersen

Born	2 December 1934
Nationality	Denmark
Current club information
Career status	Retired
Career history
1958	Amager
1961	Norwich Stars
Individual honours
1964	Long Track World Champion
1967	Nordic Longtrack Championship
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 1967, 1968, 1969	Denmark Longtrack Championship
1961	Argentina Speedway Championship

World Longtrack Championship

Finals

• 1963 Malmö (Second) 16pts
• 1964 Scheeßel (Champion) 15pts
• 1965 Seinajoki (10th) 8pts
• 1966 Mühldorf (Second) 16pts
• 1967 Scheeßel (4th) 10pts
• 1968 Mühldorf (Third) 12pts
• 1969 Oslo (Third) 11pts
• 1970 Scheeßel (11) 7pts
• 1971 Oslo (12th) 7pts

Scandinavian Final

• 1961 Malmö (14th) 6pts

Semi-finals

• 1960 Riihimaki (14th) 8pts
• 1973 Scheeßel (15th) 3pts
• 1974
• 1975 Aalborg (16th) 3pts

Qualifying Round

• 1962 Aahus (8th) 8pts

Sources

• https://grasstrackgb.co.uk/kurt-w-petersen/
• http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/zawodnik.php?imie=Kurt%20W.&nazwisko=Petersen
• http://speedwaylife.com/kurt-w-petersen/
• https://stiften.dk/foedselsdage/Foedselsdag-Kurt-W-Petersen-80-aar-/artikel/233029
• http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/norwich1961.pdf