Andrew Appleton

Andrew Appleton
Appleton in 2007
Born (1982-06-18) 18 June 1982 (age 42)
Reading, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1998–2000Newport Wasps
1998Arena Essex Hammers
1998Edinburgh Monarchs
2000Wolverhampton Wolves
2000Eastbourne Eagles
2000–2002Oxford Cheetahs
2000–2005Reading Bulldogs
2002Coventry Bees
2003Poole Pirates
2004Peterborough Panthers
Individual honours
2002New Zealand Speedway Champion
2010European Grasstrack Champion
2006, 2010, 2011, 2014British Masters Grasstrack Champion
Team honours
2015World Longtrack Team Champion
2023World Longtrack Team bronze

Andrew Appleton (born 18 June 1982) is an English motorcycle racer.[1]

Career

Appleton competes in grasstrack,[2] longtrack and speedway.

Speedway

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.[3]

He was part of the Oxford Cheetahs title winning team during the 2001 Elite League speedway season.[4][5]

Longtrack

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.[6] 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

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

Longtrack

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

World Team Championship

Grasstrack

European Championship

British Masters

Podium Finishes

References

  1. ^ "Ultimtae rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Andrew Appleton – Grasstrack GB".
  3. ^ "Speedway: Wasps class of '99 are reunited". Wales Online. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. ^ "2001 league tables". Speedway GB.
  5. ^ "Lemon squeezed out from the Cheetahs". Bicester Review. 5 January 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Hall wins World Long Track Championship with GB". The Southern Reporter. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  7. ^ "World Longtrack Championship". GrasstrackGB. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. ^ "World Team Long Track Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  9. ^ "FIM Team World Long Track Championship". ACU. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  10. ^ "24 September 2023 in Roden". Bahn Sport (In Dutch). Retrieved 25 September 2023.