Peter Ingvar Karlsson (born 12 July 1976) is a former
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
rider from Sweden.
Career
Karlsson came to prominence when he won the 1997
Swedish Junior Speedway Championship, during the
1997 Swedish speedway season.
He started his British leagues career during the
1999 Premier League speedway season
The 1999 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
Season summary
The Leagu ...
, where he rode for
Workington Comets
The Workington Comets are a British speedway club, based in Workington, Cumbria, racing out of the Northside Training Track. The team previously operated from 1970 to 2018 and were based at Derwent Park Stadium which they shared with Workington ...
. The following season he improved his average to 8.69.
[
In 2001, he recorded a 9.03 average during the 2001 Premier League speedway season and partnered ]Carl Stonehewer
Carl Bryan 'Stoney' Stonehewer (born 16 May 1972) is a former motorcycle speedway rider.
Career Landmarks
Speedway Grand Prix
* The first UK Premier League (speedway), Premier League rider to qualify for the Speedway Grand Prix.
**Grand Prix S ...
, when the pair won the Premier League Pairs Championship
The SGB Championship Pairs Championship formerly the Premier League Pairs Championship (from 1997 to 2016) is a motorcycle speedway contest for the second tier teams in the SGB Championship in the United Kingdom. The teams consist of the top two ri ...
for Workington at Derwent Park
Derwent Park is a Speedway and Rugby League Stadium in Workington, England situated beside the Cumbrian River Derwent. It is used mostly for rugby league matches and is the home stadium of Workington Town who play in League 1 the 3rd tier o ...
on 14 July.[
]
References
Living people
1976 births
Swedish speedway riders
Workington Comets riders
Swedish expatriate speedway riders in England
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