Phil Bass

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Phil Bass
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Born(1952-07-05)July 5, 1952
Banbury, England
Died11 March 2006(2006-03-11) (aged 53)
Career history
1972 Scunthorpe Saints
1973–1974 Long Eaton Rangers/Archers
1974, 1976 Cradley United
1975 Stoke Potters
1975 Sheffield Tigers
1975 Hull Vikings
1975–1976 Leicester Lions
1975–1976 Newport
1976 Oxford Cheetahs
1976 Swindon Robins
1977 Bristol Bulldogs
1978 Milton Keynes Knights

Phil Michael Robert Bass (17 November 1950 in Banbury, England - 11 March 2006) was a motorcycle speedway rider in National League (speedway) and British League. [1] [2]

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In Ht2, Phil Bass and Roy Sizmore sandwich Colin Ackroyd - Eastbourne 1976 Phil Bass, Eastbourne 1976.jpg
In Ht2, Phil Bass and Roy Sizmore sandwich Colin Ackroyd - Eastbourne 1976

Career

Bass started his career with Scunthorpe Saints in 1972. [3] He was the only rider to reach 200 points in what was a disappointing year for the Saints. His next two years were with Long Eaton Speedway [4] The following year in 1973 he left Scunthorpe to ride for Long Eaton Rangers, where he would join his brother Steve Bass as a rider there. [5]

He would have rides for British League teams but was never signed to ride as a full-time rider. As the 1975 season ended, Harry Bastable and Tony Allsopp, promoters at Stoke, moved the licence to Oxford for 1976, [6] when Oxford Rebels moved to White City Stadium when it was feared the stadium would be demolished. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Lawson, K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN   978-0-244-72538-9 Oakes, Peter. The history of British league..0 948 8 82 07 7
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Rogers, Martin (1978)"The Illustrated History of Speedway" ISBN   0-904584-45-3
  4. ↑ "A History of Long Eaton Speedway". Speedway Plus. 2008. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "Rangers chief seeks new rider" . Nottingham Evening Post. 20 January 1973. Retrieved 15 September 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ Lawson, K (2018) “The Cheetahs – The Resurrection”. ISBN   978-0-244-69934-5
  7. ↑ Bamford, R & Shailes, G (2007). "The Story of Oxford Speedway". ISBN   978-0-7524-4161-0


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