Colin Cook (speedway rider)

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Colin Cook
Born (1954-08-29) 29 August 1954 (age 69)
Southwold, Suffolk, England
NicknameCookie
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1975–1976 Scunthorpe Saints
1976–1979 Ipswich Witches
1977, 1984, 1986 Boston Barracudas
1979–1983 Leicester Lions
1984 Poole Pirates
1984 Sheffield Tigers
1984 Swindon Robins
1985–1992 Exeter Falcons
Team honours
1977 National League Pairs
1978 British League KO Cup winner

Colin Cook (born 29 August 1954) is an English former motorcycle speedway rider who rode for Ipswich Witches and Leicester Lions in the British League, before spending eight successive seasons with the Exeter Falcons. [1]

Biography

Cook was born in Southwold in 1954. [2] He took up speedway while working as a plant fitter, initially at Mildenhall, before joining Ipswich Witches in the mid-1970s. [2] He was loaned out to National League team Scunthorpe Saints in 1975, averaging 5.91 in his first season. [2]

After a further season at Scunthorpe he moved on to the Boston Barracudas in 1977. [3] A much improved season saw his average rise and he also won the National League Pairs Championship with Rob Hollingworth. [4] [3] In 1978, he was recalled by Ipswich and was part of the cup-winning team that year. [3] Cook transferred to Leicester Lions early in the 1979 season for £2,500. [3]

In 1982, he rose to the position of third heat-leader for the Lions, but his time at Leicester was hampered by injuries. [3] After the Lions closed down in 1983, Cook moved back to Boston in 1984, before spending the last eight years of his career with the Exeter Falcons, retiring at the end of the 1992 season. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) Who's Who of World Speedway, Studio Publications, ISBN   0-904584-04-6
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 162
  4. ↑ "1977 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  5. ↑ Oakes, Peter (1993) 1993 Speedway Yearbook, Front Page Books, ISBN   0-948882-16-6, p. 122-4
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