Brady Kurtz (born 27 September 1996) is an Australian speedway rider.

Biography

Born in

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, Kurtz isn't the only racer in his family. Brady's older brother Todd Kurtz is a fellow Speedway rider, who has ridden for the

Plymouth Devils The Plymouth Gladiators are a speedway team in the British SGB Championship. Under several names Plymouth have competed during various seasons from 1932. The club was reformed after a gap of thirty-six years in 2006 by former St Austell Gulls r ...

amongst other teams in the UK.

Career

Brady got his first break into British Speedway riding in the

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with the Somerset Rebels. After 2 impressive years with the Rebels, Kurtz was named in the Poole Pirates team to compete in the

2016 Elite League The 2016 Elite League was the 82nd season of the top division of speedway leagues in Great Britain. The Elite League ran between March and October 2016. The Poole Pirates were the defending champions after winning their third consecutive title in ...

. This news didn't come as a surprise, as Kurtz had already been the subject of interest from Poole for some time. The Poole promoter Matt Ford had gone on record lauding Kurtz as an "outstanding talent" that "every single club wants to snap up as an asset". Kurtz said of his future team "I have been looking up to the Poole Pirates since I was seven years old and used to watch them on TV all the time. To have Matt Ford looking at me and saying those things is like a dream come true." Kurtz was the 2016 Australian Champion having won the 4 round series in January 2016. He is taking part in the qualifying rounds for Grand Prix entry. In 2020, he signed for the

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in the

SGB Premiership The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Premiership is the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB) in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It was in ...

. In 2022, he captained Belle Vue to the league title during the

SGB Premiership 2022 The 2022 SGB Premiership was the 87th season of the top tier of British Speedway and the 5th known as the SGB Premiership. Sheffield Tigers topped the regular season table and met Belle Vue Aces in the play off final but Belle Vue ran out the winn ...

. In 2023, he re-signed for Belle Vue again for the

SGB Premiership 2023 The 2023 Sports Insure SGB Premiership is the 88th season of the top tier of British speedway and the 6th known as the SGB Premiership. There was an increase of one team after the Leicester Lions opted to move up from the SGB Championship. 20 ...

World final appearances

Individual Under-21 World Championship

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- / / - 8th - 22pts

Under-21 Speedway World Cup

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Olympic Park Speedway The Motordrome, also known as the Olympic Park Speedway, the Melbourne Speedway or the Victorian Speedway, was a former speedway and Australian rules football ground located approximately on the site of the present day Melbourne Rectangular Stad ...

- 3rd - 29pts (7) *

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, Vargarna Speedway - 2nd - 37pts (7)

Speedway Grand Prix results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kurtz, Brady 1996 births Living people Australian speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders Plymouth Gladiators speedway riders Poole Pirates riders Somerset Rebels riders Sportsmen from New South Wales People from Cowra