Charlie Venegas

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Charlie Venegas
Born (1967-02-12) February 12, 1967 (age 57)
San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Career history
Great Britain
1996 Long Eaton Invaders
1996–1997 Belle Vue Aces
Individual honours
2000, 2006 USA National Champion
2000, 2006 Jack Milne Cup
1993, 1994, 1995USA Ice Champion
1991, 1994, 1995, 1998Indoor Ice Race World Champion
Team honours
1993, 1994, 1995Indoor Ice World Cup

Charlie Venegas (born February 12, 1967, in San Bernardino, California, United States) [1] is a professional speedway rider in the United States. He represented the United States national speedway team in the 2007 Speedway World Cup [2] [3]

career

Venegas has been USA National Champion twice and has been successful at ice speedway, becoming Indoor Ice Race World Champion four times and lifting the Indoor Ice World Cup three times with USA.

In 1996, he signed for Long Eaton Invaders to ride in the British leagues. [4] Later during the same season he signed for Belle Vue Aces on loan. [5]

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References

  1. Speedwaybikes.com profile
  2. "Speedway World Cup – Event Two Line-up". Speedway World. July 5, 2007. Retrieved December 2, 2007.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  4. "American signs" . Nottingham Evening Post. January 30, 1996. Retrieved September 1, 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Aces land loan star" . Manchester Evening News. June 15, 1996. Retrieved September 1, 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.