Jörg Pingel (born 2 October 1970) 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 Germany. He earned two international caps for the German national speedway team.

Career

Pingel came to prominence when winning the bronze medal at the 1992

German Individual Speedway Championship The German Individual Speedway Championship is a Motorcycle speedway championship held each year to determine the German national champion. History Before the German reunification champions of West Germany and East Germany were declared. Th ...

. He started racing in the British leagues during the 1996 Premier League speedway season, when riding for the

Reading Racers Reading Racers were a British motorcycle speedway team. Formed in 1968, they won four British League titles during their history. The club closed in October 2008 after the lease on Smallmead Stadium was sold and the site was demolished. His ...

and

Exeter Falcons The Exeter Falcons were a Motorcycle speedway, speedway team based in the city of Exeter. The Falcons operated from 1947 to 2005 at the County Ground Stadium in Exeter. History Origins & 1920s Speedway began at the County Ground in 1929, ...

but was replaced in the Exeter team by

Alun Rossiter Alun John Rossiter (born 23 July 1965, in Swindon, England) is a former motorcycle speedway rider and team manager. He earned eight international caps for the England national speedway team and was the Great Britain team manager from 2014 to 20 ...

. In 1997, he joined

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 ...

for the

1997 Premier League speedway season The 1997 Premier League speedway season was the second division of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). Restructure ...

and reached the final of the Fours Championship. His final season in Britain was with Berwick in 2000. In 2005, he won his second bronze medal at the German Individual Championship. He represented the

Germany national speedway team The Germany national speedway team are one of the teams that compete in international team motorcycle speedway. History The West Germany national speedway team competed in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960 and the following year ...

on two occasions.

References

Living people 1970 births German speedway riders Berwick Bandits riders German expatriate speedway riders in England Reading Racers riders {{Germany-speedway-bio-stub