Andrew Smith (born 25 May 1966 in
York
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,
England
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) is a retired
British
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* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
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motorcycle speedway
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rider.
Career
Andy Smith won the
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 Spe ...
three times in a row in 1993, 1994 and 1995, giving him the distinction of being one of only three riders ever to achieve this feat.
[Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. ]
Smith also rode in
Australia
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during his career, including the 1990/91 Australian season when he based himself at the
Claremont Speedway
The Claremont Speedway was a racing circuit in the grounds of the Claremont Showground in the suburb of Claremont in Western Australia's capital city of Perth. The speedway held its first meeting on 14 May 1927, and its final meeting on 31 Ma ...
in
Perth
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,
Western Australia
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. Despite Claremont being almost twice the length of most British tracks, on 18 January 1991 Smith defeated home town hero, and twice
Australian Champion Glenn Doyle in the King of Claremont Classic. Smith also finished 2nd to
Sweden
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's Dennis Löfqvist at the
Boxing Day
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(26 December 1990) International at the
Melbourne Showgrounds
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.
World Final Appearances
Individual World Championship
*
1989
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Munich
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,
Olympic Stadium
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- 7th - 10pts
*
1993
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Pocking
Pocking (; bar, label=Central Bavarian, Bocking) is a town in the district of Passau, in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is situated about 30 km south-west of Passau, close to the Austrian border.
History
A Roman settlement was founded in the a ...
,
Rottalstadion - 5th - 10pts
World Team Cup
*
1999
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Pardubice
Pardubice (; german: Pardubitz) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 89,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monu ...
,
Svítkova Stadion (with
Chris Louis
Christopher Louis (born 9 July 1969) is an English international speedway motorcycle rider who rode for the Ipswich Witches and Hackney Kestrels. He is the son of former Great Britain International John Louis.
Career
Louis is former schoolboy ...
/
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 S ...
/
Joe Screen
Joseph Screen (born 27 November 1972 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire), is a former British international speedway rider. His major speedway honours include winning the World Under-21 Championship in 1993, the British Championship in 1996 and 2004, ...
/
Mark Loram
Mark Roysten Gregory Loram (born 12 January 1971)
is a former British motorcycle speedway rider who won the World Speedway Championship in 2000 and won the British Championship in 1997, 1999, and 2001.
Career
Born in Mtarfa, Malta, Mark Lor ...
) - 4th - 29pts (0)
Speedway Grand Prix results
See also
*
List of Speedway Grand Prix riders
This is a complete list of riders who have entered a FIM Speedway Grand Prix since 1995.
''After 2015 Scandinavian SGP in Stockholm (26 September 2015)''
Index
A
* Leigh Adams
* Zoltán Adorján
* Sebastian Aldén
* Stefano Alfonso
* B ...
World Longtrack Championship
Finals
1991 -
Marianske Lazne 10pts (8th)
1992 -
Pfarrkirchen
Pfarrkirchen is a municipality in southern Lower Bavaria Germany, the capital of the district Rottal-Inn. It has about 12,500 inhabitants and is an important school centre with about 10,000 pupils from all over Lower Bavaria. The town spreads o ...
5pts (12th)
References
External links
* http://grasstrackgb.co.uk/andy-smith/
British speedway riders
British Speedway Championship winners
1966 births
Living people
Polonia Bydgoszcz riders
Belle Vue Aces riders
Coventry Bees riders
Oxford Cheetahs riders
Reading Racers riders
Bradford Dukes riders
English expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate speedway riders in Poland
Naturalized citizens of Poland
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