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Nigel Crabtree

Nigel Crabtree

British speedway rider

Nigel Robin Crabtree (born 15 March 1960) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.[1][2][3]

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Speedway career

Crabtree rode in the top two tiers of British Speedway from 1977 to 1996, riding for various clubs.[4]

In 1984, he won the National League Pairs, partnering Tom Owen for the Stoke Potters, during the 1984 National League season.[5]

In 1987, he finished runner-up in the National League Riders' Championship. He was regarded as one of the leading National League riders at the time, consistently finishing in the top ten averages.[1][6]

In 1989, he won the National League Pairs for the second time, partnering Eric Monaghan for Stoke, during the 1989 National League season.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Welcome to the Diamonds". Newcastle Speedway. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  3. [3]
    "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. [4]
    "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Stoke stars take title". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 1 July 1984. Retrieved 23 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.[permanent dead link]
  6. [6]
    "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  7. [7]
    Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 59. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.


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