- Mike Farrell (speedway rider)
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Mike Farrell Personal information Nationality Australia
Date of birth 20 April 1955 Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Current club information Career status Retired Career history Exeter Falcons
Leicester Lions1975–1978
1979–1980Individual honours Team honours Michael "Mike" Farrell (born 20 April 1955) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider who rode for the Exeter Falcons and Leicester Lions.
Biography
Farrell rode in short-track and scrambling competition in the late 1960s and early 1970s before taking up speedway, while also working as a motorcycle mechanic.[1] He won the Queensland Junior Championship in 1974 and also the Barrier Reef Championship.[1] During the 1974-75 British Lions tour of Australia he was spotted by Lions team manager Wally Mawdsley and made his British League debut with Exeter Falcons in 1975.[1] A broken wrist meant that he missed most of the 1976 season but he progressed on his return, reaching the Intercontinental Final in 1978.[2] He requested a transfer at the end of the season and in 1979 joined his friend John Titman at Leicester Lions.[2] A hand injury limited his season and the following season only lasted until April, when he suffered a broken leg while riding in a Midland League match against Birmingham, complications from the injury ending his career.[2][3]
Career record
All figures relate to the British League.
Year Team Matches Rides Points Bonus Total Average Full Maximum Paid Maximum 1975 Exeter Falcons 36 134 130 28 158 4.72 1976 Exeter Falcons 2 7 9 3 12 6.86 1977 Exeter Falcons 38 142 196 34 230 6.48 1978 Exeter Falcons 33 131 188 33 221 6.75 2 1 1979 Leicester Lions 33 144 190.5 25 215.5 5.99 References
- ^ a b c Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) Who's Who of World Speedway, Studio Publications, ISBN 0-904584-04-6, p. 125
- ^ a b c Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 164
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981) 1981 Speedway Yearbook, Studio Publications, ISBN 0-86215-017-5, p.167
Categories:- 1955 births
- Australian speedway riders
- Exeter Falcons riders
- Leicester Lions riders
- Living people
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