Ronnie Correy

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Ronnie Correy
Born (1966-11-08) November 8, 1966 (age 57)
Bellflower, California, USA
NationalityAmerican
Career history
Great Britain
1987-1993, 1996-1997, 2000, 2005-2006 Wolverhampton Wolves
1995 Long Eaton Invaders
1998-1999, 2004 Belle Vue Aces
2007 Edinburgh Monarchs
Sweden
1990-1993, 1999-2000 Bysarna
2000 Indianerna
Poland
1992, 1997-1998 Leszno
1993 Rzeszów
1996 Tarnów
1999-2000 Łódź
Team honours
1992 World Team Cup Winner
1992 World Pairs Champion
1991 British League Champion
1996 Premier League Champion
1996 Premier League KO Cup winner

Ronnie Dean Correy (born November 8, 1966, in Bellflower, California) [1] is an American former international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a World Pairs Champion, winning the title in 1992, [2] [3] a world cup winner and earned 23 caps for the United States national speedway team. [4]

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Career summary

Correy first rode in the United Kingdom for the Wolverhampton Wolves in 1987. [5] He remained at Wolves for sevens seasons before joining Long Eaton for one season in 1995. [6]

He won the British League championship title in 1991 and one year later he won the World Pairs Championship with Greg Hancock.

He represented the USA in the final of the 1989 Speedway World Team Cup at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England and the 1991 Speedway World Team Cup final in Vojens, Denmark before winning the 1992 Speedway World Team Cup. [7] .

He scored 4,127 points for Wolverhampton, recording 19 full maxima and 9 paid maxima and scored 366 bonus points with Wolves. He was the captain of the club before his release in 1998. [8]

In 1998 he joined Belle Vue Aces and became the club captain for the 1999 season. [9]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

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References

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  2. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  3. "Correy, Ronnie". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  4. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  5. "Ronnie the man for Wolves" . Sandwell Evening Mail. March 5, 1987. Retrieved September 1, 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Perrin fury over Correy" . Manchester Evening News. February 28, 1995. Retrieved September 1, 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 516. ISBN   0-316-72645-1.
  8. "Loram joins Wolves" . Birmingham Daily Post. January 5, 1998. Retrieved September 1, 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Ambitious King's Lynn" . Manchester Evening News. February 6, 1999. Retrieved September 6, 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.