Josef Franc

Personal information
Josef Franc
Nationality	Czech Republic
Date of birth	(1979-01-18) 18 January 1979
Place of birth	Čáslav, Czech Republic
Nickname	Pepe
Current club information
Polish league	KSM Krosno
Career history
Berwick Bandits Newcastle Diamonds Lublin (POL) Krosno (POL) Prague (POL)^[1]	2001, 2003-2004, 2009, 2011 2005-2008 2000 2002, 2009 2007
Individual honours
Czech Republic Under-21 Champion Scottish Open Champion	1999 2010
Team honours
Czech Republic Div One Champion	1998, 2003

Josef Franc (born 18 January 1979, in Čáslav, Czech Republic)^[2]^[3] is an international motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the UK for the Newcastle Diamonds in the Premier League.

He has appeared 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.

Speedway Grand Prix results

Individual World Championship and Speedway Grand Prix
- 2003 - 45th place (1 pts in one event)
- 2007 - 28th place (3 pts in one event)

Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
- 2003 - 6th place (started in Event 1 only)
- 2004 - 6th place
- 2006 - 8th place
- 2007 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 2

Individual U-21 World Championship
- 1999 - Vojens - did not start as track reserve
- 2000 - Gorzów Wlkp. - 6th place (8 pts)

Individual European Championship
- 2002 - Rybnik - 14th place (5 pts)
- 2003 - Slaný - did not start as track reserve
- 2007 - 13th place in Qualifying Round 3
- 2008 - Lendava - 6th place (10 pts)