Martin_Dixon_(speedway_rider)

Martin Dixon (speedway rider)

Martin Dixon (speedway rider)

English speedway rider

Martin Dixon (born 30 May 1961) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.[1][2]

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Speedway career

Dixon rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1977 to 2002, riding for various clubs.[3][4]

In 1985, he helped the Middlesbrough Tigers win the Fours Championship during the 1985 National League season.[5][6] The following season, in 1986, he helped the Middlesbrough win the Fours Championship again, during the 1986 National League season.[7]

He reached the final of the British Speedway Championship in 1995.[1][8]

In 1997, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering Carl Stonehewer, while riding for Long Eaton Invaders, during the 1997 Premier League speedway season.[9][10] He was also part of the Long Eaton four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 3 August 1997, at the East of England Arena.[11]

References

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    "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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    "Dixon becomes a Glasgow rider". Crash. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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    "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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    "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
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    "Speedway". Cambridge Daily Mirror. 22 July 1985. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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    Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 46. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
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    "Speedway". Cambridge Daily News. 11 August 1986. Retrieved 11 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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    "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
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    "1997 season results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
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    "Speedway Premier League Pairs 26/09/1997". YouTube. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  11. [11]
    "1997 Long Eaton results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
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