Rob Grant Sr.

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Rob Grant Sr.
Born (1959-02-17) 17 February 1959 (age 65)
Throckley, Newcastle upon Tyne
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1978–1991, 2002 Berwick Bandits
1984 Edinburgh Monarchs
Team honours
1980, 1989 Knockout Cup

Robert Grant Sr. (born 17 February 1959) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. [1]

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Biography

Grant, born in Throckley, rode as a junior in the Berwick Bandits team before beginning his British leagues career riding one meeting for the first team during the 1978 National League season. [2] The following season in 1979, he won the Berwick Bandits Stars of Tomorrow event and began to break into the Berwick first team. [3]

Grant enjoyed a successful 1980 season participating as a regular team member and helping the Bandits win the Knockout Cup. [4] Despite the problems encountered by his team in 1981 Grant became a fan's favourite imrpoving his season average to 6.95 in 1981. [5]

The only time during his career that Grant did not ride for Berwick was when he rode six matches for Edinburgh Monarchs in 1984. [6]

Grant would ride 14 consecutive years for Berwick from 1978 to 1991 [7] and in that time would win a second Knockout Cup with Berwick in 1989. [8] [9]

Grant made a short lived comeback during the 2001 season, at the age of 43. [10]

Family

His father Alec Grant and son Rob Grant Jr. were both professional speedway riders. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "1978 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Diamonds predict they can regain title crown" . Newcastle Journal. 24 July 1978. Retrieved 23 April 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "1980 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "On unfamiliar territory" . Staffordshire Sentinel. 17 July 1984. Retrieved 23 April 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Rob Grant". WWOS backup. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Bamford, Reg (2004). Speedway Yearbook. Tempus Publishing, Stroud. ISBN   978-0-7524-2955-7.
  9. ↑ "1989 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "The Woolly Bully Rides Again". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 23 April 2024.


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