Brady Kurtz

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Brady Kurtz
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Kurtz in 2019
Born (1996-09-27) 27 September 1996 (age 28)
Cowra, New South Wales
Australia
Career history
Great Britain
2014–2015 Somerset
2016 Plymouth
2016–2019 Poole
2020–2025 Belle Vue
Sweden
2019–2021 Vetlanda
2022–2024 Dackarna
Poland
2016–2017 Piła
2017, 2023–2024 Rybnik
2018–2020 Leszno
2018–2019 Rawicz
2020–2022 Łódź
Denmark
2016 Esbjerg
2013, 2021 Holsted
Individual honours
2016, 2025 Australian Champion
2013/14, 2014/15 NSW State Champion
2010, 2012Australian U16 Champion
Team honours
2022, 2024 British champions
2023 Premiership Pairs
2023Swedish Eliserien champion
2015 British Div 2 KO Cup
2014Premier Shield
2014 British Div 2 Fours

Brady Kurtz (born 27 September 1996) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. [1] [2]

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Biography

Born in Cowra, New South Wales.[ citation needed ] Brady's older brother Todd Kurtz is a fellow Speedway rider.

Brady got his first break into British Speedway riding in the Premier League with the Somerset Rebels. He was part of the Somerset team that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 3 August 2014, at the East of England Arena. [3]

After two impressive years with the Rebels, Kurtz was named in the Poole Pirates team to compete in the 2016 Elite League. [4] [5] This news didn't come as a surprise, as Kurtz had already been the subject of interest from Poole for some time. The Poole promoter Matt Ford had gone on record lauding Kurtz as an "outstanding talent" that "every single club wants to snap up as an asset". Kurtz said of his future team "I have been looking up to the Poole Pirates since I was seven years old and used to watch them on TV all the time. To have Matt Ford looking at me and saying those things is like a dream come true." [6] Kurtz doubled up with Plymouth Devils and was part of the Plymouth team (with his brother) that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 23 and 24 July 2016, at the East of England Arena. [7]

Kurtz was the 2016 Australian Champion having won the 4 round series in January 2016. [8] He is taking part in the qualifying rounds for Grand Prix entry. [9]

In 2020, he signed for the Belle Vue Aces in the SGB Premiership. [10] In 2022, he captained Belle Vue to the league title during the SGB Premiership 2022. [11]

In 2023, he re-signed for Belle Vue again for the SGB Premiership 2023. [12] Kurtz along with Dan Bewley and Jake Mulford won the Premiership Pairs for Belle Vue in June 2023. [13]

In 2024, he captained Belle Vue for their title winning season [14] [15] and helped Australia secure a silver medal at the 2024 Speedway of Nations on his home track in Manchester. [16] Kurtz ended his season in style by winning the 2025 GP Challenge and subsequently qualifying for the 2025 Speedway Grand Prix. [17]

His 2025 season started with success as he secured a second Australian national title. Kurtz won the opening two rounds and finished 11 points clear of Jack Holder. [18] [19]

World final appearances

World team Championships

Individual Under-21 World Championship

Under-21 Speedway World Cup

Speedway Grand Prix results

YearPositionPointsBest finishNotes
2016 26th215thWildcard rider in Australia

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References

  1. ↑ "Brady Kurtz Australia". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "KURTZ-AINS UP ON ELITE CAREER FOR BRADY". Poole Pirates. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "PICTURES: Six-y display has Poole Pirates thumbing the record books". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Speedway: Up-and-coming star Brady Kurtz flattered by Poole Pirates interest". Bournemouth Echo. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "2016 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Taking out the 2016 Australian Solo Speedway Championship is a dream come true for up-and-coming star Brady Kurtz". MCNews.com.au. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Lambert poised for GP qualifer[sic] on King's Lynn soil". www.lynnnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Meet the Aces". Belle Vue Aces. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "2022 Premiership Grand final results". British Speedway. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Bewley back as Aces declare team". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Premiership Pairs @ Leicester". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "Aces reveal class of 24". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Sensational Grand Final performance from West Cumbria's Dan Bewley". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "Great Britain wins FIM Speedway of Nations World Title in Manchester Thriller". FIM Speedway. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  17. ↑ "I oto do Grand Prix wraca Anders Thomsen. Cały na biało". Gorzów Wielkopolski Nasze Miasto. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  18. ↑ "Kurtz dominates Mildura round of title". Cowra Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  19. ↑ "Kurtz crushes field to lead national title". Sunraysia Daily. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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