Steve Schofield (born 27 February 1958) is a former

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rider who competed in speedway, Longtrack and

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Racing. He reached eight World Longtrack

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Finals as well as seven European Grasstrack Champion finals. He retired through injury having been involved in a bad crash with

Jason Crump Jason Philip Crump (born 6 August 1975) is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion. In a 21-year career in Speedway, Jason Cr ...

and

Joe Screen Joseph Screen (born 27 November 1972 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire), is a former British international speedway rider. His major speedway honours include winning the World Under-21 Championship in 1993, the British Championship in 1996 and 20 ...

at the Bonfire Burn-up.

British Speedway Championship

* 1988 – Coventry (10th) 6pts * 1991 – Coventry (16th) 2pts * 1994 – Coventry (3rd) 11pts, after run-off with

and

Gary Havelock Robert Gary Havelock (born 4 November 1968, in Eaglescliffe, County Durham, England) is a former speedway rider who was World Champion in 1992. For several years he captained the Redcar Bears in the Premier League. He is the son of former speed ...

World Longtrack Championship

One Day Finals

* 1987 Semi-final * 1988

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(14th) 6pts * 1989 Marianske Lazne (12th) 12pts * 1990 Herxheim (13th) 9pts * 1991 Marianske Lazne (13th) 5pts * 1992

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(15th) 2pts * 1993

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(5th) 14pts * 1994 Semi-final * 1995

(19th) 1pt * 1996 Herxheim (8th) 8pts

Grand-Prix Years

* 1997 5 app (Second) 85pts * 1998 5 app (Third) 85pts * 1999 5 app (Fourth) 76pts

Best Grand-Prix Results

* Abingdon Third 1998 * Cloppenberg First 1997 * Jubeck Third 1999 * Marianske Lazne First 1997 *

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Second 1998, Third 1999 *

Third 1998 & 1999

European Grasstrack Championship

* 1981 Semi-final * 1982

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(5th) 15pts * 1983 Nandlastadt (n/s Reserve) * 1985

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(7th) 11pts * 1986

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(Second) 21pts * 1994

Cloppenburg Cloppenburg (; nds, Cloppenborg; stq, Kloppenbuurich) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District and part of Oldenburg Münsterland. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Brem ...

(Third) 19pts * 1995

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(8th) 11pts * 1996 St. Colomb de Lauzen (Second) 21pts

British Grasstrack Championship

500cc Finals

* 1982 Second * 1983 Third * 1985 * 1987 * 1988 First * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 Second * 1993 * 1994 Second * 1995 * 1996 Second

350cc Championships

* 1980 First * 1981 First * 1982 First * 1983 First * 1984 First * 1985 First * 1986 First

External links

Grasstrack - Steve Schofield

References

* http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2332385.back_for_boycey/ * http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/crump-in-crash-1-494276 * http://www.poolepirates.co/history/hall-of-fame.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Schofield, Steve 1958 births Living people British speedway riders English motorcycle racers Poole Pirates riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders Expatriate speedway riders in Poland Weymouth Wildcats riders Reading Racers riders Swindon Robins riders Coventry Bees riders Cradley Heathens riders Oxford Cheetahs riders