John Hart (speedway rider)

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John Hart
Born (1941-01-22) 22 January 1941 (age 83)
Birmingham, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1960 Stoke Potters
1961-1966, 1971-1972 Cradley Heathens
1966-1967 Sheffield Tigers
1968-1970 Leicester Lions
1973-1975 Birmingham Brummies
Team honours
1961, 1963 Provincial League KO Cup Winner
1963Provincial Midland League Winner
1974 British League Division Two Champion
1974 British League Division Two KO Cup Winner
1975 New National League Champion

John Philip Hart (born 22 January 1941) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. [1]

Career

Born in Birmingham, John Hart is the son of former rider and Birmingham promoter Tiger Hart. [2] After initially racing stock cars from 1959, he began his speedway career in 1960 with Stoke Potters. [2] Hart was the last to ride on Birmingham's Perry Barr track (at the Alexander Sports Stadium) before it closed to speedway in 1960. [3]

He moved to Cradley Heathens in 1961, the team that he would ride for in eight seasons over the course of his career. In 1962 he represented England against an Overseas team, and also represented a Provincial League select against the National League. [2] When the British League started in 1965, Hart was a heat leader with the Heathens, averaging close to eight points per match. [2] In 1966 he transferred to Sheffield Tigers, where he spent two seasons before moving to Leicester Lions [4] for three seasons in which he only missed one match. [2] [5]

In 1971 he returned to Cradley, but failed to repeat his earlier form over two seasons there and in 1973 dropped down to the Second Division with Birmingham Brummies, where was a consistent high scorer for three seasons before retiring in 1975.

Towards the end of his speedway career he became a partner in the Compleat Angler public house at Wirksworth, Derbyshire. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) Who's Who of World Speedway, Studio Publications, ISBN   0-904584-04-6, p. 56
  3. ↑ "Birmingham Brummies Club Details", www.birminghambrummies.co, retrieved 2012-03-17
  4. ↑ "Lions demote Hart for Coatbridge" . Leicester Daily Mercury. 27 July 1968. Retrieved 23 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 157
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