- Arthur Forrest
Infobox Speedway rider
ridername= Arthur Forrest
nationality = flagicon|ENG England
dateofbirth = birth date|1932|1|5
dateofdeath = 2000 (aged 68)
cityofbirth =Bradford
countryofbirth =England
retired = Retired
career =Halifax Dukes Bradford Tudors Coventry Bees
years = 1949-1951
1952-1957
1958-1959
indivhonour = None
indivyear =
teamhonour = None
teamyear =Arthur Forrest (born 5 January 1932 in
Bradford ] ,England - died 2000) was a former international speedway who qualified for theSpeedway World Championship finals five times.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). "A History of the World Speedway Championship". Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5]Career summary
Forrest started his career with the
Halifax Dukes in the National League Division Three. In his opening season aged just seventeen he scored nineteen maximums (unbeaten by an opponent) from fifty meetings. The following season the Dukes rode in National League Division Two, but Forrest carried on from the previous season, actually raising his average.Pavey,A. (2004) "Speedway in the North-West", Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3192-7] Whilst with the Dukes he was called up to ride for England at only eighteen years of age.Foster, P. (2005) "History of the Speedway Ashes", The History Press Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-3468-3] After a third season with the Dukes in 1951 he joined hometown club, theBradford Tudors in 1952.The Tudors competed in National League Division One and Forrest rode so well he became top of the teams averages, and qualified for the first of his five World final appearances. He remained with the Tudors until 1957 before joining the
Coventry Bees but his career seemed to have already peaked in 1956 when he finished in third place of theSpeedway World Championship after beatingPeter Craven in a run off.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). "A History of the World Speedway Championship". Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5]At the end of the 1959 season, Forrest retired from speedway at only twenty six years of age.
World Final Appearances
* 1952 - Flag|GBR Wembley - 9th - 7pts
* 1953 - Flag|GBR Wembley - 8th - 7pts
* 1954 - Flag|GBR Wembley - 10th - 5pts
* 1955 - Flag|GBR Wembley - 9th - 7pts
* 1956 - Flag|GBR Wembley - 3rd - 11pts + 3ptsBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). "A History of the World Speedway Championship". Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5]References
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