Christopher Frederick Pusey (28 March 1950 – October 2002) was an international

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 51 international caps for the

England national speedway team The Great Britain national speedway team (formerly the England speedway team) is one of the major teams in international motorcycle speedway. The team is managed by former Great Britain riders Oliver Allen and Simon Stead, and captained by th ...

Speedway career

Pusey attended Ormonde High School and participated in grasstrack before beginning his British leagues career, making a single appearance for

Belle Vue Aces The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway club, based in Manchester. The club hold the record of having won the top tier League championship 14 times. They currently compete in the SGB Premiership, racing at The National Speedway Stadium, wit ...

during the

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. Pusey rode for Belle Vue in the top tier of British Speedway from 1968 to 1974 and built his average up over the years to peak at an impressive 10.55 in 1973. He was part of the league winning team that won three consecutive championships from 1970 to 1972. In 1975, he joined the

Halifax Dukes The Halifax Dukes were a speedway team which operated from 1949–1951 and again from 1965 until their closure in 1985 at The Shay Stadium in Halifax. The team were nicknamed the "Dukes" after the local Duke of Wellington's Regiment, whos ...

becoming their leading rider for three seasons. He reached the final of the

British Speedway Championship The British Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway competition open to British national speedway riders. The winner of the event becomes the British Speedway Champion. History Inaugurated in 1961 as a qualifying round of the S ...

on three occasions in 1970, 1975 and 1975.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pusey, Chris 1950 births 2002 deaths British speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders Halifax Dukes riders Workington Comets riders Weymouth Wildcats riders People from Maghull Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton