Zdeněk Kudrna
Rudá Hvězda Praha | |
| Great Britain | |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Exeter Falcons |
| 1980, 1982 | Birmingham Brummies |
| Individual honours | |
| 1977, 1979 | Ice World Championship bronze medal |
| 6 times | Czechoslovakian Ice Racing Champion |
| 1979 | Westernapolis |
Zdeněk Kudrna (born 2 September 1946 in
Career
Kudrna first rode in the UK for the Exeter Falcons in 1979 with compatriots Aleš Dryml Sr., Jan Verner and Václav Verner. Also in 1979 he finished seventh Speedway World Championship final and was a member of the Czechoslovak team that finished third in the Speedway World Team Cup.
1980 saw him move to the Birmingham Brummies where he was nicknamed Kermit due to his bright green leathers. The Czechoslovak authorities refused him permission to ride in the UK in 1981 but in 1982 he returned to the Brummies.
World Final Appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1978 -
London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve - did not ride - Silesian Stadium- 7th - 8pts
World Team Cup
- 1979 - London, White City Stadium (with Jiří Štancl / Aleš Dryml Sr. / Václav Verner) - 3rd - 19pts (4)
- ) - 4th - 12pt (1)
World Longtrack Championship
- Marianske Lazne6th 14pts
- 1977 –
Aalborg 12th 8pts - 1978 –
Mühldorf 15th 7pts - Marianske Lazne16th 2pts
- 1980 – Scheeßel 8th 9pts
- 1981 –
Gornja Radgona 14th 4pts
Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
- 1974 –
Nässjö 13th 4pts - 1975 –
Moscow 9th 12pts - 1976 –
Assen 7th 18pts - 1977 – Inzell 3rd 24pts
- 1978 – Assen 11th 10pts
- 1979 – Inzell 3rd 26pts
- 1980 – Kalinin 4th 22pts
- 1981 - Assen 4th 25pts
- 1982 - Inzell 4th
Death
On 31 May 1982 Kudrna was racing in a grasstrack meeting in Stadskanaal, the Netherlands. He had already qualified to go through to the next round when midway through the final race, his throttle stuck open and he crashed full speed into the barrier. A wooden stake holding the fence impaled him. Despite being rushed to hospital, Kudrna died the next day from his injuries.[3]
See also
References
- ISBN 0-9541671-2-0
- ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
- ^ "From the Archives: Speedway star killed by wooden stake", Birmingham Mail, 16 February 2011, retrieved 2011-11-27
See also
- Czech Republic national speedway team
- Individual Ice Racing World Championship