Steve Baker (speedway rider) explained

Steve Baker
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:1963 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Adelaide, Australia
Career1:Halifax Dukes
Years1:1981-1984
Career2:Sheffield Tigers
Years2:1985
Career3:King's Lynn Stars
Years3:1985
Indivyear1:1983
Indivhonour1:European Junior Champion
Teamyear1:1987
Teamhonour1:World Pairs finalist

Steve Baker (born 25 June 1963) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia.[1]

Speedway career

Baker came to prominence after winning the 1983 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship, a competition that non-European riders were also allowed to enter.[1] [2]

Baker reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship in the 1987 Speedway World Pairs Championship.[3] Also in 1987, he finished runner up in the Australian Championship.[4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1981 to 1985, riding for various clubs.[5]

World Final appearances

World Pairs Championship

World Longtrack Championship

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 11 July 2021.
  2. News: Carr fails Under-21 title bid . Manchester Evening News . 25 July 1983 . 9 March 2024. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  3. Web site: World Pairs Championship 1968-1993. Edinburgh Speedway. 11 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Individual Australian Championship. Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. 21 January 2023.
  5. Web site: History Archive. British Speedway. 11 July 2021.