Garry Flood

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Garry Flood
Born1952
NationalityAustralian
Career history
1972-1973 Crewe Kings
1972 Swindon Robins
1972 King's Lynn Stars
1972 Wolverhampton Wolves
Team honours
1972 British League Div 2 Winner
1972 British League Div 2 KO Cup Winner

Garry Flood (born 1952) is a former Motocross and motorcycle speedway rider from Australia, who was eight times motocross champion of Australia and was capped by Australasia in speedway. [1]

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Motocross career

Flood won eight Australian Motocross Championships. (125cc; 1969, 1970, 1973, 250cc; 1969, 1974 500cc; 1969, 1971, 1974) [2]

Speedway career

Flood rode in Britain for just one season in 1972, initially for Leicester Lions, joint top scoring in a match against Peterborough Panthers, but riding most of the season with Crewe Kings, for whom he averaged over eight points from 41 matches, including ten paid maximum scores. [3] He also had rides in the top division with Swindon Robins, King's Lynn Stars, and Wolverhampton Wolves, and represented Australasia in a series against England in 1972. 1972 proved to be his only season in British speedway, Flood returning to Australia after a couple of challenge matches for Crewe in April 1973. [3] In 1973 he rode in Australia for Victoria. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Gary Flood - One of Australia's all-time motocross legends". Motorcross history. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 165
  4. ↑ Christensen, Phillip (1973) "Cup Rider Leads Challenge", Sydney Morning Herald , 15 February 1973, p. 15, retrieved 2012-03-16


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