- Simon Wigg
Infobox Speedway rider
ridername= Simon Wigg
nationality = flagicon|EnglandEngland
dateofbirth = October 15 1960
dateofdeath = November 15 2000
cityofbirth =Aylesbury
countryofbirth =England
website =
britishleague = -
polishleague =
swedishleague =
years = 1980 - 1982
1983
1984 - 1986, 1988 - 1990
1987
1991 - 1992
1993
1996
1997 - 1998
career =Weymouth Wildcats Cradley Heath Heathens Oxford Cheetahs Hackney Kestrels Bradford Dukes Coventry Bees Exeter Falcons King's Lynn Stars
indivhonour = British Speedway Champion
indivyear = 1988, 1989
teamhonour = World Team Cup Winner
National League Pairs Champion
teamyear = 1989
1982Simon Wigg (
15 October 1960 –15 November 2000 ) was a speedway,grasstrack and Longtrack rider who finished runner-up in theSpeedway World Championship in 1989. [Rogers, G.(2005). "Wiggy!: Simon Wigg in His Own Words ". ISBN 0-954833-67-8]He was born in
Aylesbury ,England .1988 saw Simon become British Speedway Champion and he retained the title the following year. 1989 also saw Simon captain the
Great Britain speedway team when they won the World Team Cup.In 1982, Simon won the National League Pairs Championship with
Martin Yeates . He became the first British Longtrack World Champion 1985 and went on to win the title a further four times. He was the most successful British Grasstrack and Longtrack rider ever.Grasstrack Championship Record
*1981 - British 500cc Grasstrack
*1982 - British Masters Grasstrack
*1983 - British Masters Grasstrack
*1989 - British Masters Grasstrack
*1990 - British Masters GrasstrackLongtrack Championship Record
*1985 - World Longtrack
*1989 - World Longtrack
*1990 - World Longtrack
*1993 - World Longtrack
*1994 - World LongtrackWorld Final Appearances
* 1984 - Flag|SWE
Gothenburg - 6th - 9pts
* 1988 - Flag|DENVojens - 6th - 9pts
* 1989 - Flag|GERMunich - 2nd - 12pts + 3ptspeedway Grand Prix results
Death
Simon died after a long battle with a
brain tumour in 2000 at age of forty.External links
* [http://www.grasstrack.freeserve.co.uk/ A tribute to Simon Wigg]
* [http://archive.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/2000/11/28/71541.html Simon Wigg Memorial]References
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