Jack Hunt (speedway rider) explained

Jack Hunt
Birth Date:6 April 1921
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Death Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Career1:Great Britain
Years2:1947–1948
Career2:Newcastle Diamonds
Indivyear1:1945, 1948
Indivhonour1:New Zealand champion

John Casement Hunt (6 April 1921 – 10 October 1991) was a New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider.[1] [2]

Life and career

John Casement Hunt was born in Auckland on 6 April 1921, the son of Percy and Nellie Hunt.[3] [4] [5] In 1945, he became champion of New Zealand after winning the New Zealand Solo Championship.[6] He was one of the early overseas riders who travelled to the United Kingdom from New Zealand after World War II and started racing in the British leagues during the 1947 Speedway National League Division Two, when riding for the Newcastle Diamonds.[7]

Hunt then went on to win a second New Zealand Championship in 1948 before returning to ride for Newcastle the same season. During the 1948 Speedway National League Division Two season he topped the Newcastle team's averages,[8] despite his season ending early after a serious accident in which he suffered a fractured shoulder and jaw.[9]

Hunt died in Auckland on 10 October 1991, at the age of 70.[3] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Jack C. Hunt . British Speedway . 25 July 2023.
  2. Web site: Taita Speedway . Historic Speedway . 25 July 2023.
  3. Web site: Death search: registration number 1991/50106 . Births, deaths & marriages online . Department of Internal Affairs . 3 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Birth search: registration number 1921/5454 . Births, deaths & marriages online . Department of Internal Affairs . 3 September 2023.
  5. News: Births . 9 April 1921 . . 58 . 17751 . 1 . 3 September 2023.
  6. Web site: HISTORYCZNE ZESTAWIENIE WYNIKÓW 1929-2023 . Speedway History . 25 July 2023.
  7. Web site: A_Z of Rider Averages 1929 to 2009 . Speedway Researcher . 25 July 2023.
  8. Web site: Jack Hunt . Speedway Researcher . 25 July 2023.
  9. News: Jack Hunt in Speedway Crash . Sunday Sun (Newcastle) . 12 September 1948 . 25 July 2023 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  10. Web site: Record for John Casement Hunt . Auckland Council . 3 September 2023.

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