Norman Harry Storer (born 5 June 1933) 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 England.
Career
Born in
Ridgeway, Derbyshire, Storer was experienced in other disciplines of motorcycle racing before speedway, starting with trials in 1950 and later road racing and scrambles.
[Jones, Alan (2010) ''Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar'', Automedia, p. 157.] He rode in the 1959
Thruxton 500 mile endurance road race, partnering
Chris Vincent on a
BSA Road Rocket
The BSA Road Rocket was a 1950s air-cooled parallel twin motorcycle designed by Bert Hopwood and produced by Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) at Small Heath, Birmingham. Developed from the A10 Golden Flash it was the first sports bike in th ...
, finishing in seventh place.
[ Motorcycle News, 3 May 1961 ''The 'Brummmie' with the BSA Bombshell.'' Close up on Chris Vincent by Brian Collins. Accessed 2013-11-05.]
A crash during 1959 resulted in two broken wrists, leaving him with a problem with his right hand, after which he took up
grasstrack as a result.
He began his speedway career in 1963 with
Long Eaton Archers, becoming one of the team's top riders by the following year, and staying with them when they joined the
British League in 1965.
[Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) ''Who's Who of World Speedway'', Studio Publications, , pp. 103-104]
He represented
England national speedway team in 1964 against Scotland, and Great Britain in 1965 against an Overseas team, both in
Provincial League representative teams.
He transferred with the Long Eaton promotion to
Leicester Lions in 1968, and stayed with Leicester until his retirement in 1975.
His long service was recognised with a testimonial meeting in 1974.
References
1933 births
Living people
British speedway riders
English motorcycle racers
Long Eaton Archers riders
Leicester Lions riders
People from North East Derbyshire District
Sportspeople from Derbyshire
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