Timo Laine

Laine won the gold medal at the European Longtrack Championship in the 1961 Individual Long Track European Championship.^[3][4][5] In addition he won the Nordic Longtrack Championship three times (1964, 1965, 1966) and the Finish Longtrack Championship seven times (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1972).^[2]

He was also a prominent rider in conventional speedway and won the Finnish Individual Speedway Championship on three occasions in 1961, 1962 and 1963.^[6]

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.^[7]