Joshua MacDonald (born 20 January 1997) is a speedway rider from Australia.

Speedway career

MacDonald joined the

Sheffield Tigers 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 race ...

and for his first season in British speedway, riding in the

SGB Championship 2019 The SGB Championship 2019 is the second division of Great British speedway. The season runs between March and October 2019 and consisted of 12 participating teams. The current league champions are the Workington Comets who completed an excellent ...

. He guested during the same season for the

King's Lynn Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" comes from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 1996 when Ki ...

in the highest division of UK speedway. In 2021, he was due to ride for

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 ...

but switched to

Scunthorpe Scorpions The Scunthorpe Scorpions are a speedway team in the British SGB Championship. They have raced at various times since 1972, at three different venues. History 1972–1978 The original Scunthorpe side were known as Scunthorpe Saints from 19 ...

instead. In 2022, MacDonald signed for the

Oxford Cheetahs The Oxford Cheetahs are a British speedway teamLawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. based at Oxford Stadium, in Oxford, England. They were founded in 1939 and are five times champions of Britain, in 1964, 1985, 1986, 1989 and 200 ...

for the 2022 season. The Cheetahs were returning to action after a 14-year absence from British Speedway.

References

1997 births Living people Australian speedway riders Oxford Cheetahs riders Scunthorpe Scorpions riders Sheffield Tigers riders People from Cessnock, New South Wales Sportsmen from New South Wales {{Speedway-stub