Frank Dean Smart (born 27 October 1969) is a former

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 Australia.

Career

Smart started racing in the British leagues during the

1990 National League season The 1990 National League was the 16th since its establishment as a second tier in 1975, a renamed British League Division Two, and the last before it was again renamed British League Division Two. Summary The league was initially supposed to run ...

, when riding for the Exeter Falcons. He struggled to establish himself in the team and it was not until the 1992 season that he was a regular in the Exeter team. Following a poor 1993 season he did not return to Britain and Exeter until the 1997 season, where he had improved significantly and recorded a season average of 7.28. In 1998, he won the first of his three

Western Australian Individual Speedway Championship The Western Australian Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held annually in Western Australia to determine the WA State champion. The event is organised by the Speedway Motorcycle Club of WA and is sanctioned by ...

s and he topped Exeter's team averages in addition to reaching the Premier League pairs final. The following season he joined Newport Wasps, took second place in the fours championship and finished just outside the medals in the 1999 Australian Individual Speedway Championship. In 2000, he was riding well for the Swindon Robins, with the team challenging for league honours but he failed a drugs test (amphetamines) and was banned by the Speedway Control Board for the 2001 season. He returned for the

2002 Premier League speedway season The 2002 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). Season summary The League ...

with Newport and finished runner up in the pairs championship again before riding one final season in Britain with Newport in 2003. In 2003, he finished runner-up in the Pairs Championship for the third time and reached the fours final. He returned to Australia and continued to ride there, winning the Western Australian Championship twice more in 2009 and 2012.

References

Living people 1969 births Australian speedway riders Exeter Falcons riders Newport Wasps riders Swindon Robins riders {{Speedway-stub