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USA - 35: 1 Max Ruml - 7+1 (0 3 2 1 1') 2 Broc Nicol - 4+1 (1 F 2 1') 3 Austin Novratil - 1 (1 0 - - ) 4 Billy Janniro - 5 (0 1 2 2) 5 Luke Becker - 9 (X 1 X 2 3 3) 6 Alex Martin - 4+1 (3 0 0 1') 7 Slater Lightcap - 4+2 (2' 1 1' X) 8 Wilbur Hancock - 1 (1) GREAT BRITAIN - 55: 1 Daniel Bewley - 8+1 (3 2' 3 0) 2 Dan Thompson - 11+1 (2' 3 3 1 2) 3 Adam Ellis - 11+1 (3 2' 3 3) 4 Leon Flint - 8+1 (2' 3 0 3) 5 Tom Brennan - 10 (3 2 3 2) 6 Jordan Jenkins - 5+2 (1 1' 1 2' X) 7 Ashton Boughen - 2+1 (X 2' 0 X) Heats: 1. Bewley, Thompson, Nicol (t/15m), Ruml. 1-5 2. Martin, Lightcap, Jenkins, Boughen (f.exc). 5-1 (6:6) 3. Ellis, Flint, Novratil, Janniro. 1-5 (7-11) 4. Brennan, Boughen, Lightcap, Becker (t.exc). 1-5 (8-16) 5. Thompson, Bewley, Janniro, Novratil. 1-5 (9-21) 6. Ruml, Brennan, Jenkins, Nicol (f). 3-3 (12-24) 7. Flint, Ellis, Becker, Martin. 1-5 (13-29) 8. Thompson, Nicol, Lightcap, Boughen. 3-3 (16-32) 9. Brennan, Janniro, Jenkins, Becker (f.exc). 2-4 (18-36) 10. Ellis, Ruml, Nicol, Flint. 3-3 (21-39) 11. Bewley, Becker, Thompson, Martin. 2-4 (23-43) 12. Ellis, Jenkins, Hancock, Lightcap (f.exc). 1-5 (24-48) 13. Becker, Brennan, Ruml, Bewley. 4-2 (28-50) 14. Flint, Janniro, Martin, Boughen (f.exc). 3-3 (31-53) 15. Becker, Thompson, Ruml, Jenkins (f.exc). 4-2 (35-55)

Great looking cover page of the SPEEDWAY STAR w/e February 1, 2025

“It will be a special occasion going there as World Champions in the USA’s first ever home Test Match and I’m sure it will be a fantastic event.” Great Britain boss Rob Painter admits it will be a “special occasion” as they take on the USA in a test match in California this Saturday, live on BSN. 𝙁𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 bit.ly/usavgbpreview LINEUPS: Team USA: Luke Becker, Max Ruml, Gino Manzares, Billy Janniro, Slater Lightcap, Broc Nicol, Alex Martin. Team GB: Dan Bewley, Tom Brennan, Adam Ellis, Leon Flint, Ashton Boughen, Dan Thompson, Jordan Jenkins.

𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝙊𝙉 𝘽𝙎𝙉 𝙉𝙀𝙓𝙏 𝙎𝘼𝙏𝙐𝙍𝘿𝘼𝙔! We're just days away from the first ever test match on BSN, coming to you LIVE from sunny California! USA and Great Britain go head-to-head at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway next Saturday, and stream passes are available for purchase now. The fifteen heat Test match will also be followed by a five heat 'Rider of the Night' individual, featuring all 14 international stars. USA v GREAT BRITAIN Speedway Test Match Sat 1st Feb Live @ 8.30pm (UK) https://watch.britishspeedway.co.uk/

Barry Briggs celebrated his 90th birthday on December 30, 2024 https://www.thepress.co.nz/sport/360533895/colourful-career-barry-briggs-new-zealands-last-surviving-speedway-world-champion?fbclid=IwY2xjawHvIllleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdHhOTwcSkuPuOp57BeS0cIJ0evhCOmntXjYGQZNmq989q5YWxLDvgcsvQ_aem_EgCaMi8tc6Gb92i_NsUSRg

Great Britain announce JORDAN JENKINS as the seventh rider selected for the USA vs GB Test Match in California.

Great Britain announce DAN THOMPSON as the sixth rider selected for the USA vs GB Test Match in California.

Great Britain announce ASHTON BOUGHEN as the fifth rider selected for the USA vs GB Test Match in California.

Great Britain announce LEON FLINT as the fourth rider selected for the USA vs GB Test Match in California.

That is interesting, because that is just four days after both Tella and Killmeyer rode in the unofficial World Championship of 1933 in Paris. Killmeyer finished fourth in that meeting, behind the new world champion Fernand Meynier of France. Two Australians, Bluey Wilkinson and Billy Lamont were second and third, Twelve international riders competed for that 3rd Dirt-Track Championship of the World, staged at the Stade Velodrome Buffalo, Montrouge, Paris, on Sunday, October 8, 1933: line-up: Bluey Wilkinson (Australia, world champion of 1932), Billy Lamont (Australia), Fernand Meynier (France), Leopold Killmeyer (Austria), Walter Ryle (Denmark), Ejnar Knudsen (Denmark), Juan Vinals (Spain), Mac Sillick (New Zealand), Walter Butler (Germany), John van Hulzen (Holland), Mohammed Tella (Abyssinia), Emile Beranger (France). Final result: Fernand Meynier (France) 1st, Bluey Wilkinson (Australia) 2nd, Billy Lamont (Australia) 3rd, Leopold Killmeyer (Austria) 4th.

That's interesting. When did he ride at Wembley, what date was that? More on Mohammed Tella aka Gene Tella, even a picture of him, can be found here on the BSF https://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/topic/87534-10-favorite-abyssinian-riders/