Английская Википедия:Bruce Cribb
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Bruce Brian Hoani Cribb (born 27 June 1946)[1] is a former speedway rider[2] from New Zealand, who rode in the United Kingdom for several teams in a career spanning over twenty years.[3] He earned 22 international caps for the New Zealand national speedway team and 3 caps for Great Britain national speedway team.[4]
Career
Cribb was born in Palmerston North, where he began riding, before joining the Poole Pirates in 1965. In 1969 and 1970, he represented New Zealand in tests with England, and in 1971, he rode for Great Britain in matches with Poland. He won the New Zealand Championship in 1972, and was a member of the New Zealand team that won the World Team Cup in 1979.
From the 1970s to 1988, he competed in ice speedway events and rode in two World ice speedway finals in 1978 and 1988.[5]
Personal life
Since retiring he had a speedway business which closed as he finally finished ice speedway, then worked in engineering (machine shop). Other work includes working as service manager in motorcycle shops, porting cylinder heads for car engine builders for road and race, then a motorcycle service repair, until retiring in 2010.
Bruce has three grown children in Sydney NSW Australia - two daughters, Justine and Danielle, a son, Krista, and three grandchildren, Chester, Scarlet and Keira. His long-term partner, Irene, died in 2015.
Bruce has written about racing in his book "Cribby Story Book" containing many anecdotes.
Speedway World Final appearances
World Team Cup
- 1979 - Шаблон:Flagicon London, White City Stadium (with Ivan Mauger / Larry Ross / Mitch Shirra / Roger Abel) - Winner - 35pts (5)
Ice World Championship
- 1978 – Шаблон:Flagicon Assen, 18th
- 1988 Шаблон:Flagicon Eindhoven, 16th
References
- ↑ Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). 1986 Speedway Yearbook. Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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