Ray Cresp

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Ray Cresp
Born25 August 1928
Melbourne, Australia
Died20 August 2022(2022-08-20) (aged 93)
Australia
NationalityAustralian
Career history
1956 Eastbourne Eagles
1956 Wembley Lions
1957 Oxford Cheetahs
1958, 1960-1962 Ipswich Witches
1959 Poole Pirates
1962 Norwich Stars
1963 St Austell Gulls
1964 West Ham Hammers
1965, 1966 Long Eaton Archers
Individual honours
1961 Speedway World Championship finalist

Raymond Maurice Cresp (25 August 1928 - 20 August 2022) was an international speedway rider from Australia. [1] [2] He earned 4 international caps for the Australia national speedway team and 6 caps for the Great Britain national speedway team. [3]

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Speedway career

Cresp was a professional boxer as a teenager before taking up road racing and moto cross. He was mentored by Jack Biggs before he moved to the UK in 1956. [2] He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1956 to 1966, riding for various clubs. [4] He gained four Australian caps and six British caps (when riders from Oceania were allowed to represent Britain. [5]

Cresp reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship. [6]

He was a builder by trade and when he returned to Australia he enjoyed fly-fishing. He died in 2022. [7] [2]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

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References

  1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Obituaries". Speedway Star. 27 August 2022. p. 21.
  3. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  5. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. "Ray Cresp dies". Speedway Illustrated News. Retrieved 6 January 2023.