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Garry Flood 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.
David Geoffrey Bickers was an English professional motocross racer from Coddenham, Suffolk. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1959 to 1969. Bickers won two European motocross championships, and was a member of British motocross teams that won two Motocross des Nations events as well as two Trophée des Nations events. Bickers was awarded the Motorcycle News 'Man of the Year' award in 1960.
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- ↑ Ken Smith "Ivan Miller : legendary kiwi export" in VMX, no. 83 (2020)
- ↑ "Ivan Miller the flying kiwi". Life and Times Video. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ↑ Ian Berry (2011) "Out Front! British Motocross Champions 1960-1974" ISBN 9780956497536
- ↑ "100 Years of Motorcycle Sport in New Zealand 1916-2016" (PDF). Motorcycling New Zealand. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ↑ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ↑ "Speedway news from Reading" . Bracknell Times. 22 June 1972. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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