North Arm Speedway
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North Arm Speedway was the first dedicated motorcycle speedway
ever built in Adelaide
, South Australia
and was located in the industrial suburb of Gillman
. It was run by the Speedway Riders' Association of South Australia and ran from 1981 until its forced closure in 1997.
. Following the closure of Rowley Park Speedway
in April 1979 the only Dirt track racing
venue in Adelaide was the new Speedway Park
which has a clay surface, something that suited car racing but not motorcycle speedway so it as decided to build a motorcycle only venue with a Dolomite
surface.
The track itself was approximately 280m in length, which while considered small by Australian track standards (Aussie speedways are usually 350-550m in length as most run cars as well), it was roughly the same length as most tracks in Britain
. The safety fence was a 2m high chain mesh fence on top of a 1ft high wooden retaining fence. Lights were installed for night meetings although spectator capacity was only around 5,000. Due to North Arm's small spectator capacity both the Australian Sidecar Championship and the Australian Solo Championship were awarded to Speedway Park with its capacity to hold over 10,000 spectators in both 1982 and 1983 respectively.
When it first opened North Arm Speedway held regular Sunday afternoon meetings so as not to compete with Speedway Park which ran Friday nights and had the bikes on the program. After the 1984/85 season, bikes were off the program at Speedway park following the death of rider Kevin O'Connell and from 1985/86 North Arm began holding regular Friday night meetings which lasted until the speedway's closure. During the winter of 1987 the pits at North Arm were also re-located. Originally they were outside the back straight but were moved to outside of the front straight behind the control tower (which also incorporated the announcers box). The old pits became car parking while Turn 3 for the solo's (Turn 2 for the sidecars) became the Old Pits Corner.
From 1983 until it closed in 1997 North Arm became the regular host of the South Australian Solo
and Sidecar
championships, hosting the title 10 times. The only other tracks to host the title during this period were the Westline Speedway in Whyalla (1986/87) and Riverview Speedway
in Murray Bridge (1984/85, 1987/88, 1990/91).
North Arm hosted the 1992 Australian Solo Championship
where a capacity crowd of over 5,000 fans saw Leigh Adams
from Victoria
win the first of a record 10 national championships. Adams set a track record in the 2nd heat of the night with a time of 58.74 seconds for the 4 lap race. The record he broke had been set in Heat 1 of the championship by reigning South Aussie Champ Craig Hodgson who won in a time of 59.11 seconds. Leigh Adams won with 14 points from North Arm's own Shane Parker
on 13 and Queensland
's Mark Carlson third on 11 points. This meeting also saw the crash which almost ended the career of Australia's former World #3 from 1990
, Todd Wiltshire
who suffered injuries bad enough to force him to retire at age 23 before making a comeback in 1997. Wiltshire, battling with Jason Lyons
for the lead going into the last turn of Heat 3, tried a pass on the outside and went down, sliding into the wooden safety fence in the old pit corner.
Unfortunately during its 16 year life span, North Arm was never awarded the right to host the Australian Sidecar Championship, although it did host some of Australia's richest Sidecar meetings.
North Arm Speedway's spectator capacity was pushed to the limit on a number of occasions including test Matches between Australia
with riders such as Phil Crump
, Todd Wiltshire, Leigh Adams and local riders Shane Parker, Scott Norman and Shane Bowes
taking on visiting 'teams' such as a "Rest of the World" team in 1990 including Gary Havelock
of England
, Mitch Shirra
of New Zealand
, and Shawn Moran
of the United States
(while the injured Sam Ermolenko
was guest commentator on the night). In 1991 Australia faced a powerful Swedish
team led by 1990 World Champion
Per Jonsson
, former Ice Racing World Champion
Erik Stenlund as well as 1990 World finalists Jimmy Nilsen
and Henrik Gustafsson
. The Swede's also had in their riding lineup a young rider who was not only the reigning Swedish Champion
but the rider would go on equal Ivan Mauger
's six Speedway World Championship
s, the great Tony Rickardsson
. Both the 1990 and 1991 test matches attracted 4,000 and 4,800 fans respectively, well up on previous crowd figures for the speedway.
