Jason Lyons
| Born | 15 June 1970 Mildura, Victoria |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Career history | |
| Great Britain | |
| 1990-1991 | Glasgow Tigers |
| 1992-2003, 2005 | Belle Vue Aces |
| 2002 | Peterborough Panthers |
| 2004 | Poole Pirates |
| 2004 | Newcastle Diamonds |
| 2006 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers |
| 2007-2010 | Birmingham Brummies |
| 2011 | Redcar Bears |
| Poland | |
| 1996 | Gorzów |
| 1999-2000 | Leszno |
| 2001 | Bydgoszcz |
| 2002 | Częstochowa |
| 2003 | Piła |
| Sweden | |
| 1998-2000 | Örnarna |
| 2001-2005 | Vargarna |
| Individual honours | |
| 1993 | Jack Young Memorial Cup winner |
| 1996 | Peter Craven Memorial winner |
| 1997, 1998, 1999 | Victorian State Champion |
| 1998, 2001 | Overseas Champion |
| 1999 | South Australian Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 1999 | World Team Cup winner |
| 2002 | World Cup winner |
| 1992 | Australian Pairs Champion |
| 1986 | Australian Under-16 Pairs Champion |
| 1993 | British League |
| 2004 | Elite League Champion |
| 2005 | Elite League KO Cup winner |
| 2009 | Premier League Pairs Champion |
| 2010 | Premier League Fours Champion |
Jason Rodney Lyons (born 15 June 1970 in Mildura, Victoria)[1] is a former Australian international motorcycle speedway rider.[2][3] Jason is the son of former rider Rod Lyons.[4]
Career history
[edit]Lyons started his United Kingdom career in 1990, with the Glasgow Tigers in the National League [5] alongside fellow Aussie Shane Bowes from Adelaide. He joined the Belle Vue Aces in 1992 where he stayed for twelve consecutive seasons and where he gained the nickname 'Mr. Belle Vue'.[6] Lyons was a member of the Australian team that won the World Team Cup in 1999 and the team that won the World Cup in 2002. The 2002 Final was run on the East of England Showground, the home track of his then Premier League club the Peterborough Panthers.
In his only appearance in the World Under-21 Championship final in 1991 at the Brandon stadium in Coventry, England, Lyons finished a fine third behind Danes Brian Andersen (winner) and Morten Andersen (second).
In 1993, Lyons won the Jack Young Memorial Cup at the North Arm Speedway in Adelaide, South Australia. In 1996 he won the Peter Craven Memorial at Belle Vue in Manchester. Both trophies are held in honour of former Speedway World Champions, with Lyons being the first Australian to win both Memorials.
In 2003 Lyons qualified for his only full season in the Speedway Grand Prix series, although he had ridden twice previously, finishing fourth in the Grand Prix of Great Britain in 2000.
In 2007, he signed for the newly reformed Birmingham Brummies as captain and stayed with the Brummies until the end of 2010. He won the Premier League Pairs Championship for Birmingham in 2009, partnering Tomasz Piszcz, during the 2009 Premier League speedway season.[7]
He signed off his Birmingham career with a significant success, winning the Premier League Four-Team Championship, on 15 August 2010, at the East of England Arena.[8]
In 2011, Jason signed for the Redcar Bears alongside Gary Havelock.
Australia
[edit]Lyons was the winner of the Australian Pairs Championship in 1992 as well as Victorian State Champion in 1997, 1998 and 1999 and he won the South Australian Championship in 1999.
Jason Lyons has finished runner up five times in the Australian Championship, his best finish in his national championship.[9] He also finished third in the 1991 Australian Under-21 Championship. In his junior speedway career, Lyons finished second behind good friend and fellow Mildura native Leigh Adams in the 1986 Australian Under-16 Championship. Coincidentally, his first three senior Australian Championship second places were also to Adams.
World Final Appearances
[edit]World Pairs Championship
[edit]- 1993 -
Vojens, Speedway Center (with Leigh Adams / Craig Boyce) - 6th - 13pts (5)
World Team Cup
[edit]- 1999 -
Pardubice, Svítkova Stadion (with Jason Crump / Leigh Adams / Ryan Sullivan / Todd Wiltshire) - Winner - 40pts (10)
World Cup
[edit]- 2002 -
Peterborough, East of England Showground (with Todd Wiltshire / Leigh Adams / Jason Crump / Ryan Sullivan) - Winner - 64pts (3) - 2003 - Vojens, Speedway Center (with Jason Crump / Todd Wiltshire / Ryan Sullivan / Leigh Adams) - 2nd - 57pts (0)
Individual Under-21 World Championship
[edit]- 1991 - Coventry, Brandon Stadium - 3rd - 11pts
Speedway Grand Prix results
[edit]| Year | Position | Points | Best finish | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 22nd | 16 | 4th | |
| 2002 | 32nd | 3 | 19th | |
| 2003 | 20th | 29 | 9th |
References
[edit]- ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 524. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Speedway: Scots club revving up for a new season". Daily Record. 24 March 1990. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
- ^ "Lyons and Piszcz lead Birmingham win". Daily Express. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ "2010 Birmingham results". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Individual Australian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mildura
- Australian speedway riders
- Speedway World Cup champions
- Polonia Bydgoszcz riders
- Birmingham Brummies riders
- Australian expatriate speedway riders in England
- Belle Vue Aces riders
- Newcastle Diamonds riders
- Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders
- Peterborough Panthers riders
- Poole Pirates riders
- Glasgow Tigers riders
- Australian expatriate speedway riders in Scotland
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Expatriate speedway riders in Poland
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden