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List Of Leicester Lions Riders
The following is a list of motorcycle speedway riders who have been part of the Leicester Lions first team in league or cup matches, excluding guest riders, both in the team's original era of 1968-1983, and from the team's revival in 2011. 1968-1983 *Geoff Ambrose 1972-1973 *Frank Auffret 1972-1975 *Ray Bales 1977-1978 *Malcolm Ballard 1974 *Phil Bass 1978 *Mick Bell 1974 *Tom Black (speedway rider), Tom Black 1974 *David Blackburn (speedway rider), David Blackburn 1983 *Ernst Bøgh 1976 *John Boulger 1968-1973, 1977-1979 *Malcolm Brown (speedway rider), Malcolm Brown 1969-1974 *Ian Clark (speedway rider), Ian Clark 1980-1981 *Les Collins 1980-1983 *Neil Collins (speedway rider), Neil Collins 1982-1983 *Colin Cook (speedway), Colin Cook 1979-1983 *Bob Cooper (speedway rider), Bob Cooper 1974-1975 *Mark Courtney 1980-1983 *Alan Cowland 1970-1972 *Dene Davies 1968 *Reidar Eide 1976-1977 *Alan Emerson 1976 *Lars Ericsson 1978 *Mike Farrell (speedway rider), M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of track racing, speedway is adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