The 1990/91 season also saw the first, and so far only tour of Australia by the official USSR
team who while not facing Australia
in a test, the Soviets faced state teams and various other 'select' teams. They faced a South Australian Select team in their visit to North Arm on 28 December 1990 with the locals, strengthened by 'ring-ins' Dennis Löfqvist from Sweden
and David Norris
from England
(resident North Arm international riders) defeating the Russians 53-37 in a match closer than the score suggests. Actual local riders Shane Bowes and Shane Parker top scored for the 'SA' with 13 and 8 points respectively while Oleg Kurguskin
with 11 and the late Rif Saitgareev with 10 points top scored for the Russians.
During its life time North Arm was also the Australian base for various international riders racing in the Australian Speedway season with riders such as Vesa Ylinen of Finland
, Dennis Löfqvist from Sweden and David Norris from England all basing themselves in Adelaide. North Arm has also been the Australian base for two future Speedway World Champions
. 20 year old Gary Havelock from England (1992 World Champion
) spent the 1987/88 Australian season based at North Arm while 2010 World Champ
Tomasz Gollob
from Poland
, another rider only 20 years old, made North Arm his Aussie home during 1991/92.
Following the 1996/97 Australian Speedway season (generally run between October and April), North Arm Speedway was closed when the South Australian Government reclaimed the land that the speedway was located on. Most of the track surface was then moved less than 2km away to the new Gillman Speedway
to form the base of a 213m track that was used for daytime practice meetings until a larger 400m track was built for race meetings before the current 300m track was opened in 2000.
Today the site of North Arm Speedway shows nothing of its past as a speedway as industrial buildings now occupy the land. The last remnants of the speedway were removed in mid-2004 when what was left of the track itself was cleared and building starting in mid-2005. When looking on Google Earth
at historic photos the start/finish line of the speedway was on the Grand Trunkway (road) side of the track.
** Current or past Speedway World Champion
♦ Current or past Australian Champion
† - Deceaced
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
ever built in Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
and was located in the industrial suburb of Gillman
Gillman, South Australia
Gillman is a north western suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield....
. It was run by the Speedway Riders' Association of South Australia and ran from 1981 until its forced closure in 1997.
History
The speedway was opened on Sunday 26 July 1981 by the Speedway Riders' Association on land owned by the GovernmentGovernment of South Australia
The form of the Government of South Australia is prescribed in its constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then...
. Following the closure of Rowley Park Speedway
Rowley park speedway
Rowley Park Speedway is a former Dirt track racing venue that was located on Torrens Road in Brompton, South Australia, The speedway was named after Mr Enoch Procter Rowley, an English-born Dentist who moved to Adelaide from Kalgoorlie in 1908 where he had forged a reputation as being Western...
in April 1979 the only Dirt track racing
Dirt track racing
Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types of racecars predominated—open wheel racers in the Northeast and West and stock cars in the South...
venue in Adelaide was the new Speedway Park
Speedway City
Speedway City is a Dirt track racing venue located 26 km north of Adelaide in Virginia, South Australia, adjacent to the Adelaide International Raceway...
which has a clay surface, something that suited car racing but not motorcycle speedway so it as decided to build a motorcycle only venue with a Dolomite
Dolomite
Dolomite is a carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate CaMg2. The term is also used to describe the sedimentary carbonate rock dolostone....
surface.
The track itself was approximately 280m in length, which while considered small by Australian track standards (Aussie speedways are usually 350-550m in length as most run cars as well), it was roughly the same length as most tracks in Britain
Speedway in the United Kingdom
The sport of Speedway in the United Kingdom has changed little since the first meetings in the 1920s. With three domestic leagues, its own Speedway Grand Prix and an annual entry into the Speedway World Cup it remains one of the popular motorsports in the country.-History:The first meeting in the...
