Luboš Tomíček Sr.

Luboš Tomíček Sr.
	Grave of Luboš Tomíček Sr., five times champion of Czechoslovakia as a Red Star Prague rider
Born	16 August 1934; Czechoslovakia
Died	21 October 1968 (aged 34); Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Career history
Czechoslovakia
1958-1968	Rudá Hvězda Praha
Individual honours
1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965	Czechoslovak champion
1964	Speedway World Championship finalist

Luboš Tomíček, Sr. (1934-1968) was an international speedway rider from Czechoslovakia.^[1]

Speedway career

Tomíček reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship.^[2] He was also the captain of the Czechoslovakian team^[3] and champion of Czechoslovakia five times from 1961 until 1965 after winning the Czechoslovakian Championship.^[4]^[5]

Like many Czech riders of the time, the Czechsolovak authorities rarely allowed riders to compete for British league teams but they did allow club sides such as Prague to tour the United Kingdom, which allowed Tomíček to race in Britain in 1967, where he was captained the Prague team.^[6]

During the 1968 Golden Helmet of Pardubice he was killed in an accident after falling directly under the wheels of the speedway rider behind him. An annual memorial event has been held in his memory since.^[7]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

1965 – London, Wembley Stadium – 16th – 2pts

World Team Cup

1960 - Göteborg, Ullevi (with Jaroslav Machač / František Richter / Antonín Kasper Sr.) - 3rd - 15pts (4)^[8]
1961 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Stanislav Svoboda / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 4th - 12pts (7)
1962 - Slaný, Slaný Speedway Stadium (with Bedřich Slaný / Karel Průša / Jaroslav Volf / Bohumír Bartoněk) - 4th - 16pts (7)
1963 - Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Stanislav Kubíček / Miroslav Šmíd / Antonín Kasper Sr. - 2nd - 27pts (5)
1968 - London, Wembley Stadium (with Antonín Kasper Sr. / Jaroslav Volf] / Jan Holub I) - 4th' - 7pts (2)

Family

His grandson Luboš Tomíček Jr. (born 1986) was also an international speedway rider.^[9]

References

^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Czechoslovakia team for Long Eaton". Long Eaton Advertiser. 30 June 1967. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 78. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^ "Czech champions". Speedway Stats. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Speedway Czechs meet King's Lynn". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 4 August 1967. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Luboš Tomíček". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Speedway". Daily Mirror. 3 September 1960. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[1] "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[2] "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[3] "Czechoslovakia team for Long Eaton". Long Eaton Advertiser. 30 June 1967. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 78. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.

[5] "Czech champions". Speedway Stats. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[6] "Speedway Czechs meet King's Lynn". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 4 August 1967. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[7] "Luboš Tomíček". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[8] "Speedway". Daily Mirror. 3 September 1960. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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