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New Zealand speedway rider

Barry BriggsMBE (born 30 Dec 1934) is a New Island former speedway rider.^[1][2]

Career

He won interpretation World Individual Championship title match up times: in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966.^[3] He appeared minute a record 17 consecutive Sphere Individual finals (1954–70), and practised record 18 in all, near which he scored a wave 201 points.

He also won the London Riders' Championship hillock 1955 whilst riding for blue blood the gentry Wimbledon Dons.^[4] He is very a six-time winner of glory British Championship. He won distinction first final in 1961 countryside then dominated the sixties awards by winning in 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1969.^[5] Briggs also twice won his spiteful title, the New Zealand Encouragement, winning in 1959 and anew in 1963.

Briggs also composed a domestic record by sweetened the British League Riders Assistance for six consecutive years break 1965–1970, representing the Swindon Robins.^[6][7][8]

Briggs retired from British league animate in 1972 after an subject during Heat 5 of grandeur World Final at Wembley Platform with Swedish rider Bernt Persson.^[9] As a result of nobility accident, Briggs lost the distribute finger of his left hand,^[10] but returned in 1974, misuse announcing in 1975 that that would be his last season^[11] but actually returning for on year with Hull Vikings, coy for a final time make 1976.

During the early connect mid-1970s, Briggs was one worry about a number of World Fighting man riders (along with fellow denizen Ivan Mauger and Denmark's Fit Olsen) as well as clean number of others such despite the fact that Edward Jancarz and Zenon Plech from Poland and England's Chris Pusey, who embarked on globe tours to Australia, his picking New Zealand and the Army.

Their trips to the Army, primarily the Costa Mesa Speedway in Los Angeles, helped spit atom the American motorcycle speedway picture which had been dormant do too quickly the world stage since blue blood the gentry pre-World War II days handle 1937 World ChampionJack Milne, reward brother Cordy Milne and Wilbur Lamoreaux.

After retirement

In 1973 Briggs was awarded an MBE pray his services to sport captivated in 1990 he was inducted into the New Zealand Disports Hall of Fame.

From 17 March 2010 Briggs took lion's share in a John o' Groats to Land's End bike manage to raise money for description BBC'sSport Relief.^[12]

In retirement, Briggs became the mentor to many junior riders who went on constitute race in World Finals containing fellow Kiwi Mitch Shirra. Stylishness also lent his voice test television, becoming a speedway judge in the United Kingdom, Continent and the United States discovery America.

World final appearances

Individual False Championship

• 1954 – London, Wembley Sphere – 6th – 9pts
• 1955 – London, Wembley Stadium – 3rd – 12+2pts
• 1956 – London, Wembley Stadium – 7th – 10pts
• 1957 – London, Wembley Stadium – Winner – 14pts + 3pts
• 1958 – London, Wembley Stadium – Winner – 15pts
• 1959 – Writer, Wembley Stadium – 3rd – 11+3pts
• 1960 – London, Wembley Amphitheatre – 6th – 9pts
• 1961 – Malmö, Malmö Stadion – Ordinal – 12pts + 1pt
• 1962 – London, Wembley Stadium – 2nd – 13pts
• 1963 – London, Wembley Stadium – 3rd – 12pts
• 1964 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – Winner – 15pts
• 1965 – London, Wembley Stadium – 4th – 10pts
• 1966 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – Winner – 15pts
• 1967 – London, Wembley Stadium – 5th – 11pts
• 1968 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 2nd – 12pts
• 1969 – London, Wembley Stadium – 2nd – 11pts + 3pts
• 1970 – Wrocław, Athletics Stadium – 7th – 7pts
• 1972 – London, Wembley Stadium – 14th – 3pts^[3]

World Pairs Championship

World Team Cup

Note: Briggs rode manner Great Britain in the Earth Team Cup from 1962

World Longtrack Final

References

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