Trevor Charles Banks (born 4 October 1955) is a former

motorcycle racer The motorcycle sport of racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) includes motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. Other categories include hill climbs, drag racing and ...

from England, who competed in

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.

Career

Banks was an established grasstrack and longtrack rider by the time that he started his British speedway leagues career for Crayford Kestrels during the

1982 National League season In 1982 the National League, also known as British League Division Two, was the second tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom. Summary Long Eaton Invaders replaced Workington Comets, after the latter withdrew from the league before ...

. He would then go on to ride for

Hackney Kestrels Hackney Speedway opened in 1935 at Hackney Wick Stadium, Waterden Road, London, and operated until 1996. The team raced under various names, known as Hackney Wick Wolves, Hackney Hawks, Hackney Kestrels and London Lions. History Origins & 1 ...

and Milton Keynes Knights. After the 1990 speedway season he concentrated on grasstrack and would not return to speedway until 2005, when he rode for the

Sittingbourne Crusaders The Sittingbourne Crusaders formerly the Iwade Kent Crusaders were a British speedway team based in Iwade, Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames ...

. He was twice the 500cc British grasstrack champion in 1979 and 1980.

Family

He is the son of Monty Banks who was a notable Grasstrack competitor in the South East of England. His brother Graham Banks rode for Canterbury Crusaders but was killed in a grasstrack event in 1978.

World Longtrack Championship

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

- Semi-final *

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

- Semi-final *

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

- Semi-final *

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

- Semi-final *

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

- Qualifying Round *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

Pfarrkirchen Pfarrkirchen () is a municipality in southern Lower Bavaria Germany, the capital of the district Rottal-Inn. It has about 12,500 inhabitants and is an important school centre with about 10,000 pupils from all over Lower Bavaria. The town spre ...

(17th) 3pts *

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 ...

Mühldorf Mühldorf am Inn (, ; Central Bavarian: ''Muihdorf am Inn'') is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Mühldorf (district), district Mühldorf on the river Inn (river), Inn. It is located at , and had a population of ab ...

(13th) 5pts *

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 ...

- Qualifying Round

European Grasstrack Championship

Finals

* 1978

Hereford Hereford ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England. It is on the banks of the River Wye and lies east of the border with Wales, north-west of Gloucester and south-west of Worcester. With ...

(5th) 19pts * 1980

Bad Waldsee Bad Waldsee () is a town in Upper Swabia in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is part of the Ravensburg (district), district of Ravensburg. It is situated 20 km south of Biberach an der Riß, and 20 km northeast of Ravensburg. The town h ...

(4th) 18pts * 1990

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(6th) 13pts * 1991

Werlte Werlte is a town in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. History Werlte was a host city of the 2008 Team Long Track World Championship; the championship was won by Germany. Economy Werlte is home to a factory of the Krone company. T ...

(Third) 17pts * 1992 Alken (7th) 13pts * 1998

Schwarme Schwarme is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The municipality Schwarme is located in the Mittelweserregion around 30 km south of Bremen. The towns Achim Achim (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Achem''), commonl ...

(5th) 15pts * 2000 St. Colomb de Lauzun (10th) 9pts * 2002 Berghaupten (13th) 6pts * 2003

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(17) 5pts

British Grasstrack Championship

Masters Finals

* 1982

Exeter Exeter ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter w ...

(Top Ten) * 1983

Evesham Evesham () is a market town and Civil parishes in England, parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, England, Worceste ...

(Top Ten) * 1984

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(Second) * 1985 Abingdon (Third) * 1986

(Third) * 1987

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(Second) * 1988 Abingdon (Second) * 1989

(Top Ten) * 1990

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Finalist * 1991

Tonbridge Tonbridge ( ) (historic spelling ''Tunbridge'') is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west of Maidstone and south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Mall ...

(Top Ten) * 1992 Abingdon (Top Ten) * 1993

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(Second) * 1994

(Top Ten) * 1995 Monkhopton Finalist * 1996

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Finalist * 1997

(Third) * 1999

(Top Ten) * 2000

Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a coastal town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour, shipping port, and fashionable coastal res ...

(Top Ten) * 2001

(Top Ten) * 2002

Thorpe St Peter Thorpe St Peter is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about north-west from the town of Wainfleet. Thorpe is listed in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 as having 33 households, two mills and a churc ...

Finalist * 2003

Finalist

500cc Finals

* 1979 Braintree (Champion) * 1980

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(Champion) * 1981 Uckington (Second)

350cc Finals

* 1973 Bocking (Third) * 1975

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(Second)

References

Grasstrack Video

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