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Glen Phillips (speedway rider)

Glen Phillips (speedway rider)

British speedway rider

Glen Alan Phillips (born 22 November 1982) in Farnborough, Kent,[1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.

Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...

Career

Phillips represented the Great Britain national speedway team at Under-21 level.[2] His primary club while riding in the British speedway leagues was the Isle of Wight Islanders.[3] He was part of the Isle of Wight four who won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 8 July 2007, at the East of England Arena.[4]

In 2015, Phillips was part of the British team with Richard Hall, Andrew Appleton and James Shanes that won the world championship gold medal at the 2015 Team Long Track World Championship. It was the first time that Britain had won the event.[5][6][7]

Major results

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix Years

  • 2003 - Reserve (Non-Starter)
  • 2004 - Four G.P. 22pts (17th)
  • 2006 - Three G.P. 33pts (7th)
  • 2007 - Three G.P. 11pts (17th)
  • 2008 - Four G.P. 66pts (Second)
  • 2009 - Five G.P. 76pts (5th)
  • 2010 - Six G.P. 62pts (10th)
  • 2011 - Six G.P. 53pts (12th)
  • 2012 - Six G.P. 70pts (10th)
  • 2013 - Six G.P. 46pts (16th)
  • 2014 - One G.P. 10pts (18th)
  • 2015 - Four G.P. 29pts (11th)
  • 2016 - five G.P. 46pts (8th)

Best G.P. Results

First

  • 2009 - France Morizes

Second

  • 2008 - France Morizes

Third

  • 2008 - Czech Republic Marianske Lanze
  • 2008 - Germany Vechta

World Longtrack Team Championship

European Grasstrack Championship

Finalist

Best Other Results

Semi-final

Second

Third

British Grasstrack Championship

Masters

First

Second

Third

Other Top Ten Finishes

References

  1. [1]
    Bamford, Robert (1 March 2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-4250-3.
  2. [2]
    Oakes, P (2006). Speedway Star Almanac. Pinegen Ltd. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0.
  3. [3]
    "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  4. [4]
    "2007 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  5. [5]
    "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. [6]
    "World Team Long Track Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  7. [7]
    "FIM Team World Long Track Championship". ACU. Retrieved 14 February 2023.


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