Raymond Charles New (14 November 1926 – 27 May 2001) was a New Zealand

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 and promoter. During his United Kingdom career he was known as Charlie New.

Career

New started racing in the British leagues during the

1950 Speedway National League Division Two The 1950 National League Division Two was the fifth post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. Summary The League was extended again to 15 teams with the promotion from Division Three of Halifax Dukes, Plymouth, Y ...

season, when riding for the

Sheffield Tars The Sheffield 'Tru Plant' Tigers are a motorcycle speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British SGB Premiership, and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium. The Tigers traditionally hold their ra ...

. He joined Coventry Bees in 1951 and stayed with them for seven years. In 1960 and 1961, New became two times champion of New Zealand after winning the

New Zealand Solo Championship The New Zealand Solo Championship is an annual individual motorcycle speedway championship. The championship has been running since 1929 though it has only been running each year since 1958. ''Unless stated, all riders are from New Zealand'' Winn ...

References

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