Terry Betts
| Terry Betts | ||
 | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nationality | England | |
| Date of birth | September 15, 1943 | |
| Place of birth | Harlow, England | |
| Current club information | ||
| Career status | Retired | |
| Career history | ||
| Norwich Stars Wolverhampton Wolves Long Eaton Archers King's Lynn Stars Reading Racers |
1960-1963 1961 1965 1965-1978 1979 | |
| Individual honours | ||
| Southern Riders Champion | 1970, 1971 | |
| Team honours | ||
| World Team Cup Winner World Pairs Champion British League KO Cup Winner |
1972, 1973 1972 1977 | |
Terence Arnold (Terry) Betts (born 15 September 1943 in Harlow, Essex, England)[1] is a former international speedway rider who reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in 1974. He became World Pairs Champion with Ray Wilson in 1972 and was a member of the Great Britain team that won the World Team Cup in 1972 and 1973.
Career summary
Betts began his career with the Norwich Stars but joined the King's Lynn Starsin 1965 after the closure of Norwich . He remained there for the majority of his career, spending one season with Reading Racers before he retired on the eve of the 1980 season. He was awarded a testimonial meeting in 1975 after ten years of continuous service to the club. Betts was a regular England international.
In 2005, Betts was voted as the greatest King's Lynn Stars rider of all time by the clubs fans.[2]
World Final Appearances
Notes
- ↑ Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6.
- ↑ "King's Lynn Stars - March 2005". BBC. 2005-04-06. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5