Raymond Maurice Cresp (25 August 1928 - 20 August 2022) was an international speedway rider from Australia.[1][2] He earned 4 international caps for the Australia national speedway team and 6 caps for the Great Britain national speedway team.[3]

Speedway career

Cresp was a professional boxer as a teenager before taking up road racing and moto cross. He was mentored by Jack Biggs before he moved to the UK in 1956.[4][2] He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1956 to 1966, riding for various clubs.[5] He gained four Australian caps and six British caps (when riders from Oceania were allowed to represent Britain.[6]

Cresp reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.[7]

He was a builder by trade and when he returned to Australia he enjoyed fly-fishing. He died in 2022.[8][2]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

References

  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Obituaries". Speedway Star. 27 August 2022. p. 21.
  3. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Big Speedway victory for the Eagles". Eastbourne Gazette. 2 May 1956. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Ray Cresp dies". Speedway Illustrated News. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Cresp
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