Rusty Harrison

Infobox Speedway rider


ridername= Rusty Harrison
nationality = flagicon|Australia Australia
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1981|10|11|mf=y
cityofbirth = Elizabeth, Adelaide
countryofbirth = Australia
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britishleague = King's Lynn Stars
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career = Glasgow Tigers
Workington Comets
Edinburgh Monarchs
Belle Vue Aces
Stoke Potters
King's Lynn Stars
years = 2000
2001-2004, 2006
2005-2006
2005
2007
2008
indivhonour = Australian Under-21 Champion
Australian Under-16 Champion
indivyear = 2001
1995, 1997
teamhonour = Premier League Fours Champion
teamyear = 2001, 2004, 2006

Russell Wade (Rusty) Harrison (born 11 October 1981 in Elizabeth, Adelaide, Australia)cite book
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title = Speedway Star Almanac
publisher = Speedway Star
date = 2006
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isbn = 0-9552376-1-0] is a speedway rider who rides for the King's Lynn Stars in the British Premier League in 2008.

Career summary

In 2001 Harrison became Australian Under-21 Champion,cite web
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title = 2001 Australian Champions
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url = http://www.ma.org.au/Content/MA/NewsEvents/Results/2001AustralianMotorcycleChampions.pdf
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accessdate = 2007-10-13 ] after twice winning the Australian Under-16 Championship in 1995 and 1997. In 2002 he was runner-up behind winner Travis McGowan in the Australian Under-21 Championship.cite web
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title = 2002 Australian Champions
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Harrison made his debut in British speedway in 2001 riding for Glasgow Tigers. In 2001 he joined Workington Comets where he stayed for three seasons, before moving to Edinburgh Monarchs in 2005.cite web
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title = Rider database: Rusty Harrison
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accessdate = 2007-10-13 ] In 2005 he also rode as a Reserve for Belle Vue Aces in the Elite League at number seven.cite news
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first = David
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title = BBC Manchester: Speedway, Belle Vue Aces: latest
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publisher = BBC News
date = 2005-09-26
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2005/05/20/speedway_u21s_220505_feature.shtml
accessdate = 2007-10-13 ] He moved back to Workington in 2006 after apparently refusing to take his last two rides for Edinburgh during rain soaked meeting against Rye House Rockets on 7 July 2006, in fairness to Rusty, the track was very heavily waterlogged and was becoming quite dangerous to ride.cite news
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title = Monarchs are 'happier with disruptive Rusty gone'
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publisher = The Scotsman
date = 2006-07-14
url = http://sport.scotsman.com/motorsport.cfm?id=1025902006
accessdate = 2007-10-13 ] before riding for Stoke Potters in 2007.cite web
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title = Rusty Harrison statistics
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title = Potters snap up Harrison on loan
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publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-12-04
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/speedway/6206322.stm
accessdate = 2007-10-13 ]

In September 2007, Harrison decided to retire from speedway after being affected by the serious injuries suffered by team-mate Garry Stead. This followed a poor run of form when he had already decided to stop riding that season, saying, "I just haven't got going at all and I feel I have been letting too many people down" said the Australian. You are a danger to yourself and others when your head is not right and it's best that I stand down now before anything else happens."

cite news
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first = David
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title = BBC Stoke & Staffordshire Sport: Speedway
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publisher = BBC News
date = 2007-09-24
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2007/03/16/speedway_news_results_2007_feature.shtml
accessdate = 2007-10-13 ]

However in early 2008 the King's Lynn Stars signed Harrison for the 2008 season.

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