Jon Thomas Armstrong (born 1 August 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.

Career

Armstrong started racing in the British leagues during the 1992 British League season, when riding a couple of times in the reserve berth for the

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 ...

. After a break from speedway in 1994 and 1995 he returned in 1996 riding for

Buxton Hitmen The Buxton Hitmen were a motorcycle speedway team in the British National League (speedway), National League (formerly the Conference League (speedway), Conference League) from 1994 to 2018. The club stopped racing in the National League after ...

and recording an 8.77 average. The following season he won the Conference League Riders' Championship, held on 7 September at

Long Eaton Stadium Long Eaton Stadium, previously the Recreation Ground, was a multi-use sports ground in Long Eaton, Derbyshire that staged cricket, cycling, football, greyhound racing and speedway. Cricket The first recorded match on the ground was in 1887, ...

. He rode for various clubs over the following years and won the Knockout Cup in 2002 with Buxton and secured the treble of league, cup and fours in 2004 with

Mildenhall Fen Tigers The Mildenhall Fen Tigers are a British speedway team, founded in 1975, who last raced in the National Development League during 2023. History 1970s The original track was built in 1971 on farm land owned by Terry Waters, with Bernie Kla ...

. He joined

Weymouth Wildcats The Weymouth Wildcats were a British motorcycle speedway team based in Weymouth, England, who raced in the National League. The Wildcats won the first Conference League Championship in their history in 2008 after winning the Conference League ...

in 2008 and suffered a major injury, breaking his tibia and patella tendon. He missed the rest of the season but took some consolation in the fact that Weymouth won the league. After joining the Dudley Heathens he topped the averages for them during the 2011 National League speedway season and was part of the Dudley team that won the National League Fours, held on 30 July 2011 at

Loomer Road Stadium Loomer Road Stadium was a sports stadium situated in Chesterton, Staffordshire from c.1970 to 2019. The building had considerable parking facilities, covered terracing and a bar with a view of the track. The stadium opened in 1973 and hosted gr ...

. As a Stoke rider, he won the National League Pairs Championship with Ben Wilson, held at

Mildenhall Stadium Mildenhall Stadium is a speedway, stock car racing and Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing venue located in Mildenhall, Suffolk between Cambridge and Norwich. The stadium is known as Suffolk Downs when greyhound racing t ...

, on 15 June 2014. In 2018, Armstrong earned a testimonial meeting, during his last season in speedway.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Jon Living people 1974 births British speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders Buxton Hitmen riders Cradley Heathens riders Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders Newport Wasps riders Stoke Potters riders Weymouth Wildcats riders