Martin Peter Hagon (born 25 December 1961 in Hackney, England 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 ...

grasstrack Motorcycle Grasstrack is a form of track racing which typically, in its current form, takes place on a flat track consisting of two straights and two bends usually constructed in a field. It is one of the oldest types of motorcycle sports in t ...

and longtrack rider.

Career

Hagon raced for Hackney Hawks during the 1982 British League season. After another season with them he joined

Sheffield Tigers The Sheffield Tigers (sponsored by Tru Plant) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Sheffield, England. They currently race in the British SGB Premiership, and their home meetings take place at Owlerton Stadium. They were founded in 1929 an ...

for the

1984 British League season The 1984 British League season was the 50th season of the top tier of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom and the 20th known as the British League. Team changes Three teams dropped out and four teams replaced them. Midland's clubs Birmin ...

and would spend three seasons with them. Peter Adams, the

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 ...

promoter made inquiries towards Hagon at the beginning of the 1986 season but Hagon chose to join

Ipswich Witches The Ipswich Witches are a British motorcycle speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30 ...

, where he spent his final season riding in league speedway. Away from standard speedway he excelled in Longtrack and grasstrack and reached two

Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship This is the complete list of Individual Long Track World Championship medalists from 1971. Also included are the medalists from 1957 to 1970 when the championship was known as the European Individual Long Track Championship. Medalists Europ ...

finals in 1985 and 1987. His last season was with

in 1987.

Personal life

He is the son of Alf Hagon and his son is Sam Hagon (both speedway riders).

World Longtrack Championship Record

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12pts (7th) *

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

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19pts (4th) *

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

– Qualifying Round *

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

– Semi-final *

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

– Semi-final *

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

– Semi-final

European Grasstrack Championship

* 1982 –

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10pts (8th) * 1983 – Nandlastadt 14pts (6th) * 1984 –

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24pts (Champion)

British Masters Grasstrack Championship

* 1982 –

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Finalist * 1983 –

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Finalist * 1984 –

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(Champion) * 1985 –

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Finalist * 1986 –

(2nd) * 1987 –

(Champion) * 1988 – Abingdon Finalist * 1989 –

Finalist * 1990 –

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(2nd) * 1991 –

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Finalist

After racing

After his racing career, Martin went into the business his father set up called 'Hagon Shocks'. Today he runs the business and supplies many of the racing fraternity.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hagon, Martin 1961 births Living people British speedway riders English motorcycle racers Hackney Hawks riders Rye House Rockets riders Poole Pirates riders Sheffield Tigers riders Ipswich Witches riders Sportspeople from the London Borough of Hackney Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship riders 20th-century English sportsmen