Tommy Dunker

Tommy Dunker (26 June 1969 – 4 July 2024) was a German speedway rider.

Biography

Dunker competed in speedway, longtrack and grasstrack racing. He competed in the first One World Longtrack world championship Grand-Prix series in 1997 and won the title.

Although Dunker was best known for longtrack he finished fifth in the 1987 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship final after winning his qualifying round and reached the final of the 1988 Speedway World Pairs Championship.

Dunker died on 4 July 2024, at the age of 55.

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix Years

• 1997 5 app (Champion) 89pts

Best World Longtrack Grand-Prix result

• Pfarrkirchen First 1997

Semi-finals

• 1991 Scheeßel (9th) 10pts
• 1996 Pfarrkirchen (14th) 3pts
• 1998 Mariánské Lázně (N/S)

Qualifying round

• 1988 Herxheim (16th) 1pt
• 1988 Harsewinkel (N/S)

World final appearances

World Pairs Championship

• 1988 - Bradford, Odsal Stadium (with Gerd Riss) - 8th - 21pts (4)

References

External links

• http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/tommy-dunker/
• https://www.glasgowtigers.co/kaiser-kev-a-tiger/
• http://speedway.com.pl/riders/tommy-dunker/
• http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11949170.Religion_in_sport_that_puts_culture_vultures_in_a_spin/
• http://www.speedwayplus.com/WorldPairs1988.shtml