Cyril_Brine

Cyril Brine

Cyril Brine

British motorcycle speedway rider

Cyril Harry Brine (born 6 February 1918 in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England[2][3] – died 1988) was an international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals twice.[4][5]

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Career

Brine began speedway racing in 1938.[1] He initially rode at the training track at Rye House.[1] Brine spent his entire career with one club, the Wimbledon Dons,[6] where he made over 460 league appearances and scored over 2700 points, a club record. In his seventeen-season career with the Dons, he won the National League Championship seven times and the National Trophy seven times.

During the speedway winters, he built bike frames in a Boreham Wood garage, with his brother Percy Brine and brother-in-law Dick Geary.[7]

Brine made his debut for England national speedway team in 1949. He retired from speedway in early 1963.[1] At retirement he had earned 12 international caps for England.[5]

Elder brother Percy also rode.[1]

World final appearances

References

  1. [1]
    "Cyril 'Salty' Brine Calls it a Day", Speedway Star, 23 March 1963, p. 4
  2. [2]
    Addison J. (1948). The People Speedway Guide. Odhams Press Limited
  3. [3]
    Speedway Star 23 March 1963 suggests he was born in 1920
  4. [4]
    Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
  5. [5]
    "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  6. [6]
    Jacobs, Norman (2001). Speedway in London. Stroud: Tempus Publishing ISBN 0-7524-2221-9
  7. [7]
    "When the speed motors are silent". Daily Mirror. 24 January 1947. Retrieved 5 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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