Ove Fundin 5 Times World Speedway Champion
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1. Ove at his brilliant best at Norwich. 2. Test match action against Igor Plechinov. 3. World Champion again 1961.
4. 1955 action from Norwich. 5. 1960 world final Run off with Ronnie Moore and Peter Craven. 6. With son Eric.
7. Test match against GB with Ronnie Moore close by. 8. Ove and Peter Craven. 9. Also with Peter before Match Race action.
10. Ove with Norwich team mates Aub Lawson and Billy Bales 1955. 11. World Champion again 1963. With Ronnie and Peter. 12. 1963 Wembley final with Charlie Drake.
13. Match Race champion again. 14. With Golden Helmet. 15. Ove with Les Mullins the best mechanic.
16. With World Championship trophy Belle Vue 1967. 17. Action for Norwich at Oxford. 18. Test match action for Sweden at Southampton.
19. Norwich team 1955 taken at West Ham. 20. Norwich v. Southampton action with Barry Briggs. 21. Two of the best riders in the world: Ove Fundin and Peter Craven.
22. 1958 world final top three. Winner Barry Briggs, Ove and Aub Lawson. 23. 1963 world final practise. Ove, with Bjorn Knuttson and Svere Hardfelt. 24. All action from Ove and Bjorn, where and when?
25. Match race challenge from Bjorn 1964. 26. 1965 final Ove with winner Bjorn Knutsson and Igor Plechinov. 27. Champion again in 1963 with runner up Barry Briggs and Bjorn.
28. Ove and Swedish test team. 29. Old rival Peter Craven. 30. Ove with Norwich team mate Billy Bales
31. Ove with Aub Lawson and World championship and Golden Helmet Trophies 32. Receiving the bumps after winning again for the fifth time. 33. On the rostrum again 1967
34. Ove with Jack Young and Peter Craven. 35. Ove with Barry Briggs and Bjorn Knutson at a Golden Greats event. 36. Ove in charge of Bjorn Knutson.
37. Ove with Daughter and Son Eric. 38.All action fron Norwich. 39, Ove this time away at Oxford.
40. Ove pictured here with all his family. 41. Ove rcaing with Ivan Mauger in Australia. 42. Ove in action alone in Australia
43. Ove again at Oxford this time with Barry Briggs 44. Ove racing with Brian Crutcher at Wembley 45. Ove with the Russians Igor Plechanov and Boris Somordov.
46. Ove with his BMW tourer 47.Ove's bike and tent. 48. The Plane Ove flew on a trip.
49. Ioana on Route 66 on a recent trip to the US. 50.Ioana again on Route66. 51. Ove on Route 66.
52. Dee Jay the famiy cat that recently died. 53. Ove & Ioana's house in Bucharest. 54. Ove with Natali the wife of Igor Kalashnik.
55. 'Champion Beer'. 56. Ove & Ioana at the Investure in Norwich. 57. Again, part of the investure ceremony.We are indebted to for the use of the photographs: John Sommerville, Mike Kemp, Alf Weedon, John Chaplin and Ove Fundin.
Not wishing to infringe anyones copyright - we would be happy to remove any image upon request
Jim Blanchard & Ove Fundin
Email Ove at Fundinove@aol.com