Andy Ross (speedway rider) explained

Andy Ross
Nationality:British (Scottish)
Birth Date:3 April 1940
Birth Place:Scotland
Death Date:3 September 2006 (aged 66)
Career1:Rayleigh Rockets
Years1:1969
Career2:Peterborough Panthers
Years2:1970, 1971
Career3:Oxford Cheetahs
Years3:1970
Indivyear1:1969, 1970
Indivhonour1:Ice Speedway World finalist

Andrew Ross (3 April 1940 – 3 September 2006) was an international speedway rider from Scotland.[1] [2] [3]

Speedway career

Ross was a finalist at the Individual Ice Speedway World Championship in the 1969 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship and the 1970 Individual Ice Speedway World Championship.[4] He was also a prominent grasstrack rider and won the British title in 1968.[5] [6]

He rode in the British League of British Speedway from 1969 to 1971 and was the first captain of the Peterbrough Panthers.[7] [8]

He died in a shooting accident in Scotland on 3 September 2006.[9]

World final appearances

Individual Ice Speedway World Championship

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 19 July 2021.
  2. News: Racers go in at the deep end tonight . Reading Evening Post . 14 April 1969 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 6 September 2024.
  3. Web site: Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 5 October 2024 .
  4. Web site: Ice Speedway. Speedway.org. 19 July 2021.
  5. News: Trophy day at Leverton Road next Monday . Retford, Gainsborough & Worksop Times . 29 August 1969 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 6 September 2024.
  6. Web site: Andy Ross . Grasstrack GB . 6 September 2024 .
  7. Web site: History Archive. British Speedway. 19 July 2021.
  8. Web site: ANDY ROSS - A TRIBUTE TO PANTHERS FIRST EVER CAPTAIN. Peterborough Speedway. 19 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Tributes paid to first captain of speedway team. The Hunts Post. 13 September 2006 . 19 July 2021.