. The safety fence was a 2m high chain mesh fence on top of a 1ft high wooden retaining fence. Lights were installed for night meetings although spectator capacity was only around 5,000. Due to North Arm's small spectator capacity both the Australian Sidecar Championship and the Australian Solo Championship were awarded to Speedway Park with its capacity to hold over 10,000 spectators in both 1982 and 1983 respectively.
When it first opened North Arm Speedway held regular Sunday afternoon meetings so as not to compete with Speedway Park which ran Friday nights and had the bikes on the program. After the 1984/85 season, bikes were off the program at Speedway park following the death of rider Kevin O'Connell and from 1985/86 North Arm began holding regular Friday night meetings which lasted until the speedway's closure. During the winter of 1987 the pits at North Arm were also re-located. Originally they were outside the back straight but were moved to outside of the front straight behind the control tower (which also incorporated the announcers box). The old pits became car parking while Turn 3 for the solo's (Turn 2 for the sidecars) became the Old Pits Corner.
From 1983 until it closed in 1997 North Arm became the regular host of the South Australian Solo
South Australian Individual Speedway Championship
The South Australian Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held annually in South Australia to determine the South Australian champion. The event is organised by the Speedway Riders' Association of South Australia Inc...
and Sidecar
Sidecar speedway
Sidecar Speedway is a motorcycle sport involving 4 crews of a rider and a passenger competing over 4 laps on an oval shale surface. Rules are governed by the national speedway federation and are not dissimilar to conventional speedway rules....
championships, hosting the title 10 times. The only other tracks to host the title during this period were the Westline Speedway in Whyalla (1986/87) and Riverview Speedway
Riverview Speedway
Riverview Speedway, sometimes referred to as Murray Bridge Speedway is a Dirt track racing venue that is located in the town of Murray Bridge, South Australia, only 66 km from Adelaide. Racing at the speedway generally takes place between September and May meetings are held every second...
in Murray Bridge (1984/85, 1987/88, 1990/91).
North Arm hosted the 1992 Australian Solo Championship
1992 Australian Individual Speedway Championship
The 1992 Australian Individual Speedway Championship was the 1992 version of the Australian Individual Speedway Championship organised by Motorcycling Australia. The final took place on January 26, 1992 at the North Arm Speedway in Adelaide, South Australia. The championship was won by Mildura's...
where a capacity crowd of over 5,000 fans saw Leigh Adams
Leigh Adams
Leigh Scott Adams is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion...
from Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
win the first of a record 10 national championships. Adams set a track record in the 2nd heat of the night with a time of 58.74 seconds for the 4 lap race. The record he broke had been set in Heat 1 of the championship by reigning South Aussie Champ Craig Hodgson who won in a time of 59.11 seconds. Leigh Adams won with 14 points from North Arm's own Shane Parker
Shane Parker (speedway rider)
Shane Andrew Parker is a speedway rider, currently riding with the Sheffield Tigers in the British Premier League in what will be his last season in Britain....
on 13 and Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
's Mark Carlson third on 11 points. This meeting also saw the crash which almost ended the career of Australia's former World #3 from 1990
1990 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship.-Continental Final:*August 12, 1990 Norden, Motodrom Halbemond-North American Final:*June 2, 1990 Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium-Scandinavian Final:*June 9, 1990 Linköping, Motorstadium...
, Todd Wiltshire
Todd Wiltshire
Todd Wiltshire is a retired Australian motorcycle speedway rider who competed at the highest level of the sport, finishing a career best third in the 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England.-Australia:Todd Wiltshire started racing in 1979 at the Lake...
who suffered injuries bad enough to force him to retire at age 23 before making a comeback in 1997. Wiltshire, battling with Jason Lyons
Jason Lyons
Jason Rodney Lyons is an Australian international Motorcycle speedway rider currently riding for the Redcar Bears in the British Premier League. Jason is the son of former rider Rod Lyons...
for the lead going into the last turn of Heat 3, tried a pass on the outside and went down, sliding into the wooden safety fence in the old pit corner.
Unfortunately during its 16 year life span, North Arm was never awarded the right to host the Australian Sidecar Championship, although it did host some of Australia's richest Sidecar meetings.
North Arm Speedway's spectator capacity was pushed to the limit on a number of occasions including test Matches between Australia
Australia national speedway team
Australia are one of the major teams in international speedway. The team is managed by former rider, three time Australian Champion and 1994 World #3 Craig Boyce and captained by three time Speedway World Champion Jason Crump...
with riders such as Phil Crump
Phil Crump
Philip John "Phil" Crump in Mildura, Victoria is a retired Australian Motorcycle speedway rider who attained 3rd place in the 1976 World Championship...
, Todd Wiltshire, Leigh Adams and local riders Shane Parker, Scott Norman and Shane Bowes
Shane Bowes
Shane Bowes is a former Motorcycle speedway rider. Bowes was a finalist in the 1990 Under-21 Speedway World Championship, finishing in eighth place...
taking on visiting 'teams' such as a "Rest of the World" team in 1990 including Gary Havelock
Gary Havelock
Robert Gary Havelock is a speedway rider who currently captains the Redcar Bears in the British Premier League...
of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Mitch Shirra
Mitch Shirra
Mitchell Owen Shirra is a former motorcycle speedway rider who rode with the Coventry Bees, Reading Racers, Swindon Robins and Ipswich Witches in the British League.-Career summary:...
of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, and Shawn Moran
Shawn Moran
Shawn Moran is a retired former professional speedway rider who was one of the most popular and talented riders ever to race for Sheffield Tigers who also represented USA....
of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(while the injured Sam Ermolenko
Sam Ermolenko
Guy Allen 'Sudden Sam' Ermolenko is a former Speedway rider. In 1993 he won the Speedway World Championship in Pocking, Germany. He is the older brother of Charles 'Dukie' Ermolenko who also rode in the UK....
was guest commentator on the night). In 1991 Australia faced a powerful Swedish
Sweden national speedway team
Sweden are one of the major teams in international speedway. They have been managed by Mats Olsson, who is currently in his 2nd spell, since 2005 after he quit in 2000...
team led by 1990 World Champion
1990 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship.-Continental Final:*August 12, 1990 Norden, Motodrom Halbemond-North American Final:*June 2, 1990 Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium-Scandinavian Final:*June 9, 1990 Linköping, Motorstadium...
Per Jonsson
Per Jonsson
Per Jonsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1990, and finished runner-up in 1992.In 1985, his second season with the Reading Racers, the team won six major trophies...
, former Ice Racing World Champion
Individual Ice Racing World Championship
The medalists of the from finals of the Individual Ice Racing World Championship.- External links :*...
Erik Stenlund as well as 1990 World finalists Jimmy Nilsen
Jimmy Nilsen
Jimmy Nilsen is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He was Swedish Champion in 1996 after finishing 3rd in 1994. Nilsen also rode in five World Finals as well as representing Sweden in Test Matches....
and Henrik Gustafsson
Henrik Gustafsson
Henrik Anders Gustafsson is an international Motorcycle speedway rider who won the 1993 World Pairs Championship with Tony Rickardsson and the Speedway World Team Cup with Sweden in 1994 and 2000...
. The Swede's also had in their riding lineup a young rider who was not only the reigning Swedish Champion
Speedway Swedish Individual Championship
- Previous winners :...
but the rider would go on equal Ivan Mauger
Ivan Mauger
Ivan Mauger, OBE, MBE, is a retired motorcycle speedway rider. He won a record six World Championships, a feat only equalled by Tony Rickardsson of Sweden...
