| Ray Cresp | |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Birth Date: | 25 August 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Death Place: | Australia |
| Career1: | Eastbourne Eagles |
| Years1: | 1956 |
| Career2: | Wembley Lions |
| Years2: | 1956 |
| Career3: | Oxford Cheetahs |
| Years3: | 1957 |
| Career4: | Ipswich Witches |
| Years4: | 1958, 1960-1962 |
| Career5: | Poole Pirates |
| Years5: | 1959 |
| Career6: | Norwich Stars |
| Years6: | 1962 |
| Career7: | St Austell Gulls |
| Years7: | 1963 |
| Career8: | West Ham Hammers |
| Years8: | 1964 |
| Career9: | Long Eaton Archers |
| Years9: | 1965, 1966 |
| Indivyear1: | 1961 |
| Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Raymond Maurice Cresp (25 August 1928 - 20 August 2022) was an international speedway rider from Australia.[1] [2] He earned 4 international caps for the Australia national speedway team and 6 caps for the Great Britain national speedway team.[3]
Cresp was a professional boxer as a teenager before taking up road racing and moto cross. He was mentored by Jack Biggs before he moved to the UK in 1956.[2] He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1956 to 1966, riding for various clubs.[4] He gained four Australian caps and six British caps (when riders from Oceania were allowed to represent Britain.[5]
Cresp reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.[6]
He was a builder by trade and when he returned to Australia he enjoyed fly-fishing. He died in 2022.[7] [2]