Peter Carr (speedway rider)

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Peter Carr
Born22 January 1963 (1963-01-22) (age 61)
Preston, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1979–1981 Ellesmere Port Gunners
1980–1984, 1994–1995 Belle Vue Aces
1985–1988, 1991–1993 Sheffield Tigers
1989–1990 Newcastle Diamonds
1997–2004 Edinburgh Monarchs
2005 Stoke Potters
Individual honours
1987, 1993 British Championship finalist
1982 British Under 21 Champion
1983 World Under 21 finalist
1997 Premier League Riders' champion
Team honours
1982 British League
1983British League Cup Winner
1997, 1999 Knockout Cup
2003Premier League

Peter Carr (born 22 January 1963) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from England. [1] [2] [3]

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Speedway career

In 1979, Carr joined his older brother Louis Carr at Ellesmere Port Gunners, for the 1979 National League season. He progressively increased his average in 1980 and 1981 before joining Belle Vue Aces for the 1982 British League season, again following his brother. [4]

While at Belle Vue, he won the 1982 league title [5] and the British Speedway Under 21 Championship, the 1983 League Cup and was a World Under 21 finalist. [1] [6] For the 1985 season, he moved to Sheffield Tigers, where he spent fours seasons.

He rode in his first final of the British Speedway Championship 1987. [1] [7] From 1989 to 1990, he rode for Newcastle Diamonds. [8] He returned to ride for two previous clubs, Sheffield (from 1991 to 1993) and Belle Vue from 1994 to 1995. At Sheffield, he twice surpassed a nine average.

In 1997, he won the Premier League Riders Championship, held on 13 September at Brandon Stadium as an Edinburgh Monarchs rider, in addition to helping the Scottish club win the Knockout Cup. [9] During his eight years at Edinburgh success came again in the form of another Knockout Cup in 1999 and the league title during the 2003 Premier League speedway season.

At retirement he had earned 12 international caps for the England national speedway team. [3]

Family

His brother Louis Carr was also a speedway rider. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Carr celebrates 25 years in speedway". Crash. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Hunter back with Diamonds" . Newcastle Journal. 7 March 1989. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Champions" . Reading Evening Post. 15 September 1997. Retrieved 24 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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