Gary Allan (speedway rider)

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Gary Allan
Born21 June 1967 (1967-06-21) (age 56)
Manchester, England
NationalityNew Zealander
Career history
1988–1991 Poole Pirates
1992 King's Lynn Stars
1993 Swindon Robins
Individual honours
1992 New Zealand Champion
1993 Second Division Riders' Champion

Gary Karl Allan (born 21 June 1967) is a British born former international speedway rider from New Zealand. [1]

Speedway career

He was introduced to speedway by his father Gordon “Goog” Allan who rode for the Newcastle Diamonds from 1964 to 1968. His older brother Glenn was also a speedway rider. [2] The family moved from New Zealand to Brisbane when he was 14 and he began riding speedway there when he was 17. [3] In 1987 he was the inaugural winner of the Australian Under-21 Championship.

In February 1988 he also won the New Zealand under 21 Championship before moving to the UK to ride for the Poole Pirates in the National League. He broke his leg in his first season with the Pirates, but returned in 1989 and stayed with the team until 1991. The following year he was loaned out by Poole to the Kings Lynn Stars and his final year in 1993 was with the Swindon Robins. This proved to be his most successful season. As the team’s number one rider he achieved an 8.93 average, which put him among the top 10 riders in the league that year and he won the British League Division Two Riders Championship, held on 25 September at the Norfolk Arena. He defeated Mick Poole in a run off for the title after both riders finished on 13 points. [4]

Although he was born in Manchester, and represented Australia in a test match with England in 1986, [5] he decided to ride for New Zealand from 1988 onwards because he considered himself to be a New Zealander and held a New Zealand passport. [6] He represented New Zealand at international level and won the New Zealand Championship in 1992.

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References

  1. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway Official Website. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Speedway gripes". The Star. Christchurch. 20 January 1988.
  4. ↑ "Speedway" . Sunday Mirror. 26 September 1993. Retrieved 22 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Internationals - Australia". International Speedway. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Speedway gripes". The Star. Christchurch. 20 January 1988.
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