Kurt W. Petersen

Kurt Wæde Petersen (born 2 December 1934) is a former Motorcycle speedway rider who was a four times champion of Denmark and the 1964 world longtrack champion.

Speedway career
Petersen was a four times champion of Denmark, winning the Danish Championship in 1960 to 1963.

He competed in nine World Longtrack Championship Finals and became a world champion after winning the 1964. He was the Denmark Longtrack Champion eleven times, in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1969.

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1961, riding for Norwich Stars.

World Longtrack Championship

 * 1963 🇸🇪 Malmö (Second) 16pts
 * 1964 Scheeßel (Champion) 15pts
 * 1965 🇫🇮 Seinajoki (10th) 8pts
 * 1966 Mühldorf (Second) 16pts
 * 1967 Scheeßel (4th) 10pts
 * 1968 Mühldorf (Third) 12pts
 * 1969 🇳🇴 Oslo (Third) 11pts
 * 1970 Scheeßel (11) 7pts
 * 1971 🇳🇴 Oslo (12th) 7pts

Nordic Final

 * 1961 🇸🇪 Malmö (14th) 6pts

World Pairs Championship

 * 1968 - Kempten (with Jens Hauser) - 6th - 6pts (2)