Josef Franc

Josef Franc (born 18 January 1979) is a Czech 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

In 2001, Franc joined Berwick Bandits along with fellow Czechs Michal MakovskÃÂ½ and Adrian Rymel.

He has appeared as a wildcard in the 2003 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Republic and 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 ÃÂ tichauer and Martin MÃÂ¡lek, that won the bronze medal at the 2019 Team Long Track World Championship.

In 2022, he was part of the Czech team, again with MÃÂ¡lek and ÃÂ tichauer, that won the silver medal at the 2022 Team Long Track World Championship.

Grand-Prix Years

Best Grand-Prix Results

Team Championship

2010 MorizÃÂ¨s (6th) 9/25pts (Rode with ZdenÃÂk Schneiderwind, Richard Wolff, Pavel Ondrasik).
2011 ScheeÃÂel (4th) 21/36pts (Rode with AleÃÂ¡ Dryml Jr., Richard Wolff, Pavel Ondrasik).
2012 St. Macaire (5th) 16/30 (Rode with AleÃÂ¡ Dryml Jr., Richard Wolff, Michael HÃÂ¡dek).
2013 Folkestone (7th) 11/23pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Karel Kadlec).
2014 Forssa (6th) 13/23pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Jan KlatovskÃÂ½).
2015 MÃÂ¼hldorf (6th) 18/30pts (Rode with Richard Wolff, Michal Dudek, Michal ÃÂ kurla).
2017 Roden (4th) 28/43pts (Rode with Hynek Stichauer, Martin MÃÂ¡lek).
2018 MorizÃÂ¨s (5th) 20/32pts (rode with Martin MalÃÂ¡k, Michal ÃÂ kurla).

Finalist