Scott Andrew Pegler (born 3 August 1973) 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

Pegler started racing in the British leagues during the 1989 National League season, when riding for the Exeter Falcons. He struggled to establish himself in the team over the following seasons and it was not until the 1994 season that he was a regular in the Exeter team. He rode in the top tier of British speedway during the

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, again for Exeter. After spending the following season in 1996 with Swindon Robins he signed for Newport Wasps. It was with the Welsh club that he would experience his best speedway years. Also in 1996 he rode for and topped the team averages for Swindon Sprockets during the

1996 Speedway Conference League The 1996 Speedway Conference League was the inaugural season of the Conference League, which was the second tier of British motorcycle speedway. It was listed as the second tier of British speedway because during 1995 and 1996 the two divisions o ...

. From 2000 to 2005, he rode for the Newport Mavericks and in 2000, Pegler won the

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. The final was held on 9 September at

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. The following season in 2001 he finished runner-up to David Mason in the same Championship.

References

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