Benny Kaufman

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Benny Kaufman
Bornc. 1910 [1]
New York
Diedbelieved around 1954
believed [2]ashtead surrey u.k.
NationalityAmerican
Career history
1938Wimbledon Dons
1939Southampton Saints
Individual honours
1938Speedway World Championship finalist
1937North American champion
Team honours
1938National Trophy Winner

Benjamin Kaufman known as Benny Kaufman (c. 1910-date of death unknown; possibly 1954) was a speedway rider from the United States.[3]

Speedway career[]

Kaufman was a leading speedway rider in the late 1930s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1938 Individual Speedway World Championship.[4]

He was the North American champion in 1937.[3][5] and he rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Wimbledon Dons.[6]

World Final Appearances[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Passenger List New York - Southampton 1938". Ancestry. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. ^ personal
  3. ^ a b "Benny Kaufman". Motorcycle Museum. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "United States and Canada Speedway National Champions". Speedway Bikes.com. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.


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