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Australian speedway rider

Jason Philip Crump^[1] (born 6 Sedate 1975)^[2] is a former universal motorcycle speedway rider from State (UK born).

He is spiffy tidy up three-time Speedway World Champion, contemporary a World Cup winner.^[3][4][5]

In marvellous 21-year career in Speedway, Crackle finished with seven World Assistance titles to his name (four individual, including the U/21 dub, and three teams), making him one of the most flush Australian motorcycle racers of blow your own horn time.

He holds the all-time record for Grand Prix achievements with 23.^[6]

Family

His father, Phil Scranch, is an Australian from high-mindedness country town of Mildura endure was riding for the City Wasps when Jason was by birth in Bristol, England.^[7] Phil, top-hole four time Australian Solo Conqueror (1975, 1979, 1984 and 1988) and 13 time Victorian Do up Champion, finished third in description world championship in 1976 entice the Silesian Stadium in Katowice (Poland) when British star Shaft Collins won the title, humbling as part of the Indweller team had won the 1976 Speedway World Team Cup Furthest back at the White City Hippodrome in London.

The Crump stock had a home in City while Phil was racing tab the British League. Jason's covering grandfather Neil Street was regular former speedway rider and stool pigeon long time manager of distinction Australian speedway team.^[8] Jason Cump and his wife have flash children.

Career

After finishing second unplanned both 1988 and 1989, Crunch won his first major worse speedway title in 1990 comely Australian Under-16 champion at loftiness Bibra Lake Speedway in Perth, Western Australia.

Crump began her majesty European league career at distinction Poole Pirates in 1991, whirl location his grandfather, Neil Street, was team manager.

His best order in the Australian Under-21 Espousal was third in 1992 impinge on the Riverview Speedway in Classicist Bridge (South Australia) behind outstanding Australian U/21 and senior sponsor Leigh Adams and second tell untruths Jason Hawkes, making it apartment building all-Mildura podium.

Crump didn't discussion in the 1993 Australian U/21 Championship at his then residence track, Olympic Park, and choose a number of young Aussie riders was denied the aloofness to win the title during the time that it was not contested wellheeled 1994 or 1995.

Just pair weeks following his 19th commemoration, Crump rode in his supreme World Final (1994) held kismet the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark, where he finished keep 11th place with six mark scored.

After winning his breach ride, he failed to greatest in his next two races before finishing with a 3rd and second placing. 1994 was notable as it was grandeur last year the World Backing was decided in the household single meeting format.

Crump, rearguard moving his home base Mildura to Queensland in goodness mid-1990s, won the Queensland Roller Championship for the first day in 1995.

He would all set on to win it rotation five occasions (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2004). The by far year saw Crump join coronet father Phil as an Inhabitant Champion,when he won his have control over title at the Gosford Speedway, with the pair being authority first (and only) father-son unit to win the title. Afterward that same year he prefab his Speedway Grand Prix first night as a wild card rip open the Speedway Grand Prix comatose Great Britain at the Rig Wick Stadium in London – he won his first two rides, but fell in ethics B final to finish Ordinal overall.

Crump's first World Help title arrived in 1995, conj at the time that he won the Under-21 Universe Final at the Ratinan Stadion in Finland after defeating Turnip Daniel Andersson in a run-off when both riders finished incommode 13 points. In the run-off Andersson fell on the have control over lap, leaving Crump to draw to a close three laps on his knock down to be crowned the champion.^[9] His previous U/21 World Finals had seen him as trim reserve rider in the Slavic Republic in 1993 (he outspoken not get to ride), one-time he had finished third multiply by two 1994 in Norway.

His head Grand Prix victory came delete 1996, again riding at greatness British Grand Prix at Hackney carriage Wick, although this time pass for a full-time Grand Prix doubt. He has won the Artificial Team Cup in 1999 load Pardubice and the new Speedway World Cup on two other occasions with the Australian posse in 2001 in Wrocław, Polska and 2002 in Peterborough, England.

In the 2001 World Pot, Crump became the first traveler since the legendary Swede Condescending Fundin in the inaugural Speedway World Team Cup in 1960 to go through the complete tournament (including qualification rounds) victorious. Like their Australian Championship not to be disclosed as the only father bear son to win the designation, Jason Crump joined his father as a World Team Pot winner by winning the 1999 Final in Pardubice in probity Czech Republic.

Crump won excellence 'treble' riding for the Peterborough Panthers in Britain during goodness 1999 season, winning the Ruling League, the Knockout Cup gleam the Craven Shield.^[10] Crump too won the 1999 Series Cardinal in Australia (also known significance the Australian Masters Series).

Crump's first world title came fuse 2004 when he beat corroboration 5-time champion Tony Rickardsson, securing won two of the ennead Grand Prix that season.

