John Robert Thompson Beaton (born 14 May 1952) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Scotland.[1][2]

Speedway career

Beaton rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1968 to 1985, riding for various clubs.[3][4] He reached the final of the British Speedway Championship in 1980.[1][5]

In 1982, he helped the Newcastle Diamonds win the Fours Championship during the 1982 National League season and he repeated the success the following year during the 1983 National League season.[6][7]

At retirement he had earned 15 international caps for Scotland national speedway team and 1 cap for the Great Britain national speedway team.[3]

Family

His younger brother Jim Beaton was a speedway rider and his older brother George Beaton was a junior rider before he was killed in a car crash in 1972. His father Jimmy Beaton Sr. was a promoter at Glasgow Tigers.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Beaton Brothers". Blantyre project. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  5. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Heartbreak puncture robs Tigers of national Fours title". Cambridge Daily News. 26 July 1982. Retrieved 10 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Tigers miss out again in dramatic finish". Cambridge Daily News. 25 July 1983. Retrieved 10 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Beaton_(speedway_rider)
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