Dean Barker (speedway rider)
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Dean Barker is a former British international speedway
rider who competed at the sports highest level until his retirement in 2007. His farewell meeting in 2009 celebrated a career which included highlights of becoming Eastbourne Eagles
captain and racing to podiums in major competitions such as the British Under 21 Championship
and the British Championship
.
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
rider who competed at the sports highest level until his retirement in 2007. His farewell meeting in 2009 celebrated a career which included highlights of becoming Eastbourne Eagles
Eastbourne Eagles
The Eastbourne Eagles are a British speedway team based near Eastbourne, England who compete in the British Elite League. They became Elite League Champions in 2000. They were also Elite League Knockout Cup winners in 2002 and again in 2008. Speedway was initially introduced to Eastbourne in...
captain and racing to podiums in major competitions such as the British Under 21 Championship
British Speedway Under 21 Championship
The British Speedway Under-21 Championship is an annual speedway competition open to riders of British nationality aged at least fifteen on the date of the first meeting, and under twenty-one on 1 January in the year of the competition...
and the British Championship
British Speedway Championship
The British Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway competition open to British national speedway riders. The winner of the event becomes the British Speedway Champion. It has been open in the past to riders from British dominions and was dominated in its early years by riders from...
.