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Bob Leverenz (6 February 1925 – 16 March 2009)〔(Bob Leverenz death notice )〕 was an international speedway rider who featured in the 1951 Speedway World Championship final alongside the winner and fellow Adelaide rider Jack Young.〔Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5〕 Leverenz was born in Findon, South Australia.〔Addison J. (1948). ''The People Speedway Guide''. Odhams Press Limited〕 ==Career== Bob Leverenz spent his entire UK career with the Norwich Stars and was a member of the team that won the National League Division Two championships in 1950 and 1951. His career highlights included: *Winning four South Australian Championships: 1950 at Kilburn Speedway, 1951, 1952 and 1953, at Rowley Park Speedway. *Winning four Adelaide Golden Helmet's in 1950. Three wins came at Kilburn and the final win came at Rowley Park. *Captaining the Australian Test Team against England at Kilburn Speedway in 1951. *Riding for the Norwich Stars in England from 1949 to 1952. *Winning the Harringay Trophy at Harringay Stadium, London in 1951. *Winning the Festival of Britain, Gold Star, at New Cross Stadium, London, on 2 May 1951. *Setting a track record at Norwich of 71.2 seconds, down from the previous record of 74 seconds. His league averages for Norwich were: *1949: Division 2: 6.97 points *1950: Division 2: 8.25 points *1951: Division 2: 10.07 points *1952: Division 1: 10.00 points 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Leverenz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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