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1998 British Speedway Championship
The 1998 British Speedway Championship was the 38th edition of the British Speedway Championship. The Final took place on 17 May at Brandon in Coventry, England. The Championship was won by Chris Louis, with Joe Screen in second place and Paul Hurry in third. British Final *17 May 1998 * Brandon Stadium, Coventry British Under 21 final Scott Nicholls won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship for the first time. The final was held at Arena Essex Raceway on 24 April. See also * British Speedway Championship References {{British Speedway Championship British Speedway Championship Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Speedway Championship
The British Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway competition open to British national speedway riders. The winner of the event becomes the British Speedway Champion. History Inaugurated in 1961 as a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship it was open to riders from Britain and the British dominions. It was initially dominated by riders from New Zealand such as Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger because of the British Final forming part of the World Speedway championship qualifying rounds. Briggs and Mauger were multiple world champions. It was not until 1975 that the final was restricted to British riders. Countries such as Australia and New Zealand then held their own World Individual Speedway championship qualifying rounds. In the first dozen finals, it was only won twice by a British born rider, both times by Peter Craven. Australians Rory Schlein and Jason Crump rode under an ACU (British) licence. British Champions Medals classification See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Stonehewer
Carl Bryan 'Stoney' Stonehewer (born 16 May 1972) is a former motorcycle speedway rider. Career Landmarks Speedway Grand Prix * The first UK Premier League (speedway), Premier League rider to qualify for the Speedway Grand Prix. **Grand Prix Series Rider 2000 Speedway Grand Prix, 2000, 2001 Speedway Grand Prix, 2001, 2002 Speedway Grand Prix, 2002 **Grand Prix Challenge 1999 (3rd), 2000 (2nd) World Team Cup * Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cup 2000 Speedway World Team Cup, 2000, 2001 Speedway World Cup, 2001, 2002 Speedway World Cup, 2002 (Great Britain speedway team, Great Britain) **2000 Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cup Silver Medal 2000 Speedway World Team Cup, 2000 Premier League Pairs Championship * A record five Premier League Pairs Championship titles with five different partners. **1997 with Martin Dixon (speedway rider), Martin Dixon **1999 with Brent Werner **2000 with Mick Powell (speedway rider), Mick Powell **2001 with Peter I. Karlsson **2003 with Sim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Compton
Andre Neil Compton (born 15 May 1977 in Dewsbury, England) is a speedway rider. He is the older brother of Benji Compton. Career summary In 2004, Compton's form led to a call up from Elite League side Poole Pirates. This was also the year in which Compton became Premier League Riders Champion. He passed the unbeaten Simon Stead in the final, and both riders fell on the last turn, giving both riders multiple injuries. The race was awarded and Compton managed to take his place on the rostrum as winner. In 2006, Compton became the captain of the Sheffield Tigers following the retirement of Sean Wilson. It was a successful season for the Tigers who finished second in the Premier League and gained a place in the Premier League play-off final, which was won by the King's Lynn Stars. Compton tore ligaments in his shoulder while riding in Sweden in August, just before the Premier Trophy Final, which they consequently lost to King's Lynn Stars. He recovered in time to compete in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Howe (speedway Rider)
David Peter Howe (born 1 March 1982) is a British former professional motorcycle speedway rider. Career Born in Leicester, England, David Howe started his career on 31 March 1997, aged 15, with the Peterborough Panthers team in the Conference League (speedway), Conference League. He is a three-time Speedway Grand Prix, Grand Prix participant, having been awarded wild card places for 2003 Speedway Grand Prix series in Britain and Slovenia. He also featured as a wild card for the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, awarded to him after finishing runner-up in the 2007 British Championship. In 1999 he won 3 Titles with Peterborough Panthers: The Elite League Title, the Knockout Cup and the Craven Shield. He won the British Under-21 Champion in 2000 and in 2002 he finished third in the World Under-21 Championship. David was also successful in both Grasstrack and Longtrack having competed at the highest level of both disciplines. David used GM engines that were tuned by Sean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Lee (speedway Rider)
Paul Kevin Lee (born 21 March 1981, in Nottingham, England) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Career He began his career with Long Eaton Invaders in 1997. He was part of the Long Eaton four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 3 August 1997, at the East of England Arena. In the final he came in as reserve and was joint top scorer for the Invaders.. In 1999, he was part of the Sheffield Tigers four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 29 August 1999, at the East of England Arena. His final season in 2008, was riding for the Mildenhall Fen Tigers after spending 2007 with the King's Lynn Stars. Honours *Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ... Championship medal winner 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Richardson (speedway Rider)
