Ashton Boughen

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Ashton Boughen
Born (2007-08-21) 21 August 2007 (age 17)
King's Lynn, Norfolk
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
2023 Leicester
2023–2024 Oxford
2025 King's Lynn

Ashton Boughen (born 21 August 2007) is an English motorcycle speedway rider. [1] [2] [3]

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 [4] 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 [5] and also finished in tenth place in the British Under 21 Championship. [6] 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. [7] [8] In June that year he finished third in the British Under 21 Championship. [9]

Boughen signed for King's Lynn Stars for the SGB Premiership 2025. [10]

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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. "Speedway report". East Anglian Daily Times. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. "Ashton Boughen Joins Fen Tigers!". Mildenhall Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. "BOUGHEN WINS YOUTH ROUND". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  6. "BRITISH UNDER-21 FINAL, Glasgow". British Speedway. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  7. "Cheetahs name their side". British Speedway. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  8. "Magic news for Spires". British Speedway. December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  9. "Sunday's results". British Speedway. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  10. "King's Lynn Stars announce 2025 line-up for Premiership campaign". Lynn News. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.