Doug Davies (6 August 1936 – 8 June 2000) was a South Africa international motorcycle speedway rider.[1][2] He earned 10 caps for the South African national speedway team.[3]

Speedway career

Davies reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship.[4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway with Birmingham Brummies from 1954[5] to 1956, and New Cross Rangers in 1961.[6][7]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

References

  1. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ "75 years history" (PDF). Speedway South Africa. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. ^ "New rider for Birmingham". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 26 July 1954. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Davies riding against Bees". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 20 May 1961. Retrieved 5 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 6 July 2021.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Davies_(speedway_rider)
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