Lee Stewart Richardson (25 April 1979 – 13 May 2012) was a British international motorcycle speedway rider. Career Richardson made his British debut for the Reading Racers in 1995. Richardson represented Great Britain at senior and under-21 level and featured in several World Cup tournaments. Richardson was World Under 21 champion in 1999 and also won the Elite League Riders' Championship in 2003. In October 2002, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the 2003 Grand Prix. He was also a fully fledged Grand Prix rider for four seasons from 2003 until 2006.Bamford, R.(2007). ''Speedway Yearbook 2007''. Richardson joined the Lakeside Hammers for the 2009 season. Death On 13 May 2012, Richardson died of internal bleeding in a Wrocław hospital following a collision with a safety fence during a Polish League match. Family Richardson's mother Julie was a presenter for ScreenSport Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Essex Raceway
Arena Essex Raceway was a stock car and speedway racing track located near Purfleet, Essex. It opened in 1978 and closed in 2018. The Lakeside Shopping Centre was built close to the venue. The stadium The Arena-Essex Raceway Complex was the idea of local businessman and racing driver, Chick Woodroffe. It was built in the remains of an old cement works overspill site. The new circuit was a quarter-mile long with the first stock car race meeting held on 1 May 1978 which was infamously ruined by a heavy downpour. The track originally had a post and wire fence, which caused some colossal crashes and wrecks in the banger formula, and caught a few of the hot rods out too. In the late 80's the track swapped the post and wire for an Armco barrier and catch-fencing was installed to further protect spectators. Every September, the track hosted the oldest National World Final Championship, which ran for over 40 years. If possible, just over 40 cars, plus qualifiers from the wild card rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Speedway Under 21 Championship
The British Speedway Under-21 Championship (also known as the British Junior Speedway Championship) is an annual speedway competition open to riders of British nationality aged at least fifteen on the date of the first meeting, and under twenty-one on 1 January in the year of the competition. The winner of the final is declared British Under-21 Champion. Previous winners include former World Champions Mark Loram and Gary Havelock. Format Sixteen riders plus three reserves take part in 20 heats with each rider facing each other once. The two riders which accumulate the highest number of points over the heats go straight to the final. The next four highest point scorers take part in a race-off, with first and second place riders also progressing to the final. Qualification Seven riders are seeded straight to the final round while nine other riders qualify through three qualifying rounds held on a regional basis which use the same format as the final round. The first, second and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Simmons (speedway Rider)
Nicholas Steven John Simmons (born 24 July 1981) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Speedway career Simmons began his British career riding in the 1997 Speedway Conference League and then moved on to ride for Isle of Wight Islanders in 1998 and later became their club captain. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Belle Vue Aces during the 2008 Elite League speedway season The 2008 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 74th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 12th since its establishment as the Elite League. The first fixtures of the se .... References 1981 births Living people British speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders Exeter Falcons riders Isle of Wight Islanders riders Newport Wasps riders {{Speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Clews
Paul Gordon Clews (born 19 July 1979 in Coventry, England) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Career Clews has ridden for Great Britain at Under-21 level. He won the Premier League and KO Cup with the Reading Racers in 1998. He started the 2008 season with the Newport Wasps in the Premier League. However, after the death of Newport promoter Tim Stone the club closed down which Clews became a free agent and so signed for the Berwick Bandits. He was the Berwick captain for the 2009 season. He retired from Speedway in 2011 after a final season with Berwick for the 2010 Premier League speedway season The 2010 Premier League Season was the second division of British speedway. The regular season league was won by the Edinburgh Monarchs but Newcastle Diamonds won the playoffs. The first fixtures of the season took place on 5 April, and the season .... References 1979 births Living people British speedway riders English motorcycle racers Sportspeo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Smith (speedway Rider)
Scott Anthony Smith (born 29 September 1972) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Speedway career Smith reached the final of the British Speedway Championship in 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t .... He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1990 to 2009, riding for various clubs. In addition to reaching the British Final he was crowned British Junior Champion in 1992. References Living people 1972 births British speedway riders Berwick Bandits riders Cradley Heathens riders Exeter Falcons riders Sheffield Tigers riders Stoke Potters riders Workington Comets riders Sportspeople from Sheffield {{Speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garry Stead
Garry Stead (born 5 January 1972 in Holmfirth, England) is a former international speedway rider. As a child Stead showed a real interest in speedway, being a regular supporter at the Shay watching the Halifax Dukes, and spent many years as a child learning to ride. Career history Cradley Heath and Stoke Stead became a schoolboy grasstrack rider, winning the British Championship in his category numerous times. His speedway career started at a Bradford Dukes training school in 1987, followed by after meeting rides. Stead's first club was the now defunct Cradley Heath Heathens in 1988 where he was a junior before he moved to the Stoke Potters in 1989. He continued to ride in after the meeting races but during this season he broke his elbow. It was at Stoke that Stead had the opportunity to battle for a team place towards the end of 1990. He became a regular in 1991 and stayed there until 1992. Newcastle Garry moved to Brough Park in 1993 to be part of the Newcastle Diamonds out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
