Richard May (speedway rider)
 Portrait of Richard May, speedway rider. Rode for Reading Racers and Poole Pirates in the 1970s | |
| Born | May 8, 1944 Southampton, England |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  England |
| Career history | |
| 1969-1973 | Reading Racers |
| 1974 | Poole Pirates |
| 1975 | Reading Racers |
| 1976-1977 | Poole Pirates |
| Individual honours | |
| 1967 | Southern Centre 350cc Solo Grasstrack |
| 1970 | Stadium Trophy |
| 1970 | Suffolk Open Championship |
| 1970 | Argus Trophy |
| 1970 | Peter Arnold Memorial Trophy |
| 1970 | Reading Open Championship |
| 1971 | Golden Helmet |
Richard May was a speedway rider that rode for Reading Racers and Poole Pirates between 1969 and 1977.
Career[edit]
Richard “Dickie” May (born 8 May 1944 in Southampton,England) is a former motorcycle speedway rider. He was the Southern Centre 350cc Solo Grasstrack champion in 1967.[1][2] In 1970 he was part of the Young England side that faced a Young Sweden side in the Division 2 Test Series tour[3][4] and won the individual titles of Stadium Trophy (8/6/1970), Suffolk Open Championship (2/7/1970), the Argus Trophy (5/7/1970), the Peter Arnold Memorial Trophy (10/8/1970) and the Reading Open Championship (7 /9/1970).[5] In 1971 he won the Golden Helmet from Ken Mckinlay.[6]
While riding for the Reading Racers he was part of the 1973 British League Champions team along with the regular septet of Peter Murray, Anders Michanek, Dag Lövaas, Geoff Curtis, Mick Bell and Bernie Leigh.[7][8]. He also rode for Poole Pirates.[9] While riding for the Pirates he competed in the preliminary round of the British Qualifiers of the 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship.
Speedway writer Arnie Gibbons (author of Tears and Glory ISBN:9780955845505) wrote in the Speedway Plus article We had Joy, We Had Fun that after a meet on the 5 October 1970, Richard had become his first speedway hero after scoring a 12 point full maximum which helped the Reading racers beat Eastbourne.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Southern Centre Championships (350cc) - Grasstrack GB". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ↑ "My motorbike was used by speedway hero - get reading". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ↑ "A Tribute To Tommy Jansson His Race Heat Details For Great Britain - Robert Browne" (PDF). Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ↑ "Young England v Young Sweden 27 July 1970 - defunctspeedway.co.uk". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ↑ "British Speedway Official Website - British League Results (1960-1984) - 1970". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ Gibbons.A Tears and Glory ISBN:9780955845505
- ↑ "Speedway Star Clark.R p.14 March 2015". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ↑ "Season 1973 - Speedwaygb.co.uk" (PDF). Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ↑ Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9 Search this book on
.
- ↑ "We had Joy, We had Fun by Gibbons.A - Sppedwayplus.com". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
External links[edit]
http://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1973/richard
http://www.poolepirates.co/club-history-1970s.html
http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/64373-golden-helmet-memories/&page=2
http://www.speedwayplus.com/ReadingClosure.shtml
 | This biographical article relating to British speedway is a stub. You can help EverybodyWiki by expanding it. |
 | This British motorcycle racing biographical article is a stub. You can help EverybodyWiki by expanding it. |
This article "Richard May (speedway rider)" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Richard May (speedway rider). Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
|
This page exists already on Wikipedia. |
