Ulf Lövaas (born 24 March 1947 in Holmestrand, Norway) is a former international

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 Norway. He earned 6 caps for the Norway national speedway team.

Family

His brother

Dag Lövaas Dag Lövaas (born 25 February 1951 in Holmestrand, Norway) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider, who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship in 1974. His brother Ulf was also a speedway rider. Career summary He won ...

was also a speedway rider.

Career

Lövaas was a national champion, winning the

Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship The Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Norges Motorsportforbund (NMF). The first championship was held in 1938 in Trondheim and saw Ragnar C. Erichsen as winner. Lars Gunnestad has ...

in 1972, as a NMK Tønsberg rider. He represented Norway in

World Team Cup The World Team Cup was the international men's team championship of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The inaugural edition of the tournament was contested in 1975 in Kingston, Jamaica and was called the Nations Cup. No tourname ...

and earned six caps for the Norway national speedway team. In Great Britain, he rode for two seasons, in 1973 for Cradley Heathens and 1974 for

Oxford Rebels The Oxford Cheetahs are a British Motorcycle speedway, speedway teamLawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. based at Oxford Stadium, in Oxford, England. They were founded in 1939 and are five times champions of Britain, in 1964 Speed ...

. Brother Dag Lövaas also rode for Oxford Rebels in 1975.Lawson,K (2018) “Rebels 1975 – The Last Season”.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lovaas, Ulf 1947 births Living people Norwegian speedway riders Cradley Heathens riders Norwegian expatriate speedway riders in England Oxford Cheetahs riders Reading Racers riders People from Holmestrand Sportspeople from Vestfold