Lou Sansom

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Lou Sansom
Born29 November 1946 (1946-11-29) (age 77)
Australia
NationalityAustralian
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

Louis William Sansom (born 29 November 1946 [1] ) is an Australian former international speedway rider. [2] [3] [1]

Speedway career

Sansom was capped by Australia and rode in the top two tiers of British Speedway from 1970 to 1977, riding for various clubs. [4]

He joined Workington Comets in 1970 [5] and in 1973, he topped the league averages while riding for Workington Comets with a 10.56 average. [2] [6]

He helped run the training schools at the Aspatria Speedway during the early 1970s. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Speedway side Workington Comets hero Lou Sansom back at Derwent Park". Times & Star. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Speedway at the Weir" . Brentwood Gazette. 5 June 1970. Retrieved 23 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Aspatria Speedwayr". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 19 September 2021.


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