Alan Wilfred Lawrence Jay (born 18 January 1941) is a former international

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 ...

rider from England. He earned one international cap for the England national speedway team.

Biography

Jay, born in Oxford, began his British leagues career riding for Sheffield Tigers during the

1961 Provincial Speedway League The 1961 Provincial Speedway League was the second season of the Provincial League. Summary Eleven speedway teams took part. Liverpool, Yarmouth and Bristol had all folded at the end of the previous season and Bradford were unable to take their ...

. He remained with Sheffield for seven years and followed the club's move to the British League during that time. In 1968, he was loaned to Halifax Dukes before joining Newcastle Diamonds later that season. The following season in 1969, he signed for Halifax and would spend four more seasons with them, improving his average to 7.16 in 1969. In 193, he joined Coventry Bees, where he remained until his retirement after the 1975 season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jay, Alan 1941 births Living people British speedway riders Coventry Bees riders Halifax Dukes riders King's Lynn Stars riders Newcastle Diamonds riders Sheffield Tigers riders