Kjasts Puodžuks

Kjastas Poudžuks (born 23 August 1986) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Latvia and the former Latvian champion.

Speedway career Puodžuks rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Oxford Cheetahs during the 2005 Elite League speedway season. He was signed by the Oxford promoter Nigel Wagstaff.

Puodžuks was part of the Lokomotiv Daugavpils team that first competed in the Polish leagues in 2005. In 2009, he rode for the first time in the Allsvenskan (the Swedish leagues).

Speedway Grand Prix results Year Position Points Best Finish Notes 2006 21st 4 10th Track wildcard at Latvian GP. 2007 33rd 1 17th Track reserve at Latvian GP. 2014 N/A 10 5th Track reserve at Latvian GP.

Honours

Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix): 2006 - 21 place (4 points) 2007 - (1 points) Individual U-21 World Championship: 2007 - 13 place (3 point) Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup): 2006 - 4 place in Qualifying round 1 (11 points) 2009 - 2nd place in Qualifying round 2 (15 points) Individual U-19 European Championship: 2002 - track reserve (2 points) 2004 - 5 place (10 points) 2005 - Silver medal (11 points) European Club Champions' Cup: 2008 - Slaný - 4th place (2 points) Individual Latvian Championship: 2004 - Latvian Champion 2006 - Silver medal 2007 - Latvian Champion 2015 - Latvian Champion Individual Junior Latvian Championship: 2003 - Latvian Champion 2004 - Latvian Champion 2005 - Latvian Champion 2006 - Latvian Champion