Reg Luckhurst

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Reg Luckhurst
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Born11 November 1935
Ashford, Kent, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1960 Edinburgh Monarchs
1960-1961 New Cross Rangers
1962-1963 Southampton Saints
1964, 1971 West Ham Hammers
1965-1970, 1973-1975 Wimbledon Dons
1976 Canterbury Crusaders
Individual honours
1965 Speedway World Championship finalist
Team honours
1962 National League Champion
1968, 1969, 1970 British League KO Cup winner
1968, 1969, 1970, 1974London Cup Winner

Reginald Thomas Luckhurst (born 11 November 1935) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from England. [1] [2] He earned four international caps for the England national speedway team and seven caps for the Great Britain team. [3]

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Speedway career

Luckhurst reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship. [4]

He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1959 to 1976, riding for various clubs. [5] [6] He was capped by England four times and Great Britain seven times. [7]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

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References

  1. ↑ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Reg Luckhurst". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN   978-0-244-72538-9
  6. ↑ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.


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