Ashton Boughen

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Ashton Boughen
Born (2007-08-21) 21 August 2007 (age 16)
King's Lynn, Norfolk
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
2023 Leicester
2023–2024 Oxford

Ashton Boughen (born 21 August 2007) is an English motorcycle speedway rider. [1] [2]

Career

Boughen started his career in Motocross and won the 65cc British title, while also representing Great Britain at the Junior World Championships. [2] However, he switched to speedway in 2022 and made appearances for both the Oxford Chargers and Mildenhall Fen Tigers [3] towards the end of the 2022 National Development League speedway season.

In 2023, he completed his first full senior 500cc season in the British speedway leagues, representing Leicester Lion Cubs in the 2023 National Development League. In 2023 he also won the 500cc British Youth Championships [4] and also finished in tenth place in the British Under 21 Championship. [5] Later in the season he would ride in matches for Oxford again.

He re-signed for Oxford for the 2024 season, for both their Premiership and Championship teams. [6] [7] In June that year he finished third in the British Under 21 Championship. [8]

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References

  1. "British Speedway profile". British Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 "RISING STARS – ASHTON AND KIEAN BOUGHEN". Dirt Hub. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. "Ashton Boughen Joins Fen Tigers!". Mildenhall Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. "BOUGHEN WINS YOUTH ROUND". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. "BRITISH UNDER-21 FINAL, Glasgow". British Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  6. "Cheetahs name their side". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  7. "Magic news for Spires". British Speedway. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  8. "Sunday's results". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 June 2024.