Jeffrey Brent Werner (born April 15, 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 the United States. He earned 15 caps for the

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Career

Werner was a member of United States team at

Speedway World Cup The Speedway World Cup is a motorcycle speedway event for national teams held in different countries. The first edition of the competition in the current format was held in 2001 and replaced the old Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cup which ...

s. He spent much of his career riding in the United Kingdom. His first season was in 1995 for the Long Eaton Invaders. In 1997, he was part of the Long Eaton four that won the

Premier League Four-Team Championship The SGB Championship Fours formerly the Premier League Four-Team Championship is a contest between teams competing in the second tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. Teams are grouped into fours, with one rider from each team in each race. The ...

, which was held on 3 August 1997, at the

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. In 1999, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering

Carl Stonehewer Carl Bryan Stonehewer (born 16 May 1972) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned seven international caps for the England national speedway team and five caps for the Great Britain team. Career Stonehewer's principal club ...

for

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, during the 1999 Premier League speedway season.

Results

* Individual World Championship ** ''

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– 12th place in American Final'' * Team World Championship (

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and

) **

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– 3rd place (0 pts) **

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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– 5th place (2 pts) **

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– 6th place **

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

– 6th place * U.S. Junior National Championship ** 1988 – US Champion ** 1989 – US Champion

References

1974 births American speedway riders Living people Long Eaton Invaders riders Newcastle Diamonds riders Oxford Cheetahs riders Rye House Rockets riders American expatriate speedway riders in England Workington Comets riders {{US-speedway-bio-stub

Career

Results

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