Connor Reece Mountain (born 26 August 1997) is a

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.

Career

Mountain began his British speedway career riding for

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in 2015. In 2018, he won the silver medal behind Robert Lambert in the

British Speedway Under 21 Championship The British Speedway Under-21 Championship (also known as the British Junior Speedway Championship) is an annual speedway competition open to riders of British nationality aged at least fifteen on the date of the first meeting, and under twenty- ...

. In 2021, he rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the King's Lynn Stars in the SGB Premiership in addition to riding for the Newcastle Diamonds in the

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. In 2022, he rode for the Sheffield Tigers in the Premiership and for the

Leicester Lions Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. and again from 2011. The team race at the Beaumont Park Stadium (or Hydroscand Arena for sponsorsh ...

in the

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. He helped Sheffield win the League cup and reach the Play off final. In 2023, he signed for

Scunthorpe Scorpions The Scunthorpe Scorpions are a motorcycle speedway team in the British SGB Championship. They have raced at various times since 1971, at three different venues. History Origins and 1970s Speedway in Scunthorpe began on 3 May 1971 at the ...

for the

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, where he helped the team win the Knockout Cup. He signed 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 ...

for the 2024 Premiership, and re-signed for Scunthorpe for the 2024 Championship.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mountain, Connor 1997 births Living people British speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders Ipswich Witches riders King's Lynn Stars riders Leicester Lions riders Newcastle Diamonds riders Scunthorpe Scorpions riders Sheffield Tigers riders Swindon Robins riders