Glenn Cunningham (speedway rider)

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Glenn Cunningham
Born10 June 1975 (1975-06-10) (age 48)
Bristol, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1991–1992, 1998 Oxford Cheetahs
1993–1996, 1998–1999, 2004 Swindon Robins
1997, 2006 Reading Racers
1998, 2000 Peterborough Panthers
2001 Newport Wasps
2002–2006 Somerset Rebels
2007 Stoke Potters
Individual honours
1997 Long Track World Championship bronze medal
1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 British Championship finalist
1994 World Under 21 finalist
1998 Premier League Riders' champion
Team honours
1998, 2005 Premier League Four-Team Championship

Glenn Arthur Cunningham (born 10 June 1975 in Bristol) [1] is a former International speedway rider who rode for the various clubs in the British Premier League. [2] [3] [4]

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Speedway career

Glenn started his career with Oxford Cheetahs in 1991 and has since ridden for the Swindon Robins, Reading Racers, Peterborough Panthers, Newport Wasps, Belle Vue Aces, Eastbourne Eagles and Somerset Rebels.

In 1997, he won the bronze medal in the 1997 Individual Long Track World Championship. [5]

In 1998, he reached the Overseas Final and finished on the podium in third place. He also won the Premier League Championship, the Premier League Riders Championship, held on 13 September at Owlerton Stadium, [6] the Premier League Fours [7] and the Premier League Pairs (partnering Brett Woodifield) with his club side, Peterborough Panthers. [8] To cap his best ever season he was selected to ride for England against Australia at Eastbourne. [2] [9]

He was part of the Somerset Rebels four who won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 20 August 2005, at Derwent Park. [10]

At retirement he had earned two international caps for the England national speedway team. [11]

Honours

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix Years

Best Individual G.P. Results

First

Third

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References

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  3. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  4. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  5. "1997 SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  6. "Stonehewer second best" . Nottingham Evening Post. 14 September 1998. Retrieved 24 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Last heat fury" . Hull Daily Mail. 31 August 1998. Retrieved 24 June 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Speedway" . Birmingham Daily Post. 27 July 1998. Retrieved 27 May 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "1998 speedway season". british Speedway. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  10. "Somerset Rebels 2005 season review". BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  11. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 14 November 2023.