Daniel Gerard Kennedy (18 June 1958 – 14 June 1993) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Australia.

Career

Kennedy made his British leagues debut during the

1976 British League season The 1976 Gulf British League season was the 42nd season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 12th season known as the British League. Summary The White City Rebels made their debut as did 1975 National League champions Bi ...

, where he rode for

Newport Wasps Newport Wasps were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Newport, South Wales from 1964 to 2012. They were the 1999 Conference League champions. The Wasp logo incorporates the traditional black and amber colours of the City of Newport. ...

. He also doubled up for Weymouth Wizards in the 1976 National League. He continued to double up, staying with Weymouth in the National League and hitting a 9.16 average during the 1978 National League season. In the British league, he rode for Bristol Bulldogs before joining

Poole Pirates Poole Pirates (also known as Poole Speedway) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions. Poole Speedway is promoted by ...

for the

1978 British League season The 1978 Gulf British League season was the 44th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 14th season known as the British League. Summary The list of nineteen teams that competed in the league was identical to the previo ...

. In 1980, he represented the

Australia national speedway team Australia is one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway with the country regarded as the birthplace of the sport in the 1920s. The current team is managed by former rider Mark Lemon, and captained by 2012 World Champion Chris ...

during the 1980 Speedway World Team Cup and won the silver medal at the 1981 Australasian Individual Speedway Championship. He rode again for Australia in the

1981 Speedway World Team Cup The 1981 Speedway World Team Cup was the 22nd edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place at the Olching Speedwaybahn in Olching, West Germany. Denmark won their second title. Ominously f ...

and would ride for Australia ten times in total. He died of a brain tumour in 1993.

References

1958 births 1993 deaths Australian speedway riders Bristol Bulldogs riders Poole Pirates riders Newport Wasps riders Weymouth Wildcats riders {{Speedway-stub