Neil Street
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| Neil Street | ||
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| Personal Information | ||
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| Nationality |  Australia |
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| Date of birth | January 15, 1931 | |
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | |
| Current Club Information | ||
| Career Status | Retired | |
| Career History | ||
| Exeter Falcons Swindon Robins Newport Wasps |
1952-1955, 1966-1970 1957-1963 1972-1976 |
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| Individual Honours | ||
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| Team Honours | ||
| World Team Cup Speedway World Cup |
1999 2001, 2002 |
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Neil Street (born 15 January 1931 in Melbourne, Australia)[1] is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who first came to Britain in 1952 to ride for the Exeter Falcons. He also rode for the Swindon Robins and the Newport Wasps before retiring from racing in 1976. He made international appearances for Australia, Australasia, Great Britain and one for Norway ![2]
In 2002 he was awarded the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 'Motor Sport' Awards for his services to speedway.
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[edit] Management
In 1981 he was appointed team manager of the Weymouth Wildcats. When they closed in 1984 he became manager of the Poole Pirates and was still team manger there in 1999 when he handed over to current Great Britain speedway team manager Neil Middleditch. In 1984 he was also the team manager of the Exeter Falcons. In 1997 he also took over as manager of the Newport Wasps and stayed in charge there until 2005.
Street was also manager of the Australia speedway team and was in charge when they won the World Team Cup in 1999 and the Speedway World Cup in 2001 and 2002.
[edit] Family
His daughter Carole married motorcycle speedway rider Phil Crump and his grandson, Jason Crump, has won the World Speedway Championship twice, in 2004 and 2006.[3]
[edit] Engine development
In 1974-1975 and his training as a skilled engineer came to prominence. Street had always built his own frames and tuned his engines. With the help of an engineering friend he design and built four valve speedway engine. The engine was off the drawing board and into manufacture in just four weeks.
Phil Crump used the engine in the Australian Championships at Sydney and, with the increased power, took nearly 3 seconds off the track record held by Jim Airey immediately. This was considered more remarkable feat considering the fact that the engine was straight from of the workshop and used in a top class speedway meeting.
[edit] References
- ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
- ^ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6
- ^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-07524-4250-1
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