Peter John Reading (born 10 April 1948) 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

Reading, born in

Retford Retford (), also known as East Retford, is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It lies on the River Idle and the Chesterfield Canal. Retford is located east of Sheffield, west of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Linco ...

, Nottinghamshire, was a member of the Leicester Cubs in early 1968 before he began his British leagues career riding for Middlesbrough Teessiders during the 1968 British League Division Two season season. Reading became a Middlesbrough club legend because he spent 12 consecutive seasons with the club, earning a testimonial in 1977. Reading steadily improved his average from 1968 through to 7.73 during the

1974 British League Division Two season The 1974 British League Division Two season was the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain. It was the final season of British League Division Two before it was renamed as the New National League. Summary The league was again e ...

, when the team were known as the Teesside Tigers. His last season was the

1980 National League season The 1980 National League was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. Summary The league was increased from 19 teams to 20 from the previous season. Exeter Falcons dropped down from the British League to join the 1 ...

References

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