Victor Nelson Huxley (23 September 1906 – 24 June 1982 in
Brisbane
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.
Queensland
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) was a
speedway
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rider who won the
Star Riders' Championship
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, the forerunner of the
Speedway World Championship
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, in 1930 and finished runner-up in 1931 and 1932. He also won the
London Riders' Championship
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in 1936 whilst with the
Wimbledon Dons
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The track opened in 1928 and the Dons operated there from 1929 until 1991. They w ...
.
Huxley won the
1934 Australian Championship (3 Laps) in front of his home crowd at the
Brisbane Exhibition Ground
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.
Vic Huxley retired from British speedway at the end of the 1936 season and returned to Australia where he rode in the Winter test series against England. He lived in Ashgrove in Brisbane, and set up a motorcycle business in Adelaide Street called the "British Motorcycle Corporation" which he ran until the mid-1960s.
[May, Cyril (1978) ''Ride It! The Complete Book of Speedway'', Haynes, , p. 44]
Huxley died in his home town of Brisbane on 24 June 1982 at the age of 75, just 3 months shy of his 76th birthday.
World Final appearances
*
1936
Events
January–February
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–
London
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,
Wembley Stadium
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– 8th – 17pts
Players cigarette cards
Huxley is listed as number 20 of 50 in the 1930s Player's
cigarette card
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collection.
References
External links
Vic Huxley early career biography
1906 births
1982 deaths
Australian speedway riders
Wimbledon Dons riders
Harringay Racers riders
Motorcycle racers from Brisbane
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