Josef Franc

Josef Franc (born 18 January 1979) is a former international motorcycle racer who competed in Grasstrack, Longtrack and motorcycle speedway. He earned 8 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team

Career
He has appeared as a track reserve in the 2007 Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix, scoring three points from two rides and has represented the Czech Republic national speedway team at senior level.

Franc was the Czech Republic Under-21 Champion in 1999 and was the Czech Republic national champion in 2017 and 2018.

In 2019, he was part of the Czech team, along with Hynek Štichauer and Martin Málek, that won the bronze medal at the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.

In 2022, he was part of the Czech team, again with Málek and Štichauer, that won the silver medal at the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.

Speedway Grand Prix results

 * 2003, Prague SGP, 0 Points.
 * 2007, Prague SGP, 3 Points.
 * 2012, Prague SGP, 9 Points.

World Championships

 * Individual World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix
 * 2003 - 45th place (1 pt in one event)
 * 2007 - 28th place (3 pts in one event)
 * Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
 * 2003 - 6th place (started in Event 1 only)
 * 2004 - 6th place
 * 2006 - 8th place
 * 2007 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 2
 * Individual U-21 World Championship
 * 1999 - Vojens - did not start as track reserve
 * 2000 - 🇵🇱 Gorzów Wlkp. - 6th place (8 pts)

European Championships

 * Individual European Championship
 * 2002 - 🇵🇱 Rybnik - 14th place (5 pts)
 * 2003 - 🇨🇿 Slaný - did not start as track reserve
 * 2007 - 13th place in Qualifying Round 3
 * 2008 - 🇸🇮 Lendava - 6th place (10 pts)
 * Individual U-19 European Championship
 * 1998 - 🇸🇮 Krško - 8th place (8 pts)
 * European Club Champions' Cup
 * 2004 - 🇸🇮 Ljubljana - 4th place (10 pts)

World Longtrack Championship
Grand-Prix Years


 * 1999 1 app (23rd) 4pts
 * 2010 1 app (18th) 19pts
 * 2011 6 app (13th) 51pts
 * 2012 6 app (Third) 126pts
 * 2013 6 app (4th) 91pts
 * 2014 4 app (10th) 32pts
 * 2015 4 app (5th) 53pts
 * 2016 5 app (7th) 55pts
 * 2017 5 app (Third) 86pts

Best Grand-Prix Results


 * Eenrum Second 2017
 * 🇫🇮 Forssa Second 2012
 * Groningen First 2012
 * 🇫🇷 Marmande Second 2012
 * 🇫🇷 Morizès First 2012, Second 2017
 * 🇵🇱 Rzeszów Third 2013

Team Championship
 * 2010 🇩🇪 Morizès (6th) 9/25pts (Rode with Zdeněk Schneiderwind, Richard Wolff, Pavel Ondrasik).
 * 2011 🇩🇪 Scheeßel (4th) 21/36pts (Rode with Aleš Dryml Jr., Richard Wolff, Pavel Ondrasik).
 * 2012 🇫🇷 St. Macaire (5th) 16/30 (Rode with Aleš Dryml Jr., Richard Wolff, Michael Hádek).
 * 2013 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Folkestone (7th) 11/23pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Karel Kadlec).
 * 2014 🇫🇮 Forssa (6th) 13/23pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Jan Klatovský).
 * 2015 🇩🇪 Mühldorf (6th) 18/30pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Michal Dudek, Michal Škurla).
 * 2016 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně (Third) 18/42pts (Rode with Hynek Stichauer, Martin Málek).
 * 2017 Roden (4th) 28/43pts (Rode with Hynek Stichauer, Martin Málek).
 * 2018 🇫🇷 Morizès (5th) 20/32pts (rode with Martin Malák, Michal Škurla).

European Grasstrack Championship
Finalist
 * 1999 🇩🇪 Werlte (16th) 1pt
 * 2011 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Thorpe St Peter (17th) 4pts
 * 2012 Eenrum (Reserve N/S)
 * 2013 🇩🇪 Bielefeld (9th) 13pts
 * 2014 🇫🇷 Saint-Macaire (4th) 13pts
 * 2015 Staphorst (20th) 0pts
 * 2016 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Folkestone (4th) 12pts
 * 2017 🇩🇪 Hertingen (7th) 10pts
 * 2018 🇫🇷 Tayac (Second) 15pts

Czech Longtrack Championship

 * 2003 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně 12th
 * 2010 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně Second
 * 2011 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně Second
 * 2012 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně Second
 * 2013 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně First
 * 2014 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně First
 * 2015 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně First
 * 2017 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně First
 * 2018 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně First