Paul Thorp
Encyclopedia
Paul Thorp is a motorcycle speedway
rider won the World Team Cup
with England in 1989
.
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...
rider won the World Team Cup
Speedway World Team Cup
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.-Format:From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders and a reserve...
with England in 1989
1989 Speedway World Team Cup
-Group D - Venue : Shumen, Bulgaria and Sandes, Holland:Norway to Group C.-Group C - Venue : Lonigo, Italy and Wiener Neustadt, Austria:Italy to Group B.-Group B - Venue : Nyiregyhaza, Hungary and Rzeszów, Poland:Australia to Group A....
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World final appearances
- 19911991 Individual Speedway World ChampionshipThe 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship.-World final:*August 31, 1991 Göteborg, Ullevi...
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Göteborg, UlleviUlleviUllevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...
- 6th - 10pts