Benjamin George Howe (born 6 December 1974) is a former

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider from England. He earned eight international caps for the

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Speedway career

Howe reached the final of the

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on three occasions in 1994, 1995 and 1996. He was also the British Under 21 Champion and a World Under 21 finalist. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1991 to 2003, riding for various clubs. He started his career with

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during the

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and spent seven years with the club and peaking with a 7.42 average in 1996. He sustained injuries in a track crash in October 1996. Howe also rode

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and won the South East Championship in 1993.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Howe, Ben Living people 1974 births British speedway riders Hull Vikings riders Ipswich Witches riders King's Lynn Stars riders Poole Pirates riders Newport Wasps riders