2009 British Speedway Championship

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The 2009 British Speedway Championship was the 49th edition of the British Speedway Championship. [1] The Final took place on 20 May at Wimborne Road in Poole, England. The Championship was won by Chris Harris, who beat Edward Kennett, Tai Woffinden and Lee Richardson in the final heat. It was the second time Harris had won the title.

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Results

The Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos2122
Gold medal icon.svg (11) Chris Harris 123223212333
Silver medal icon.svg (5) Edward Kennett 13233231322
Bronze medal icon.svg (10) Tai Woffinden 112223211421
4(7) Lee Richardson 14333321410
5(12) Simon Stead 902223961
6(9) Scott Nicholls 10121331050
7(14) Lewis Bridger 82330087
8(16) Daniel King 83031188
9(1) David Howe 83011389
10(8) James Wright 603201610
11(13) Joe Screen 501022511
12(4) Ricky Ashworth 501121512
13(2) Lee Complin 421010413
14(15) Jason Bunyan 411110414
15(3) William Lawson 210001215
16(6) Jason King 110000116
17(17) Danny Warwick -0-017
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos2122

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

Under 21 final

Lewis Bridger won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship The final was held at Arena Essex Raceway on 24 April. [3]

Pos.RiderPointsSFFinal
1 Lewis Bridger 15x3
2 Tai Woffinden 1022
3 Joe Haines 1131
4 Ben Barker 13x0
5 Robert Mear 131
6 Josh Auty 100
7 Simon Lambert 9
8 Kyle Hughes 9
9 Lee Smart 8
10 Jamie Courtney 6
11 Mark Baseby 4
12 Brendan Johnson 4
13 Paul Starke 3
14 Kyle Newman 2
15 Ben Hopwood 2
16 Charles Wright 1
17 Ben Taylor (res)1
18 Greg Blair (res)0

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References

  1. "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA.
  2. "2009 British Final Result". speedwayresults.com.
  3. "Speedway: Bridger crowned British under-21 champion". The Argus. Retrieved 6 May 2023.