Reg Luckhurst
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Born | 11 November 1935 Ashford, Kent, England |
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Nationality | British (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, 1974 | London 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]
Speedway career
[edit]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
[edit]Individual World Championship
[edit]- 1965 –
London, Wembley Stadium – 12th – 4pts
Music
[edit]Luckhurst recorded a couple of singles in the early 1970s. They were "Your Cheatin' Heart" bw "Was it Rain" for the Decca label[8] and "In the Misty Moonlight" bw "Home" for the Crystal label.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Reg Luckhurst". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Lawson, K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9
- ^ "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Discogs - Reg Luckhurst, Releases, Singles and EPs
- ^ President Records - CRYSTAL RECORDS
- ^ Methanol Press, 24/02/2020 - Singing Speedway Riders – A Rich Tradition, Here are some brief but truly evocative singing speedway rider highlights to be going on with: