Doug Wyer
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Born | (1947-08-16) 16 August 1947 (age 77) Nottingham, England |
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Nationality | British (English) |
Career history | |
1969 | Doncaster Stallions |
1969–1980 | Sheffield Tigers |
1970–1971 | Berwick Bandits |
1981–1984 | Halifax Dukes |
1985 | Birmingham Brummies |
1986–1988 | Edinburgh Monarchs |
Individual honours | |
1976, 1979 | Northern Riders' champion |
1980 | South Australian Champion |
1977 | Skol Northern Masters |
Team honours | |
1974 | British League KO Cup winner |
1986 | National League Pairs Champion |
1973, 1974, 1979 | Northern Trophy |
Douglas Wyer (born 16 August 1947 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England)[1] is a former international motorcycle speedway rider[2] who reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1976. He earned 46 international caps for the England national speedway team and 14 caps for the Great Britain team.[3]
Career
Wyer rode for Young Lions against Great Britain on 6 April 1976 at Leicester Stadium.
In 1980, Wyer won the South Australian Championship at the then new Speedway Park in Adelaide. The 430 metres (470 yd) long Speedway Park was a different track than Wyer was used to as its surface is clay rather than the dirt/shale track he rode in at home.
Wyer won the National League Pairs, partnering Les Collins for the Edinburgh Monarchs, during the 1986 National League season.[4]
World Final Appearances
- 1976 -
Chorzów, Silesian Stadium - 7th - 8 pts[5]
References
- ^ Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Speedway Pairs Out". Newcastle Journal. 14 July 1986. Retrieved 25 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5