's six Speedway World Championship
Speedway World Championship
The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world. Today, it is organised as a series of Speedway Grand Prix events, where points are awarded according to performance in the event and tallied up at the end of each...
s, the great Tony Rickardsson
Tony Rickardsson
Tony Rickardsson is a retired Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. He is widely acknowledged as being the most successful speedway rider of the current era, having won six Speedway World Championship titles in 15 attempts. He has two daughters, Michelle and Natalie with his wife Anna...
. Both the 1990 and 1991 test matches attracted 4,000 and 4,800 fans respectively, well up on previous crowd figures for the speedway.
The 1990/91 season also saw the first, and so far only tour of Australia by the official USSR
Russia national speedway team
Russia are an international speedway team who compete in the major international competition, the Speedway World Cup. They are managed by Andrey Savin and the current captain is Rybnik's Denis Gizatullin.- 2009 Squad :* Denis Gizatullin* Grigory Laguta...
team who while not facing Australia
Australia national speedway team
Australia are one of the major teams in international speedway. The team is managed by former rider, three time Australian Champion and 1994 World #3 Craig Boyce and captained by three time Speedway World Champion Jason Crump...
in a test, the Soviets faced state teams and various other 'select' teams. They faced a South Australian Select team in their visit to North Arm on 28 December 1990 with the locals, strengthened by 'ring-ins' Dennis Löfqvist from Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and David Norris
David Norris (speedway rider)
David Michael Norris is a former British international motorcycle speedway rider.he also has a wife Ellie and two sons Ashley and Jack.-Career:...
from England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
(resident North Arm international riders) defeating the Russians 53-37 in a match closer than the score suggests. Actual local riders Shane Bowes and Shane Parker top scored for the 'SA' with 13 and 8 points respectively while Oleg Kurguskin
Oleg Kurguskin
Oleg Kurguskin is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of Russia team at 2001 and 2005 Speedway World Cup. With Russian club Togliatti he won European Club Champions' Cup in 2003.- World Championships :...
with 11 and the late Rif Saitgareev with 10 points top scored for the Russians.
During its life time North Arm was also the Australian base for various international riders racing in the Australian Speedway season with riders such as Vesa Ylinen of Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, Dennis Löfqvist from Sweden and David Norris from England all basing themselves in Adelaide. North Arm has also been the Australian base for two future Speedway World Champions
Speedway World Championship
The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world. Today, it is organised as a series of Speedway Grand Prix events, where points are awarded according to performance in the event and tallied up at the end of each...
. 20 year old Gary Havelock from England (1992 World Champion
1992 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1992 Individual Speedway World Championship.-World final:*August 29, 1992 Wrocław, Olympic Stadium...
) spent the 1987/88 Australian season based at North Arm while 2010 World Champ
2010 Speedway Grand Prix
The 2010 Speedway Grand Prix season was the 16th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, and decided the 65th FIM Speedway World Championship. It was the tenth series under the promotion of Benfield Sports International, an IMG company...
Tomasz Gollob
Tomasz Gollob
Tomasz Gollob is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series since its inaugural season in 1995. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rider.-Career summary:...
from Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, another rider only 20 years old, made North Arm his Aussie home during 1991/92.
Following the 1996/97 Australian Speedway season (generally run between October and April), North Arm Speedway was closed when the South Australian Government reclaimed the land that the speedway was located on. Most of the track surface was then moved less than 2km away to the new Gillman Speedway
Gillman Speedway
Gillman Speedway is a purpose built motorcycle speedway located in the Adelaide suburb of Gillman in South Australia.The closure of the nearby North Arm Speedway at the end of the 1996-97 season left Adelaide without a venue for motorcycle speedway for the first time in almost 80 years. David...
to form the base of a 213m track that was used for daytime practice meetings until a larger 400m track was built for race meetings before the current 300m track was opened in 2000.
Today the site of North Arm Speedway shows nothing of its past as a speedway as industrial buildings now occupy the land. The last remnants of the speedway were removed in mid-2004 when what was left of the track itself was cleared and building starting in mid-2005. When looking on Google Earth
Google Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a Central Intelligence Agency funded company acquired by Google in 2004 . It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite...
at historic photos the start/finish line of the speedway was on the Grand Trunkway (road) side of the track.
