Michael Palm Toft (born 26 July 1990) is a Danish

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.

Career

Palm Toft began his British career riding for the

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 ...

in 2011. The following year he helped Scunthorpe win the 2012 Premier League title In 2017, he captained Scunthorpe for the season. He was part of the

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team that won the SGB Championship Fours, which was held on 1 July 2018, at the Media Prime Arena. In 2021, he rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the

in the

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, in addition to the

Redcar Bears The Redcar Bears are a British motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Championship (second tier of the British speedway leagues). The club was founded in 2006 and their major team honour to date is the SGB Championship Knockout Cup wi ...

in the

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. He rode at No 1 in the Peterborough team that won the

. In 2022, he rode for the Peterborough again, in the

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and for the

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in the

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. In 2023, he returned to two previous clubs signing for

King's Lynn Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" was adopted from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 199 ...

for the

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and the Scunthorpe Scorpions for the

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, where he helped the team win the Knockout Cup. He re-signed for King's Lynn for 2024 Premiership, and Scunthorpe for the Championship season but had a setback in June when he broke his collarbone riding for Scunthorpe at Berwick and subsequently required surgery. In June 2025, Palm Toft was brought into the

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 ...

team.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palm Toft, Michael 1990 births Living people Danish speedway riders Belle Vue Aces riders King's Lynn Stars riders Danish expatriate speedway riders in England Leicester Lions riders Peterborough Panthers riders Plymouth Devils riders Plymouth Gladiators riders Redcar Bears riders Scunthorpe Scorpions riders Somerset Rebels riders Sportspeople from Odense Motorcycle races from the Region of Southern Denmark