Timo Laine

Timo Aleksander Laine is a former international Speedway longtrack and motorcycle speedway rider from Finland. He was the three times champion of Finland.

Speedway career

Laine won the gold medal at the European Longtrack Championship in the 1961 Individual Long Track European Championship. In addition he won the Nordic Longtrack Championship three times and the Finish Longtrack Championship seven times.
He was also a prominent rider in conventional speedway and won the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship on three occasions in 1961, 1962 and 1963.
He did not ride in the British leagues for a team, which was rare for the leading riders of the time but did visit the United Kingdom to take part in several meetings.