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Dave Trownson (born 28 February 1954) 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.


Biography

Trownson, born in
Urmston Urmston is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 41,731 at the 2021 Census. Historically in Lancashire, it is 5 miles (8.04672 km) southwest of Manchester city centre. The southern boundary is the River M ...
,
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, began his British leagues career riding a couple of times for
Boston Barracudas The Boston Barracudas were a Motorcycle speedway, speedway team that competed from 1970 to 1987 and again from 2000 to 2008. the team were based at Boston Sports Stadium in New Hammond Beck Road, Boston, Lincolnshire. History Origins and 19 ...
during the
1973 British League Division Two season The 1973 British League Division Two season was the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. Summary The 1973 season saw the league expanded to 18 teams with the addition of Chesterton Potters. The team had last raced during the ...
after being signed from
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 ...
. The following season he started riding for Boston reserves before securing a season-long loan deal with
Berwick Bandits The Berwick Bandits are a British speedway club, based in Berwick-upon-Tweed. They currently compete in the SGB Championship, racing at Shielfield Park, with home matches usually taking place on Saturday evenings. They also run a second team ...
. He enjoyed his time at Berwick and did not want to return to Boston. After riding for Berwick in 1975 and making a few appearances for his new parent club
Wolverhampton Wolves Wolverhampton Wolves were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. They were champions of the United Kingdom five times and raced at Monmore Green Stadium from 1928 to 2023. History 1928–1930 Speedway (known ...
, he suffered a miserable 1976 season, struggling to gain selection and then breaking his arm. Trownson began the
1977 National League season The 1977 National League was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. Summary Newport had moved down from the British League. Their riders were transferred to Bristol Bulldogs but they acquired new riders and were ...
with Wolves but soon found a home at
Edinburgh Monarchs The Edinburgh Monarchs are a Scottish speedway team based in Armadale. They compete in the SGB Championship, racing on Friday nights during the speedway season. The club is run by a board of directors, chaired by Alex Harkess and also runs a ...
, who had returned to speedway after a seven-year break. Trownson not only became a regular with Edinburgh but soon emerged as fan's favourite, improving his season average for six consecutive years from 6.15 in 1977 to 9.21 in 1982. He was also part of the team that won the 1981 Knockout Cup and Fours championship final, held at the
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on 26 July 1981. Trownson became the club's number 1 rider and would spend eleven years in total in Scotland until the end of the 1987 season.


References

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