Competitors
Some of the competitors who raced at North Arm Speedway between 1981 and 1997 were:- Phil CrumpPhil CrumpPhilip John "Phil" Crump in Mildura, Victoria is a retired Australian Motorcycle speedway rider who attained 3rd place in the 1976 World Championship...
(
) (Solo)♦ - John BoulgerJohn BoulgerJohn Boulger is a former international motorcycle speedway rider. After he retired from riding Solo's, Boulger raced in Speedcars from the mid-1980s until the mid-1990s...
( ) (Solo)♦ - Mitch ShirraMitch ShirraMitchell Owen Shirra is a former motorcycle speedway rider who rode with the Coventry Bees, Reading Racers, Swindon Robins and Ipswich Witches in the British League.-Career summary:...
(Solo) - Mark LoramMark LoramMark Roysten Gregory Loram is a former British motorcycle speedway rider who started his career with the Hackney Kestrels in 1987. He is a former World Speedway Champion. In March 2007 Loram broke his thigh and dislocated his arm whilst riding in the opening fixture of the British Elite League...
(
) (Solo)** - Vesa Ylinen (
) (Solo) - Per JonssonPer JonssonPer Jonsson is a former speedway rider who won the Speedway World Championship in 1990, and finished runner-up in 1992.In 1985, his second season with the Reading Racers, the team won six major trophies...
(
) (Solo)** - Tony RickardssonTony RickardssonTony Rickardsson is a retired Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. He is widely acknowledged as being the most successful speedway rider of the current era, having won six Speedway World Championship titles in 15 attempts. He has two daughters, Michelle and Natalie with his wife Anna...
( ) (Solo)** - Todd WiltshireTodd WiltshireTodd Wiltshire is a retired Australian motorcycle speedway rider who competed at the highest level of the sport, finishing a career best third in the 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England.-Australia:Todd Wiltshire started racing in 1979 at the Lake...
( ) (Solo)♦ - Jimmy NilsenJimmy NilsenJimmy Nilsen is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He was Swedish Champion in 1996 after finishing 3rd in 1994. Nilsen also rode in five World Finals as well as representing Sweden in Test Matches....
( ) (Solo) - Leigh AdamsLeigh AdamsLeigh Scott Adams is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He is a multiple Speedway Grand Prix winner and World Team Champion...
( ) (Solo)♦ - Craig Hodgson ( ) (Solo) †
- Mark FioraMark FioraMark Fiora is a former Australian international Motorcycle speedway rider. He is a four time South Australian Champion and rode for 13 different teams in the United Kingdom between 1981 and 1988.-Australia:...
( ) (Solo) - Billy SandersBilly SandersWilliam Robert Sanders 'Billy Sanders' was an Australian international Speedway rider who won six Australian Championships and was a five time Speedway World Championship finalist with a career best second place in Germany 1983.-Australian Speedway:Billy Sanders bought his first speedway bike from...
( ) (Solo)♦ - Darryl Branford ( ) (Solo)
- Erik Stenlund ( ) (Solo)
- Gary HavelockGary HavelockRobert Gary Havelock is a speedway rider who currently captains the Redcar Bears in the British Premier League...
( ) (Solo)** - Shane ParkerShane Parker (speedway rider)Shane Andrew Parker is a speedway rider, currently riding with the Sheffield Tigers in the British Premier League in what will be his last season in Britain....
( ) (Solo) - Rinat MardanshinRinat MardanshinRinat Mukatdisovich Mardanshin was a Russian motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the 2001 Speedway World Cup for Russia. He was a multi-medalist of Russian Championships.- External links :* * * * at rivera.com.ua...
