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Scott Nicholls

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Template:Speedway rider infobox Scott Nicholls (born May 16 1978 in Ipswich, England) - a British speedway rider who most recently took part in the 2006 Speedway Grand Prix season. He is a multiple time British speedway champion.

Career biography

Nicholls began his speedway career in grass-track racing becoming National Schoolboy champion in 1993. His first international appearance came in 1996 when he was selected to ride for Great Britain in the Speedway World Cup final. He then became British Under-21 champion in 1998.

His first experience of the Speedway Grand Prix series came with a wild card ride in Britain, with similar rides following in 2000 and 2001. He qualified as a full time GP rider in 2002 and capped that season with a second place in the season ending event in Australia. That year he also won his first of three (as of the end of the 2006 season) British championships.

Speedway Grand Prix results

Year Position Points Best Finish Notes
1999 27th 3 19th A single wild card ride in Coventry
2000 31st 3 19th 1 wild card appearance
2001 33rd 4 17th Wild card ride in Cardiff
2002 13th 72 2nd First podium in Australia
2003 7th 102 2nd
2004 12th 66 6th Missed one GP through injury
2005 9th 72 5th
2006 11th 83 2nd Missed one race through injury
2011 Speedway Grand Prix riders
1 Poland Gollob 2 Poland Hampel 3 Australia Crump 4 Poland Holta 5 United States Hancock
6 United Kingdom Harris 7 Denmark Bjerre 8 Australia Holder 9 Sweden Jonsson 10 Denmark Pedersen
11 Sweden Lindgren 12 Russia Sayfutdinov 13 Russia Laguta 14 Sweden Lindbäck 15 Poland Kołodziej

References