Pip Lamb Explained

Pip Lamb
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:11 February 1959
Birth Place:Hereford, England
Years1:1976-1979
Career1:Oxford Cheetahs
Years2:1978
Career2:Coventry Bees
Years3:1978, 1979
Career3:Cradley Heathens
Years4:1978
Career4:Exeter Falcons

Phillip Derek Lamb (born 11 February 1959 in Hereford, England) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.[1]

Career

Before undertaking an oval track speedway career Lamb rode in grasstrack events and was the winner of the Midland Center Championship.[2] He started his career with the Oxford Cheetahs in 1976 and is most associated with that club.[3] He attended Peter Jarman's speedway school at Cowley Stadium in 1976.[4]

It was on the track at Cowley Stadium, Oxford where he had a career ending accident.[5] An eyewitness described the accident as Pip having mechanical failure, putting his hand up to signal retirement and drifting out to the fence. He was suddenly thrown forward from his bike as if his footrest had entangled with the wire link fencing, going head first into a steel post.

In 2010, former multiple world champion Barry Briggs, aged 75, made a motorcycle journey around the United Kingdom to raise money for 12 ex-speedway riders confined to wheelchairs after racing accidents. They were Krzysztof Cegielski, Lawrence Hare, Neil Hewitt, Per Jonsson, Graham Miles, Paul Mitchell, Joe Owen, John Simmons, Gary Stead, Steve Weatherley, Alan Wilkinson, and Pip Lamb.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ultimate Rider Index . British Speedway . 7 May 2023.
  2. News: Sport on Wheels . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 17 September 1976 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 26 September 2024.
  3. News: Bees switch Shirra . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 18 July 1978 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 26 September 2024.
  4. Lawson,K (2018) “The Cheetahs – The Resurrection”.
  5. Bamford,R & Shailes,G (2007). “The Story of Oxford Speedway”.