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Josef Hofmeister nicknamed Wack Hofmeister (born 17 June 1934) is a former motorcycle rider from Germany, who competed in Grasstrack, Longtrack and motorcycle speedway. He competed in six World Longtrack Championship Finals and won a hat-trick of titles between 1958 and 1960. Josef was also a World Speedway finalist on four occasion.




Career


Hofmeister started his career in 1949 in the youth class and retired 1963 at just 29 years of age. In the 1950s and early 1960s, he was the first German star of international motorcycle racing.
He was a three time winner of the Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship or European Championship as it was called, when he won it in 1958, 1959 and 1960.
In 1957, he reached his first world final, making his way through the rounds to compete in the 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship. He only ever had one match in British speedway for the Southampton Saints, during the 1957 Speedway National League season.
In 1958, he reached his second world final, competing in the final of the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship.
In 2022, he received the honour of having the Altes Stadion Abensberg renamed after him. It would be known as the Wack Hofmeister Stadium.




Retirement


After retiring Josef Hofmeister ran a sports shop in Kempten, Allgäu.




Individual World Championship


1957 - London, Wembley Stadium - 16th - 0pts
1958 - London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 2pts
1959 - London, Wembley Stadium - 13th - 4pts
1960 - London, Wembley Stadium - 8th - 6pts




World Longtrack Championship






= European Championship

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1957 Stockholm (Second) 14pts
1958 Mühldorf (Champion) 21pts
1959 Helsinki (Champion) 19pts
1960 Plattling (Champion) 24pts
1961 Semi-final
1962 Mühldorf (13th) 8pts
1963 Malmö (12th) 7pts




References

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• Eduard Clam-Gallas
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• FIM Long Track World Championship
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• List of Speedway Long Track World Championship riders
• Meissen Speedway Stadium
• Individual Speedway European Championship
• 1958 Individual Long Track European Championship