Lars-Åke Andersson

Lars-Åke Andersson

Born	(1946-10-05) 5 October 1946 (age 78) Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Career history
1968-1979	Njudungarna Vetlanda
Team honours
1976	Speedway World Team Cup bronze medal
1976	Allsvenskan Champion
1975	Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion

Lars-Åke Andersson is a former international speedway rider from Sweden.^[1] He is not to be confused with Åke Andersson, another Swedish international rider from the same time period.

Speedway career

Andersson won a bronze medal at the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1976 Speedway World Team Cup.^[2][3][4] During the same season he toured the United Kingdom with the Vetlanda team.^[5][6]

World final appearances

World Team Cup

• 1976 – London, White City Stadium (with Bernt Persson / Anders Michanek / Bengt Jansson / Christer Löfqvist) – 3rd – 26pts

References

1. "Lars Ake Andersson". Historis Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
2. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
3. "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
4. "1976 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
5. "Beckett's big break". Newmarket Journal. 25 March 1976. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Super Swede". Peterborough Standard. 9 April 1976. Retrieved 19 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.