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Nationality
  
Great Britain

Name
  
Paul Hurry

British league
  
Lakeside Hammers


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Born
  
9 April 1975 (age 49) Canterbury, England (
1975-04-09
)

1991, 1994-1995, 2004-2007, 2010 1992-1993 1996 1997 1998-1999 2000 2001-2002 2003 2009 1999 2000 2003 2006
  
Arena Essex Hammers Peterborough Panthers London Lions King's Lynn Stars Oxford Cheetahs Eastbourne Eagles Wolverhampton Wolves Ipswich Witches Poole Pirates Wlokniarz Czestochowa (POL) Smederna (SWE) Luxo Stars (SWE) Vargarna (SWE)

1994
  
British Under 21 Champion

1991, 1992 2000
  
British League Division Two Elite League

Paul William George Hurry (born 9 April 1975 in Canterbury, Kent) is a British international motorcycle speedway rider. Hurry began his racing career aged 16 with the Arena Essex Hammers in 1991. In 1994 he became British under 21 champion and in 2000 he finished in second place at the British Speedway Championship. Hurry was selected to represent the Great Britain national speedway team at the 2001 Speedway World Cup Race-off but the team failed to reach the final. After spells with various British clubs, Hurry returned to Arena Essex in 2004, where he stayed until 2007. He appeared to have retired from racing in 2007 due to ongoing problems with an arm injury, but returned to Elite League racing in 2009 to replace the injured Kyle Legault for Poole Pirates. In 2010, Hurry returned to ride for his first club, now renamed the Lakeside Hammers. Paul suffered horrific leg injuries in the Final of the 2010 European Grasstrack Final at La Reole and didn't return to racing until 2015. In that time away from the sport he has become a member of the ACU Track Racing Committee and has also become a 'Clerk of the Course'. He has also become a prominent member of the Astra grasstrack club and help promote, run and officiate at meetings.

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Hurry achieved many successful starts at the annual indoor December Brighton Bonanza.

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Hurry has won the 500cc British Grasstrack Championship four times and the European Grasstrack Championship in 2005.

British Speedway Championship

Finalist

  • 1994 @ Coventry 2pts (16th)
  • 1995 @ Coventry 4pts (9th)
  • 1998 @ Coventry 12pts (13th)
  • 1999 @ Coventry 10pts (9th)
  • 2000 @ Coventry 13pts (10th)
  • 2001 @ Coventry 8pts (8th)
  • 2002 @ Coventry Coventry 7pts (9th)
  • 2003 @ Eastbourne 5pts (13th)
  • 2006 @ Belle Vue 7pts (9th)
  • Finalist

    1996 - Herxheim 3pts (18th)

    Grand-Prix Years

  • 1997 - Five G.P. 51pts (11th)
  • 1998 - One G.P. 20pts (16th)
  • 1999 - Five G.P. 72pts (5th)
  • 2000 - Five G.P. 77pts (4th)
  • 2001 - Four G.P. 46pts (4th)
  • 2002 - Four G.P. 40pts (8th)
  • 2003 - Four G.P. 58pts (8th)
  • 2005 - Four G.P. 58pts (3rd)
  • 2007 - Two G.P. 22pts (12th)
  • Best Individual G.P. Results

    First

  • 1997 - Marmande
  • 1999 - Marmande
  • Second

  • 1998 - Abingdon
  • 2003 - Marmande
  • 2005 - Marmande
  • Third

  • 2000 - Abingdon
  • 2000 - Eenrum
  • 2005 - Morizes
  • 2007 - St. Macaire
  • Finals

  • 1994 - Cloppenburg 7pts (10th)
  • 1995 - Joure 16pts (4th)
  • 1996 - Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun 13pts (6th)
  • 2002 - Berghaupten 15pts (4th)
  • 2004 - Eenrum 7pts (12th)
  • 2005 - Schwarme 18pts (Champion)
  • 2009 - Berghaupten 4pts (14th)
  • 2010 - La Reole 15pts (6th)
  • 2017 - Hertingan August 12th
  • Best Other Results

    Semi-final

    First

  • 1994 - Aduard
  • 2001 - Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun
  • 2002 - La Reole
  • 2003 - Noordwolde
  • 2005 - Noordwolde
  • 2010 - Truro
  • Third

  • 2009 - Hertingan
  • 2017 - St. Macaire
  • Preliminary Round

    First

  • 1994 - Abingdon
  • 1996 - Stadskanaal
  • Top Three Finishes

  • 2000 Runner-up
  • 2001 Podium
  • 2002 Champion
  • 2004 Champion
  • 2005 Champion
  • 2007 Runner-up
  • Other Top Ten to date

    1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2010

    References

    Paul Hurry Wikipedia