Garry Flood

Garry Flood
Born	1952
Nationality	Australian
Career history
1972-1973	Crewe Kings
1972	Swindon Robins
1972	King's Lynn Stars
1972	Wolverhampton Wolves
Team honours
1972	British League Div 2 Winner
1972	British League Div 2 KO Cup Winner

Garry Flood (born 1952) is a former Motocross and motorcycle speedway rider from Australia, who was eight times motocross champion of Australia and was capped by Australasia in speedway.^[1]

Motocross career

Flood won eight Australian Motocross Championships. (125cc; 1969, 1970, 1973, 250cc; 1969, 1974 500cc; 1969, 1971, 1974)^[2]

Speedway career

Flood rode in Britain for just one season in 1972, initially for Leicester Lions, joint top scoring in a match against Peterborough Panthers, but riding most of the season with Crewe Kings, for whom he averaged over eight points from 41 matches, including ten paid maximum scores.^[3] He also had rides in the top division with Swindon Robins, King's Lynn Stars, and Wolverhampton Wolves, and represented Australasia in a series against England in 1972. 1972 proved to be his only season in British speedway, Flood returning to Australia after a couple of challenge matches for Crewe in April 1973.^[3] In 1973 he rode in Australia for Victoria.^[4]

References

^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^ "Gary Flood - One of Australia's all-time motocross legends". Motorcross history. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 165
^ Christensen, Phillip (1973) "Cup Rider Leads Challenge", Sydney Morning Herald, 15 February 1973, p. 15, retrieved 2012-03-16

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[1] "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

[2] "Gary Flood - One of Australia's all-time motocross legends". Motorcross history. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[Jones-3] Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 165

[4] Christensen, Phillip (1973) "Cup Rider Leads Challenge", Sydney Morning Herald, 15 February 1973, p. 15, retrieved 2012-03-16

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