Born | 29 November 1946 74) Australia | (age
---|---|
Nationality | Australian |
Career history | |
1970–1973, 1975–1976 | Workington Comets |
1975 | Hull Vikings |
1976–1977 | Birmingham Brummies |
Individual honours | |
1973 | British League Div 2 Leading average |
1973 | National League Riders' runner-up |
Lou Sansom (born 29 November 1946) is a former international speedway rider from Australia. [1] [2]
Sansom was capped by Australia and rode in the top two tiers of British Speedway from 1970 to 1977, riding for various clubs. [3] In 1973, he topped the league averages while riding for Workington Comets with a 10.56 average. [1] [4]
He helped run the training schools at the Aspatria Speedway during the early 1970s. [5]
Workington Comets were a speedway club that operated from 1970 to 2018. They were based at Derwent Park Stadium in Workington, Cumbria, which they shared with Workington Town Rugby League Football Club.
The Somerset Rebels were a British speedway team based in Highbridge, Somerset. Founded in 2000, the club competed in the British SGB Championship until 2019. Their home track was located at the Oak Tree Arena.
Ulrich Reinhold Østergaard is a Danish speedway rider.
Russell Wade "Rusty" Harrison is an Australian speedway rider.
Daniel Nermark is a Swedish international motorcycle speedway rider.
The 1970 British League Division Two season was the third season of second tier motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.
Steven Grae Regeling is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the British League for Leicester Lions in the early 1980s and later for Kings Lynn Stars, before riding for several years in the National League for the Exeter Falcons and Middlesbrough Bears. He won the Australian Championship in 1987.
Kevin Doolan is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider.
Roland (Rol) Stobbart, was an international speedway rider and promoter who started his career with the Leeds Lions team in 1931.
Kyle Howarth is a British speedway rider.
Ashley Morris is a British speedway rider.
The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Championship is the second division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It was introduced for 2017 following a restructuring of British speedway.
Tyron Brian Proctor is an Australian speedway rider.
Kenneth John Ingalls is a former speedway rider from the United States.
Owen Ellis Owen, known as Taffy Owen, was an international speedway rider from Wales.
Desmond H Lukehurst known as Des Lukehurst is a former speedway rider from England.
Gary Peterson (1946–1975) was an international speedway rider from New Zealand.
Tom Owen is a former speedway rider from England.
John Jackson is a former speedway rider from England.
Les Rumsey is a former speedway rider from England.