David John Ashby (11 November 1949 – 16 September 2015) was a

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.

Career

Born in Marlborough, England, he rode for Swindon Robins between 1972 and 1978, making 151 appearances, and had spells riding for Peterborough Panthers and

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. He retired in 1979. He died of cancer on 16 September 2015, aged 65.

Family

His brother Martin Ashby was a speedway rider. His two sons, Lee and Jamie, rode motocross with their dad, David, acting as mechanic.

References

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