Garry Flood
Born | 1952 |
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Nationality | Australia |
Career history | |
1972-1973 | Crewe Kings |
1972 | Swindon Robins |
1972 | King's Lynn Stars |
1972 | Wolverhampton Wolves |
Team honours | |
1972 | British League Div 2 Winner |
1972 | British League Div 2 KO Cup Winner |
Garry Flood (born 1952) is an Australian former Motocross and motorcycle speedway rider who was eight times motocross champion of Australia and was capped by Australasia in speedway.
Motocross career[]
Flood won eight Australian Motocross Championships. (125cc; 1969, 1970, 1973, 250cc; 1969, 1974 500cc; 1969, 1971, 1974)[1]
Speedway career[]
Flood rode in Britain for just one season in 1972, initially for Leicester Lions, joint top scoring in a match against Peterborough Panthers, but riding most of the season with Crewe Kings, for whom he averaged over eight points from 41 matches, including ten paid maximum scores.[2] He also had rides in the top division with Swindon Robins, King's Lynn Stars, and Wolverhampton Wolves, and represented Australasia in a series against England in 1972. 1972 proved to be his only season in British speedway, Flood returning to Australia after a couple of challenge matches for Crewe in April 1973.[2] In 1973 he rode in Australia for Victoria.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Gary Flood - One of Australia's all-time motocross legends". Motorcross history. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ a b Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 165
- ^ Christensen, Phillip (1973) "Cup Rider Leads Challenge", Sydney Morning Herald, 15 February 1973, p. 15, retrieved 2012-03-16
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Australian speedway riders
- Crewe Kings riders
- Leicester Lions riders
- Swindon Robins riders
- Wolverhampton Wolves riders
- King's Lynn Stars riders
- Speedway biography stubs
- Australian sportspeople stubs