Aleš Dryml Jr. Explained

Aleš Dryml Jr.
Nationality:Czech
Birth Date:19 October 1979
Birth Place:Pardubice, Czech Republic
Career1:Czech Republic
Years2:1996-2015
Career2:Pardubice
Career3:Great Britain
Years4:2000-2002, 2006-2007
Career4:Oxford Cheetahs
Years5:2004, 2005, 2009, 2014
Career5:Peterborough Panthers
Years6:2003
Career6:Poole Pirates
Years7:2008
Career7:Wolverhampton Wolves
Years8:2010
Career8:Ipswich Witches
Years9:2011
Career9:Birmingham Brummies
Years10:2012, 2013
Career10:Belle Vue Aces
Career11:Poland
Years12:1999
Career12:Rybnik
Years13:2001-2002
Career13:Leszno
Years14:2006-2007
Career14:Toruń
Years15:2008
Career15:Tarnów
Years16:2009
Years17:2010
Career17:Miskolc
Years18:2012
Career18:Gniezno
Years19:2013
Career19:Grudziądz
Years20:2014
Career20:Ostrów
Years21:2015
Career21:Lublin
Career22:Sweden
Years23:2002
Career23:Örnarna
Years24:2003-2005, 2008
Career24:Vetlanda
Years25:2006-2007
Career25:Masarna
Indivyear1:2012
Indivhonour1:European Champion
Indivyear2:2011, 2013
Indivhonour2:Czech Republic Speedway Championship
Indivyear3:2012
Indivhonour3:Czech Longtrack Champion
Indivyear4:1999
Indivhonour4:German U21 Champion
Teamyear1:2004, 2007, 2009, 2010
Teamhonour1:European Pairs Champion
Teamyear2:2015
Teamhonour2:Czech Pairs Champion
Teamyear3:2001, 2003
Teamhonour3:Elite League Champions
Teamyear4:2012, 2014
Teamhonour4:Polish League Champions
Teamyear5:2004
Teamhonour5:Swedish Elitserien Champions
Teamyear6:1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016

Aleš Dryml Jr. (born 19 October 1979) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic.[1] [2] He earned 23 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team.[3]

Career

Dryml and his younger brother Lukáš Dryml were introduced to speedway by their father Aleš Dryml Sr., who was a former international speedway rider.[4]

Dryml came to the British speedway leagues in 2000 when he and his brother Lukáš Dryml joined the Oxford Cheetahs for the 2002 Elite League speedway season. The pair came into the Oxford side relatively unknown because they had only ridden in the Czech Republic and Poland at the time. However, the British Authorities gave them inflated averages of 7.50 and 5.00, which would not help Oxford's 2000 league challenge as they finished second from last.[5]

The following season in 2001, Oxford brought in Leigh Adams as heat leader and retained the Dryml brothers on reduced averages, this combination was a winning one, as the three riders were instrumental in helping Oxford win the 2001 Elite League.[5] After the 2002 season with Oxford, Ales joined the Belle Vue Aces for the 2003 Elite League speedway season but was released so joined the Poole Pirates as a replacement for his brother who had broken his leg. Ales helped Poole finish the season as the league and cup double winners.[6]

In 2004, he joined Peterborough Panthers and would also win his first of four European Pairs Speedway Championships. The other would come in 2007, 2009 and 2010.[7] He also became a permanent rider of 2004 Speedway Grand Prix series.

After the 2005 season with Peterborough he returned to his first club Oxford during 2006 and 2007 but rarely rode as his form dipped.[8] However, he continued to ride in British speedway until the end of the 2014 season with Peterborough where he recorded a strong 7.90 average.[9] He also represented the Czech Republic at the Speedway World Cup from 1999 to 2014.

Results

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix

Team Championship

European Grasstrack Championship

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dryml, Ales . Polish Speedway Database . 11 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Ales Dryml . WWOS Backup . 11 February 2023.
  3. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 29 March 2024.
  4. Web site: Ales Dryml Senior . Grasstrack GB . 11 February 2023.
  5. Book: Bamford/Shailes, Robert/Glynn. The Story of Oxford Speedway. 2007. 167–187. Tempus Publishing Ltd. 978-0-7524-4161-0.
  6. Web site: DRYML BOYS PLAY PART IN 2003 TITLE SUCCESS . Poole Speedway . 11 February 2023.
  7. Web site: European Pairs Speedway Championship. Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. 29 July 2021.
  8. Web site: 2008 Rider index . British Speedway . 19 February 2023.
  9. Web site: Speedway: Ales Dryml fills Peterborough's 2014 line-up . BBC Sport . 11 February 2023.