Lee Smethills

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Lee Smethills
2007 Lee Smethills Oxford speedway.jpg
Born30 March 1982 (1982-03-30) (age 42)
Bolton, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1998 Mildenhall
1999–2000, 2009 Buxton
1999–2001 Workington
1999, 2004 Newcastle
1999, 2006 Rye House
2002 Hull
2003, 2005 Exeter
2004, 2006 Berwick
2006 Wolves
2007 Glasgow
2007 Oxford
2008 Sheffield
2009 Weymouth
2010 Plymouth
2010 Isle of Wight

Lee Kenneth Smethills (born 30 March 1982 in Bolton, Greater Manchester) [1] is a former professional motorcycle speedway rider from England. [2] [3]

Career

Smethills riding for Oxford in 2007 2007 Lee Smethills speedway.jpg
Smethills riding for Oxford in 2007

Smethills rode for various clubs across all of the three divisions of British Speedway from 1998 until 2009. [4] [5]

His final full season was the 2008 Premier League speedway season, where he rode for the Sheffield Tigers [6] although he did ride a handful of matches during the 2009 National League speedway season for Buxton Hitmen and Weymouth Wildcats [7] respectively and in 2010 for Plymouth Devils and the Isle of Wight Islanders. [2]

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References

  1. "Buxton Hitmen profile". Buxton Speedway. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 "2009 Rider Index". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  3. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  5. "Ace Lee's in 7th heaven". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  6. "2008 Greensheet averages". British Speedway. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  7. "Smethills quits ahead of Devils date". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 8 October 2024.