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Full Name |
James Wright |
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Date of Birth |
13 June 1986 |
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Place of Birth |
Stockport |
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Height |
5ft 8ins (1.73m) |
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Weight |
9 stone (57kg) |
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Eye Colour |
Blue |
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Shoe Size |
9 |
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Favourite Food |
I'll eat anything really |
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Worst Food |
Sprouts |
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Favourite Drink |
Water (no, really !) |
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Favourite Colour |
Blue |
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Current Clubs |
Swindon Robins |
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Previous Clubs |
Workington Comets, Belle Vue Aces and Buxton Hitmen |
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Contracted to |
Birmingham Brummies |
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First Started Speedway |
Aged 14 at Sheffield training track |
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Debut |
May 12th 2002 at Boston (Conference League) |
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Main Influence |
My Grandad Jim Yacoby |
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Best Meeting |
Winning the Conference League Riders Championship |
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Best Race |
Heat 13 in the Conference Trophy at Sheffield in Sept 2004. Missed the start then passed team-mate Benji Compton and Sheffield's top two of Ben Wilson and Richard Hall on the last lap. |
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Worst Meeting |
Probably scoring 0 on the Isle of Wight |
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Honours |
Elite League Knockout Cup Winners 2005
Premier League Riders Champion 2007
Conference League Riders Champion 2004
Conference League Knockout Cup Winners 2002
Conference League Rider of the Year 2004
Also rode for GB Under-16's against Germany
World Under-21 Finalist 2005
Great Britain Under-21 International
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Machinery |
Jawa frames, Jawa and GM Engines (tuned by Jim Yacoby) |
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Mechanic |
My Dad |
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Favourite 7 Seen |
Mark Loram Tony Rickardsson Gary Havelock Joe Screen David Howe
Scott Nicholls Carl Stonehewer |
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Favourite 7 Ridden With |
Simon Stead Aidan Collins Ben Wilson Trent Leverington Brett Woodifield Jon Bethell Carl Stonehewer |
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Favourite Tracks |
Any one that I have a good score on |
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Worst Track |
None in particular, they are all there to be ridden |
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Favourite Rider |
Mark Loram |