Trevor Banks

Trevor Charles Banks
Banks competing in grasstrack during 2003
Born (1955-10-04) 4 October 1955 (age 69)
Folkestone, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1982–1983Crayford Kestrels
1984–1985, 1987Hackney Kestrels
1984Wolverhampton Wolves
1986–1990Milton Keynes Knights
2005Sittingbourne Crusaders
Team honours
1984National League KO Cup Winner

Trevor Charles Banks (born 4 October 1955) is a former motorcycle racer from England, who competed in grasstrack[1] and longtrack.[2]

Career

Banks was an established grasstrack and longtrack rider by the time that he started his British speedway leagues career for Crayford Kestrels during the 1982 National League season. He would then go on to ride for Hackney Kestrels[2] and Milton Keynes Knights.[3]

After the 1990 speedway season he concentrated on grasstrack and would not return to speedway until 2005, when he rode for the Sittingbourne Crusaders.

He was twice the 500cc British grasstrack champion in 1979 and 1980.[4]

Family

He is the son of Monty Banks who was a notable Grasstrack competitor in the South East of England.[5] His brother Graham Banks rode for Canterbury Crusaders but was killed in a grasstrack event in 1978.[6]

World Longtrack Championship

European Grasstrack Championship

Finals

British Grasstrack Championship

Masters Finals

500cc Finals

350cc Finals

References

  1. ^ "Trevor Banks". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Wheels". Bedfordshire on Sunday. 30 March 1986. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Motor Racing". Banbury Guardian. 18 August 1983. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Banks takes on the Yanks". Crash.net. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Crusaders star killed in accident". Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald. 9 June 1978. Retrieved 25 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.