Ove Vilmer Lundell (29 May 1930 – 4 September 2001) was a Swedish professional motocross racer.[1] He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1958 to 1965. Lundell was one of the top off-road motorcyclists of his era coming from Sweden, a nation that produced many of the sport's first world champions.[1][2]
Motorcycling career
Lundell was born in Möklinta outside Sala in the county of Västmanland, Sweden.[3] His career began at the age of fifteen, when he performed at Swedish circuses where he rode Wall of Death carnival sideshows on an old Indian motorcycle.[1][3]
Lundell worked during the 1950s and 1960s as a rider for the Monark factory racing team.[1] Monark was a large Swedish bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer that was also involved in construction and development. Lundell won the Swedish motocross national championship in 1955, 1958 and 1960, and was a member of victorious Swedish Motocross des Nations teams in 1958, 1961 and 1962.[1] Lundell won his first and only motocross world championship race on 30 June, 1963 at the 500cc Russian Grand Prix.[4]
Lundell was also successful in a variety other events, such as road racing, enduro, and Snowmobile races.[3] Lundell won several Gold Medals in the International Six Days Trial and won the Swedish enduro national championship riding Monark motorcycles.[3]
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Lundell was a highly regarded coach for young Swedish motorcycle riders, based at Anneberg Motocross Track outside Varberg on the Swedish west coast. From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s he worked in Manaus, Brazil helping develop a Monark moped for that country.[3] He returned to Sweden and in 1984, he started racing again, taking part in many National and International vintage racing events with great success.[3] He died of cancer in Varberg in the county of Halland, Sweden.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Ove Lundell". vintagemonark.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ "The History of the Swedes". mxgp.com. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ove Lundell: Who Was He?" (PDF). classicmx.se. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ "1963 500cc motocross world championship race results". jmemotocross.fr. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
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