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Shane Parker (speedway rider)

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racing licence. A maximum ban of two years was rumoured as had he crashed and been injured the insurance covering the meeting would have been invalid. However a solicitor representing him successfully argued that as speedway riding was Parker's main source of income he would be deprived of his chance
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While still racing in the 2013-14 season, Parker also finds himself back where he began at the Sidewinders Speedway helping with junior rider development. He also conducts junior coaching clinics at other speedways around Australia, including Gillman and the Pinjar Park Speedway located near the
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Parker completed a successful return home to Adelaide for 2012-13 when he won the Gillman Speedway Division 1 Solo Championship on 2 February 2013. Only beaten in his first ride of the night, veteran Parker, still a favourite of the Adelaide crowd after some 27 years of senior racing, showed the
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when he was runner-up to Mildura rider Leigh Adams at North Arm. Parker was the only rider to defeat Adams on the night when they clashed in Heat 5, his win robbing the 20-year-old Adams of finishing the night with a perfect score from his five rides. Parker would score a total of 13 points, one
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to earn a living with the longer ban and he was suspended until 1 April instead. Unfortunately for Parker the ban kept him out of Adelaide's biggest international meeting for the season, the West End Speedway International held at the
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After winning his second SA Championship at North Arm in 1994, he failed to place in the Australian Championship Final in Mildura. In 1995, Parker finished 5th in the Australian Championship in
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In October 2010, Shane Parker confirmed that 2011 would be his last season riding in the British leagues before he moves back to Adelaide with his family and would race full-time at Adelaide's
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younger riders the way around the 300 metres (330 yd) long track, top scoring in the heats, and after grabbing the lead from the start, easily won the four lap final from local rider
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in Murray Bridge, Parker finished in 9th place. His next ride in the Australian Championship came in 2001 at Murray Bridge when he finished 5th to qualify for the Overseas Final in
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in the early 1980s. He won the South Australian Under-16 Championships in 1983 and 1984 and went on to win the Australian Under-16 Championship in 1985 at Sidewinders (defeating
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After finishing runner up to Craig Hodgson in the 1992 South Australian Championship at North Arm, Shane Parker produced his best result in the Australian Solo Championship in
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on 4 May 1986 riding an older 2 valve bike which was all his father could afford to buy. He showed his style by winning his first ever race, only 1.37 seconds outside of
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1,000 as a result of riding in the Johnnie Hoskins Trophy meeting at the Newcastle Motordrome New Year's Day when it was discovered that he did not have a 1991
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which saw him qualify for the Overseas Final in Coventry, England. At the Overseas Final he finished in 8th place (after winning a runoff with American's
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finishing fourth. Parker backed this up by winning the 2014 Gillman Championship from Victorian riders Justin Sedgemen and Max Fricke.
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who he would win the Elite League Fours in 1991. In 1995, he rode for Middlesbrough ans was named their team captain. He won the
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After finishing second in the 1992 Australian Solo Championship, Parker went on to finish 11th in the Commonwealth Final at
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Following the 1991 Australian title, Parker was suspended from riding on 14 February at an Auto Cycle Union (ACU) of
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behind Adams (who won the first of what would be a record 10 Australian Championships), and two points clear of
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where he would finish in 14th place. That year he had won his third South Australian championship at the new
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who won his 4th championship, and defending champion Mark Fiora, just missing out on a place in the
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and Leigh Adams scored 1 point in one ride as Australia finished in 7th and last place.
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in the 1996 SA Championship at North Arm before going on to finish 10th in the
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Shane Parker started riding overseas in 1990 at the age of 20. He raced for
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In Europe Parker rode for teams in Poland and Sweden. He won the
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Parker attended LeFevre High School in the Adelaide suburb of
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in 1996, was the Elite League KO Cup Winner in 2001 with the
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Parker won his first South Australian Championship at the
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Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 215–217. 685:Parker finished in third place in the 1990 564:, and started in speedway at the Under-16 20: 548:Learn how and when to remove this message 1312:. Tony Loader. pp. 61–83, 228–230. 588:four times (1991, 1994, 2001 and 2002), 1286:2013 CBS Bins Gillman Solo Championship 1216:"SPEEDWAY: PARKER EYES A PAIR OF GONGS" 1053: 1176:– via British Newspaper Archive. 999:Individual Under-21 World Championship 868:, Italy. 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Index

Adelaide
South Australia
Ipswich
Middlesbrough
King's Lynn
Hull
Belle Vue
Peterborough
Glasgow
Somerset
Sheffield
Machowa
Kraków
Częstochowa
Gniezno
Bydgoszcz
Grudziądz
Ostrów
Smederna
Kaparna
Piraterna
South Australian Champion
Scottish Open Champion
Gillman Div 1 Solo Champion
Elite League
2000
Polish League Champion
European Club Champion
Elite League
Premier League

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