Brian Karger

{{Infobox speedway rider

| image =

| name= Brian Karger

| nationality = Danish

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|2|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Horsens, Denmark

| career1 = Denmark

| years2 = 2000–2001

| career2 = Slangerup

| years3 = 2002

| career3 = Vojens

| years4 = 2003

| career4 = Brovst

| years5 = 2004

| career5 = Fredericia

| career6 = Great Britain

| years7 = 1986–1991, 1995–1997

| career7 = Swindon Robins

| years8 = 1991–1993

| career8 = Arena Essex Hammers

| years9 = 2000, 2002

| career9 = Belle Vue Aces

| career10 = Poland

| years11 = 1993–1997

| career11 = ZKŻ Zielona Góra

| years12 = 1998

| career12 = GKM Grudziądz

| years13 = 1999

| career13 = Kolejarz Opole

| years14 = 2000

| career14 = Polonia Piła

| years15 = 2001

| career15 = ROW Rybnik

| years16 = 2003–2004

| career16 = Wybrzeże Gdańsk

| career17 = Sweden

| years18 = 1988

| career18 = Bysarna

| years19 = 2002

| career19 = Kaparna

| indivyear1 = 1996, 1998, 2000,

| indivhonour1 = Danish Champion

| indivyear2 = 1995, 1998

| indivhonour2 = Intercontinental Cup

| indivyear3 = 1991

| indivhonour3 = Southern Riders' Champion

| teamyear1 = 1991, 1995

| teamhonour1 = Speedway World Team Cup winner

| teamyear2 = 1991

| teamhonour2 = Fours Championship winner

| teamhonour3 = Elitserien Champion

| teamyear3 = 1988

}}

Brian Karger (born 9 February 1967, in Horsens, Denmark)Oakes, P (1991). 1991 Speedway Yearbook. {{ISBN|0-948882-20-4}} is a Danish former international motorcycle speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/brian-karger/ |title=Brian Karger Dania |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=1 April 2023}}

Career

He was a member of the Denmark speedway team when they won the 1991 and 1995 World Team Cup Finals. He also qualified for the 1992 World Final in Wrocław, Poland, where he finished 16th (last) with 4pts scored, including a win in his final race.{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|page=522|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}

He rode in Sweden and won the Swedish Elitserien in 1988 with Bysarna.

He first rode in the United Kingdom for the Swindon Robins, after joining them late in the 1986 British League season.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000320/19860918/073/0073 |title=Unhappy debut for Karger |website=Gloucestershire Echo |date=18 September 1986 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 August 2024}} He later rode for Arena Essex Hammers and also for the Belle Vue Aces.

In 1991, he helped the Arena Essex Hammers win the Fours Championship during the 1991 British League Division Two season.{{cite news |title=Speedway |work=Western Daily Press |date=22 July 1991 |access-date=13 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004974/19910722/031/0031 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} Also in 1991, he won the Southern Riders' Championship.{{cite news |title=Speedway results|work=Newcastle Journal |date=7 October 1991 |access-date=27 March 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19911007/231/0019 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

After retiring he became a notable engine tuner.