Mark Loram

Mark Loram
Personal information
Nationality	England
Date of birth	10 January 1971 (1971-01-10) (age 40)
Place of birth	Mtarfa, Malta
Current club information
Career status	Retired
Career history
Great Britain Hackney Kestrels Ipswich Witches King's Lynn Stars Exeter Falcons Bradford Dukes Wolverhampton Wolves Poole Pirates Peterborough Panthers Eastbourne Eagles Arena Essex Hammers Poland Częstochowa Apator Toruń KM Ostrów Wielkopolski Polonia Bydgoszcz RKM Rybnik Stal Gorzów Unia Leszno Sweden Bysarna Smederna Luxo Stars Piraterna	1987-1988 1989, 2006-2009 1990-1994 1995-1996 1997 1998 1999-2000 2001 2002-2003 2004-2005 1992, 1999-2000 1993-1997 1998, 2007 2001-2003 2004 2005 2006 1992-1997 1999-2000 2001-2004 2005-2006
Individual honours
World Champion National League Riders Champ British Champion Danish Grand Prix Winner Swedish Grand Prix Winner	2000 1989 1997, 1999, 2001 1997 1999
Team honours
National League Elite League Elite League KO Cup	1988 1997 2003

Mark Roysten Gregory Loram (born 10 January 1971 in Mtarfa, Malta)^[1] is a former British motorcycle speedway rider who started his career with the Hackney Kestrels in 1987.^[2] He is a former World Speedway Champion. In March 2007 Loram broke his thigh and dislocated his arm whilst riding in the opening fixture of the British Elite League season for the Ipswich Witches. This ended his involvement in the sport for 2007, and placed his participation in doubt for 2008.

Career honours

In 1999 Mark became the first rider in Speedway Grand Prix history to win a GP whilst being entered as a wild card, a feat only repeated twice since (as at the end of the 2007 season). He became World Champion in 2000 despite not winning any Grand Prix meetings in that season. However he was the only rider to reach the semi-finals in all six meetings which was enough to secure his first and only world title. Mark has also been British Champion three times, in 1997, 1999 and 2001. Loram was unable to ride in 2008 and 2009 due to injury.

On 17 December 2009, Mark officially announced his retirement from world speedway.

World Final Appearances

• 1994 - Vojens, Speedway Center - 8th - 9pts ^[3]

Speedway Grand Prix results

Year	Position	Points	Best Finish	Notes
1995	6th	77	3rd
1996	7th	58	2nd
1997	5th	81	1st	Won in Vojens
1998	10th	52	6th
1999	5th	71	1st	Won in Sweden
2000	1st	102	2nd	Only rider to make every semi-final
2001	9th	54	4th
2002	8th	97	3rd
2003	18th	32	11th	Missed 3 GPs through injury
2004	17th	38	9th	Retired from SGP after the '04 season

References

1. ^ Bamford, Robert (January 2004). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2004. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-2915-9. 
2. ^ Fenn, C.(2003). Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2737-7
3. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

Persondata
Name	Loram, Mark
Alternative names
Short description	British speedway rider
Date of birth	10 January 1971
Place of birth	Mtarfa, Malta
Date of death
Place of death