Dag Lövaas


Dag Lövaas is a former international motorcycle speedway rider, who reached the finals of the Speedway World Championship in 1974. He earned 9 caps for the Norway national speedway team.

Family

His brother Ulf Lövaas was also a speedway rider.

Career summary

Lövaas was twice Norwegian champion, winning the Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship in 1973 and 1974, as a NMK Tønsberg rider.
In Great Britain, he started his career with Newcastle Diamonds in 1970. He won the British League in 1973 with Reading Racers finishing with the 5th highest average in the league. When Reading closed for a year he moved to the Hackney Hawks in 1974, finishing the season with the highest recorded average in the Hawks' history.
He then rode for Oxford Rebels in 1975, winning the Midland Cup and then moved with the team and the promoters Danny Dunton and Robert Dugard to become the White City Rebels in 1976. Dag had been keen to ride at Oxford, a track he loved and was disappointed at the move to the London stadium in 1976.
On deciding not to return to England in 1977, White City were granted a 'Dag Lovaas ' facility for the entire season, in which they ended up as champions.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship