Terry Betts Contents Career summary World Final Appearances References Notes External links Navigation menu"King's Lynn Stars - March 2005"

1943 birthsLiving peoplePeople from HarlowBritish speedway ridersEnglish motorcycle racersSpeedway World Pairs ChampionsKing's Lynn Stars ridersNorwich Stars ridersWolverhampton Wolves ridersReading Racers ridersLong Eaton Archers ridersSpeedway riders who received a testimonial


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Terry Betts
Terry Betts.jpg
Born
(1943-09-15) 15 September 1943 (age 75)
Harlow, England
NationalityEngland
Current club information
Career statusRetired
Career history
1960-1963Norwich Stars
1961Wolverhampton Wolves
1965Long Eaton Archers
1965-1978King's Lynn Stars
1979Reading Racers

Individual honours
1970, 1971Southern Riders Champion
1977Littlechild Trophy

Team honours
1972, 1973World Team Cup Winner
1972World Pairs Champion
1977British League KO Cup Winner
1963National Trophy
1973Spring Gold Cup Winner

Terence Arnold (Terry) Betts (born 15 September 1943 in Harlow, Essex, England)[1] is a former international speedway rider[2] 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.




Contents





  • 1 Career summary


  • 2 World Final Appearances

    • 2.1 Individual World Championship


    • 2.2 World Pairs Championship


    • 2.3 World Team Cup



  • 3 References


  • 4 Notes


  • 5 External links




Career summary


Betts began his career with the Norwich Stars but joined the King's Lynn Stars in 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.[3]



World Final Appearances



Individual World Championship



  • 1974 - Sweden Göteborg, Ullevi - 12th - 6pts[4]


World Pairs Championship



  • 1972 - Sweden Borås (with Ray Wilson) - Winner - 24pts (9)


World Team Cup



  • 1966 - Poland Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Barry Briggs / Nigel Boocock / Ivan Mauger / Colin Pratt) - 4th - 8pts (0)


  • 1972 - West Germany Olching, Olching Speedwaybahn (with Ivan Mauger / Ray Wilson / John Louis) Winner - 36pts (8)


  • 1973 - United Kingdom London, Wembley Stadium (with Malcolm Simmons / Ray Wilson / Peter Collins) – Winner – 37pts (9)


References



Notes




  1. ^
    Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link).mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em



  2. ^ Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”.
    ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9



  3. ^ "King's Lynn Stars - March 2005". BBC. 2005-04-06. Retrieved 2008-09-14.


  4. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.
    ISBN 0-7524-2402-5





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