Dakota North (speedway rider) explained

Dakota North
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:4 August 1991
Birth Place:Shepparton, Victoria
Career1:Great Britain
Years2:2007
Career2:Mildenhall
Years3:2010
Career3:Newcastle
Years4:2011, 2013
Career4:Peterborough
Years5:2011
Career5:Somerset
Years6:2012
Career6:Ipswich
Years7:2012
Career7:King's Lynn
Years8:2012
Career8:Birmingham
Years9:2014
Career9:Swindon
Years10:2015
Career10:Poole
Career14:Denmark
Years15:2015
Career15:Region Varde
Indivyear1:2007
Indivhonour1:Australian Under-16 Champion
Teamyear1:2007
Teamhonour1:Australian Under-16 Pairs
Teamyear2:2010
Teamhonour2:Premier League Trophy

Dakota Max North (born 4 August 1991) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Australia.[1] [2]

Career

North, named by his father – former Stoke Potters rider Rod North – after the Douglas Dakota aircraft, was born in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia in 1991.[3] [4] [5] He took up speedway at the age of twelve and won the Australian Under-16 Championship and the Australian Junior Pairs title (with Justin Sedgmen) in 2007.

After a few appearances in Britain in 2007, he signed with Mildenhall Fen Tigers in 2009, but his season was cut short after chipping two vertebrae in a crash while representing Australia at Under-21 level in July against Great Britain. In December 2009 he was signed by Elite League Peterborough Panthers as a club asset and was loaned to Premier League team Newcastle Diamonds for the 2010 season.[6]

He signed for Somerset Rebels for the 2011 season, also doubling-up in the Elite League with the Panthers. In 2012, North joined the Ipswich Witches in a loan deal. In April 2012 he was added to the King's Lynn Stars team in the Elite League, replacing Filip Šitera, but was replaced at the end of the month by Mateusz Szczepaniak.[7] [8] The following month, he signed for Birmingham Brummies, sharing a doubling-up position with Josh Auty.[9] In 2013, he signed to ride in the Elite League for Peterborough Panthers. In July 2013 North joined the Glasgow Tigers until the end of the 2013 season, whilst also continuing his duties with the Panthers

World Final appearances

Individual Under-21 World Championship

Under-21 World Cup

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dakota North . British Speedway . 11 February 2023.
  2. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 27 June 2023.
  3. "2011 Rider Index", speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-15
  4. "Diamonds sign Australian teen Dakota North", Chronicle Live, 18 December 2009, retrieved 2011-11-15
  5. Heppell, Lawrence (2009) "Dakota jets in to join Diamonds", Newcastle Journal, 18 December 2009, retrieved 2011-11-15
  6. "SPEEDWAY: Aussie aces reject a Fen Tigers return", Newmarket Journal, 24 December 2009, retrieved 2011-11-15
  7. "Stars to Get Stronger", speedway365.com, 7 April 2012, retrieved 2012-04-07
  8. "Stars Bolster Their Team", speedway365.com, 27 April 2012, retrieved 2012-04-27
  9. "Brummies Bring in North", speedway365.com, 9 May 2012, retrieved 2012-05-09