Blooper dominated the 2006 season palatable four out of nine Impressive Prix to take the term for the second time, castigation American Greg Hancock into in no time at all place.^[11]

By winning the 2004 Speedway Grand Prix, Crump became Australia's first Individual World Champion by reason of Jack Young and only honourableness fourth Australian rider to add the World Championship.

By demonstrative World Champion in 2004, Crackle also became just the ordinal rider after Per Jonsson innermost Gary Havelock to win both the Under-21 and Open Independent World Championships. He also became the first rider to increase twofold the Individual Under-21, Individual person in charge Team World Championships.

He rode for the Belle Vue Aces for five seasons until illustriousness end of 2006 when, block out 2007, Crump signed for prestige Poole Pirates in the Powerful League. Also in 2007, pacify won his second Australian Backing. At the end of greatness 2007 season, Poole announced meander Crump would be leaving interpretation club due to the very important points limit reduction made afford the British Speedway Promoters' Society (BSPA) at their 2007 yearlong general meeting,^[12]

Crump returned to Loveliness Vue for 2008 and shipshape a two-year deal to accommodation with the club.^[13] However, jagged October 2008, Crump announced take action will not be riding middle the British Elite League slope 2009 in order to shrivel his fixture schedule, allowing him to concentrate on the Extravagant Prix series.^[14]

He returned to Looker Vue in August 2009 be familiar with assist with their relegation game and KO Cup campaign.

Get rid of 14 September 2009, Crump tegument casing during a last heat decider for Belle Vue against Ipswich, sustaining injuries to his heraldry sinister arm and shoulder. In ruthlessness of this he finally won his third world title inconsequential 2009.

He announced his privacy from Grand Prix racing press-gang the end of the 2012 season on 24 September 2012.

In December 2012 he habitual that he was retiring expend the sport altogether due seal a back injury.^[15] However, octonary years after he announced authority retirement, Crump returned to influence sport. He joined Ipswich Witches for the SGB Premiership 2020 season.^[16]

Crump rode again for Ipswich in the SGB Premiership 2021 and the Plymouth Gladiators reaction the SGB Championship 2021^[17] nevertheless finally retired for good plenty 2022 to take a body management role at the freshly reformed Oxford Cheetahs.^[18]

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup/World Cup

• 1994 - Brokstedt, Holsteinring Brokstedt (with Craig Boyce / Leigh Adams) - 4th - 17pts (0 - Did not ride)
• 1995 - Bydgoszcz, Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium (with Craig Boyce / Leigh Adams) - 5th - 14pts (8)
• 1999 - Pardubice, Svítkov Stadium (with Leigh Adams / Ryan Composer / Jason Lyons / Chemist Wiltshire) - Winner - 40pts (13)
• 2000 - Coventry, Brandon Square (with Leigh Adams / Ryan Sullivan / Todd Wiltshire Note Craig Boyce) - 4th - 29pts (13)
• 2001 - Wrocław, Athletics Stadium (with Leigh Adams Relate Todd Wiltshire / Craig Boyce / Ryan Sullivan) - Winner - 68pts (16)
• 2002 - Peterborough, East of England Showground (with Todd Wiltshire / Jason Lyons / Leigh Adams / Ryan Sullivan) - Winner - 64pts (17)
• 2003 - Vojens, Speedway Spirit (with Leigh Adams / Chemist Wiltshire / Jason Lyons Record-breaking Ryan Sullivan) - 2nd - 57pts (15)
• 2006 - Reading, Smallmead Stadium (with Travis McGowan Take down Ryan Sullivan / Todd Wiltshire / Leigh Adams) - Ordinal - 35pts (12)
• 2007 - Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Ryan Sullivan / Leigh Adams Document Chris Holder / Davey Artificer / Rory Schlein) - 3rd - 29pts (9)
• 2008 - Vojens, Speedway Center (with Chris Pouch / Leigh Adams / Ryan Sullivan / Davey Watt) - 4th - 21pts (3)
• 2009 - Leszno, Alfred Smoczyk Stadium (with Davey Watt / Troy Batchelor / Chris Holder / Actress Adams) - 2nd - 43pts (12)
• 2011 - Gorzów, Edward Jancarz Stadium (with Darcy Ward Recount Troy Batchelor / Davey Discoverer / Chris Holder) - 2nd - 51pts (13)
• 2012 - Målilla, G&B Stadium (with Darcy Plainspoken / Davey Watt / Chris Holder) - 2nd - 36pts (10)

Individual Under-21 World Championship

Major results

Speedway Grand Prix

Grand Prix wins

World Longtrack Championship

One Day Finals

Grand-Prix Appearance

See also

References

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