{{Short description|Norwegian speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Use British English|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = Einar Kyllingstad | image = Einar_Kyllingstad.jpg | caption = | nationality = Norwegian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|7|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bryne]], Norway | britishleague = | career1 = '''Great Britain''' | career2 = [[Reading Racers]] | years2 = 1985 | career3 = [[King's Lynn Stars]] | years3 = 1986, 1987 | career4 = [[Oxford Cheetahs]] | years4 = 1988 | career5 = [[Sheffield Tigers]] | years5 = 1988 | career6 = '''Sweden''' | career7 = [[Rospiggarna]] | years7 = 1990–1999 | indivyear1 = 1984, 1985 | indivhonour1 = [[Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship|Norwegian Championship]] | teamyear1 = 1991 | teamhonour1 = [[1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship|World Pairs Championship]] (bronze medal) | teamyear2 = 1995, 1997 | teamhonour2 = [[Elitserien (speedway)|Elitserien Champion]] | teamyear3 = 1994 | teamhonour3 = [[Allsvenskan (speedway)|Allsvenskan Winner]] }} '''Einar Kyllingstad''' (born 17 July 1965) is a Norwegian former [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway rider]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/91.htm|title=INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP|website=Speedway. org|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>
== Speedway career == Kyllingstad hailed from {{ill|Salte|no}}. Growing up on a farm, he began riding a moped as a child, and competitive speedway at the age of 17.<ref name=jaeren>{{cite news|title=Jærsk suksess i Sverige|last=Friestad|first=Sølve|date=17 September 1997|work=[[Jærbladet]]|language=no}}</ref> He attended a vocational course in mechanics, and while still living1 in Norway, he was a farmhand for his brother-in-law.<ref>{{cite news|title=Det starta på trehjulsykkelen|last=Mæland|first=Lars|date=5 January 1985|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|language=nn}}</ref>
Kyllingstad is a two times champion of Norway, winning the [[Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship|Norwegian Championship]] in 1984 and 1985.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1544/einar-kyllingstad|title=Einar Kyllingstad|website=wwosbackup|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref> He earned 16 caps for the [[Norway national speedway team]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref>
In 1985, he signed for [[Reading Racers]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19850108/179/0026 |title=Speeding In |website=Daily Mirror |date=8 January 1985 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref> He had visited several clubs in late 1984 to gauge various contract offers. In British speedway, Kyllingstad would earn "an annual salary far exceeding that of a regular industrial labourer in Norway".<ref>{{cite news|title=Målet er å bli best i verda|last=Mæland|first=Lars|date=5 January 1985|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|language=nn}}</ref> Kyllingstad then rode in the [[List of United Kingdom speedway league champions|top tier]] of British Speedway from 1985 until 1988,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref> riding for the [[King's Lynn Stars]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003432/19860513/531/0038 |title=Read the riot act |website=Lynn Advertiser |date=13 May 1986 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref> [[Oxford Cheetahs]] and [[Sheffield Tigers]].
In 1989 he settled in [[Hallstavik]], Sweden. He was disillusioned with the speedway milieu in England, which he described as "too harsh", claiming that his manager tried to pressure him to continue racing after Kyllingstad crashed and sustained a concussion. As a "coincidence" he came in contact with the speedway club [[Rospiggarna]] and raced for them for several years. By 1997, he still earned a normal fulltime salary from speedway, combined with working in a paper factory during offseason.<ref name=jaeren/>
Riding for Norway in the World Championships, Kyllingstad (together with [[Lars Gunnestad]]) became the first Norwegian rider to reach the final series of the World Pairs Championship, in [[1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship|1991]].<ref>{{cite news|title=– VM-medalje en døråpner|last=Jonsbråten|first=Oddbjørn|date=20 July 1991|work=Stavanger Aftenblad|language=no}}</ref>
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