![]() Appleton in 2007 | |
Born | Reading, England | 18 June 1982
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Nationality | British (English) |
Career history | |
1998–2000 | Newport Wasps |
1998 | Arena Essex Hammers |
1998 | Edinburgh Monarchs |
2000 | Wolverhampton Wolves |
2000 | Eastbourne Eagles |
2000–2002 | Oxford Cheetahs |
2000–2005 | Reading Bulldogs |
2002 | Coventry Bees |
2003 | Poole Pirates |
2004 | Peterborough Panthers |
Individual honours | |
2002 | New Zealand Speedway Champion |
2010 | European Grasstrack Champion |
2006, 2010, 2011, 2014 | British Masters Grasstrack Champion |
Team honours | |
2015 | World Longtrack Team Champion |
2023 | World Longtrack Team bronze |
Andrew Appleton (born 18 June 1982) is an English motorcycle racer.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Appleton competes in grasstrack,[4] longtrack and speedway.
Speedway
[edit]Appleton's first full season in the British leagues was when he rode for Newport Wasps during the 1999 Premier League speedway season. The Welsh team enjoyed a good season finishing runner-up to Sheffield Tigers.[5]
He was part of the Oxford Cheetahs title winning team during the 2001 Elite League speedway season.[6]
Longtrack
[edit]In 2015, Appleton was part of the British team with Richard Hall, Glen Phillips 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.[7][8][9]
In 2023, he was part of the British longtrack team, along with Chris Harris and Zach Wajtknecht, that won the bronze medal at the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship.[10]
Grasstrack
[edit]His biggest solo honour to date was his Gold medal success in the European Grasstrack Championship in 2010 and the winning Grand Prix in Eenrum the same year, along with 4 time British Master championships titles (2007, 2010,1011,2014)
Major results
[edit]Longtrack
[edit]World Individual Championship
- 2003 4 app (18th) 18pts
- 2004 5 app (6th) 59pts
- 2005 4 app (10th) 34pts
- 2006 2 app (16th) 12pts
- 2007 3 app (5th) 41pts
- 2008 4 app (4th) 62pts
- 2009 4 app (14th) 37pts
- 2010 4 app (6th) 102pts
- 2011 6 app (15th) 48pts
- 2012 4 app (12th) 53pts
- 2014 4 app (13th) 28pts
- 2015 4 app (15th) 21pts
- 2016 4 app (13th) 28pts
Best Grand-Prix results
Eenrum First 2010
Forssa Second 2011
Marianske Lazne Second 2010
Morizes Third 2008
Vechta Second 2008
World Team Championship
- 2007 -
Morizes (with Paul Hurry, Glen Phillips & Mitch Godden) Second
- 2009 -
Eenrum (with Paul Hurry, Glen Phillips & Richard Hall) Fourth
- 2010 -
Morizes (with Glen Phillips, Richard Hall & Chris Mills) Fourth
- 2011 -
Scheeßel (with Paul Cooper, Glen Phillips & Mitch Godden) Third
- 2013 -
Folkestone (with Richard Hall, Glen Phillips & Paul Cooper) Third
- 2014 -
Forssa (with Glen Phillips, Richard Hall & David Howe) Fifth
- 2015 -
Muhldorf (with Glen Phillips, Richard Hall & James Shanes) First
- 2016 -
Mariánské Lázně (with Glen Phillips, Richard Hall & James Shanes) 4th
- 2017 -
Roden (with Edward Kennett, Richard Hall & James Shanes) 6th
Grasstrack
[edit]European Championship
- 2003
La Reole (13th) 7pts
- 2004
Eenrum (6th) 12pts
- 2005
Schwarme (Third) 12pts
- 2006
La Reole (6th) 18pts
- 2007
Folkestone (Third) 20pts
- 2008 Semi-final
- 2009
Berghaupten (16th) 6pts
- 2010
La Reole (Champion) 18pts
- 2011
Skegness (Third) 15pts
- 2012 Semi-final
- 2013 Semi-final
- 2014
St. Macaire (8th) 12pts
- 2015
Staphorst (6th) 12pts
- 2016
Folkestone (Third) 15pts
- 2017
Hertingen (Second) 16pts
- 2023
Wertle (third) 15pts
British Masters
Podium Finishes
- 2002
Skegness Third
- 2004
Skegness Second
- 2006
Wadebridge Champion
- 2009
Blackwater Third
- 2010
Folkestone Champion
- 2011
Folkestone Champion
- 2013
Wimborne Second
- 2014
Folkestone Champion
- 2015
Wimborne Second
- 2018
Cheshire Third
References
[edit]- ^ "Andrew Appleton". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Andrew Appleton – Grasstrack GB".
- ^ "Speedway: Wasps class of '99 are reunited". Wales Online. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "2001 league tables". Speedway GB.
- ^ "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "World Team Long Track Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "FIM Team World Long Track Championship". ACU. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "24 September 2023 in Roden". Bahn Sport (In Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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