Danny Halsey

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Danny Halsey
Born (1988-09-15) 15 September 1988 (age 36)
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
2005–2009 Rye House Rockets
2011–2018 Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2009 Birmingham Brummies
2010 Bournemouth Buccaneers
2014 Eastbourne Eagles
2019 Cradley Heathens
Individual honours
2014 National League Riders' Champion
Team honours
2012 National League Fours

Daniel John Halsey (born 15 September 1988) is a former motorcycle speedway from England. [1] [2]

Speedway career

Halsey started his speedway career in England riding for the junior team at Rye House Rockets in 2005. [3] [4]

He was part of the Mildenhall Fen Tigers team that won the National League Fours, held on 26 August 2012 at Loomer Road Stadium. [5]

During the 2014 National League speedway season he won the National League Riders' Championship, when with Mildenhall. [6] This was the same season that he rode for Eastbourne Eagles during the 2014 Elite League speedway season. [7] [8]

In 2017 and 2018, Halsey started his seventh and eighth league seasons with Mildenhall Fen Tigers. [9] In 2019, he signed for Cradley Heathens to race in the 2019 National Development League speedway season. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Eastbourne v Swindon team sheet" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Biography". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "2012 Cradley results". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Brilliant Halsey claims National League Riders Championship in last-heat decider". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Halsey gearing up for seventh campaign with Fen Tigers". Suffolk News. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  10. ↑ "Cradley Heathens bring in Danny Halsey". Express and Star. Retrieved 23 September 2024.


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