(
) (Solo) - Scott Norman ( ) (Solo)
- Shane BowesShane BowesShane Bowes is a former Motorcycle speedway rider. Bowes was a finalist in the 1990 Under-21 Speedway World Championship, finishing in eighth place...
( ) (Solo) - Mitch ShirraMitch ShirraMitchell Owen Shirra is a former motorcycle speedway rider who rode with the Coventry Bees, Reading Racers, Swindon Robins and Ipswich Witches in the British League.-Career summary:...
(
) (Solo) - Rod Hunter ( ) (Solo)
- Tomasz GollobTomasz GollobTomasz Gollob is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series since its inaugural season in 1995. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rider.-Career summary:...
(
) (Solo)** - Jeremy DoncasterJeremy DoncasterJeremy Doncaster is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who won the World Team Cup in 1989, top scoring for Great Britain with 13 points. He also finished in third place in the 1989 World Final...
( ) (Solo) - Henrik GustafssonHenrik GustafssonHenrik Anders Gustafsson is an international Motorcycle speedway rider who won the 1993 World Pairs Championship with Tony Rickardsson and the Speedway World Team Cup with Sweden in 1994 and 2000...
( ) (Solo) - Craig BoyceCraig BoyceCraig Boyce was a motorcycle speedway rider who primarily rode for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League...
( ) (Solo)♦ - Glenn Doyle ( ) (Solo)♦
- Dennis Löfqvist ( ) (Solo)
- Jason CrumpJason CrumpJason Phillip Crump 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.-Family:...
( ) (Solo)♦** - David NorrisDavid Norris (speedway rider)David Michael Norris is a former British international motorcycle speedway rider.he also has a wife Ellie and two sons Ashley and Jack.-Career:...
( ) (Solo) - Ryan SullivanRyan SullivanRyan Geoffrey Sullivan Ryan Geoffrey Sullivan Ryan Geoffrey Sullivan (born 20 January 1975, in Fitzroy, Victoria (a suburb of Melbourne) is an Australian international speedway rider.-Early years:...
( ) (Solo)♦ - Sam ErmolenkoSam ErmolenkoGuy Allen 'Sudden Sam' Ermolenko is a former Speedway rider. In 1993 he won the Speedway World Championship in Pocking, Germany. He is the older brother of Charles 'Dukie' Ermolenko who also rode in the UK....
(
) (Solo)** - Oleg KurguskinOleg KurguskinOleg Kurguskin is a Russian motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of Russia team at 2001 and 2005 Speedway World Cup. With Russian club Togliatti he won European Club Champions' Cup in 2003.- World Championships :...
( ) (Solo) - Shawn MoranShawn MoranShawn Moran is a retired former professional speedway rider who was one of the most popular and talented riders ever to race for Sheffield Tigers who also represented USA....
( ) (Solo) - Rif Saitgareev ( ) (Solo) †
- Gary Moon ( ) (Sidecar)♦
- Jim Irwin ( ) (Sidecar)
- Brian Bascombe ( ) (Sidecar (passenger)
- Darrin Treloar ( ) (Sidecar)♦
- Shane Souter ( ) (Sidecar)♦
- Peter Fleet ( ) (Sidecar)
- Greg Black ( ) (Sidecar (passenger)
- Chris Rae ( ) (Sidecar)
- Rob Hardy ( ) (Sidecar (passenger)
- Dennis Nash ( ) (Sidecar)♦
- Andrew Cleave ( ) (Sidecar)♦
- Martien Hurkmans ( ) (Sidecar)
- Brian Shultz ( ) (Sidecar) †
- Shane Wade ( ) (Sidecar (passenger)
- Neil Munro ( ) (Sidecar)♦
** Current or past Speedway World Champion
Speedway World Championship
The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world. Today, it is organised as a series of Speedway Grand Prix events, where points are awarded according to performance in the event and tallied up at the end of each...
♦ Current or past Australian Champion
Individual Speedway Australian Championship
The Australian Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held each year to determine the Australian national champion...
† - Deceaced