Nickname The Kiwi Kid Name Ricky Wells | British league Workington Comets | |
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Born July 27, 1991 (age 32)
Auckland, New Zealand ( 1991-07-27 ) Nationality New Zealand, United States 2009
2011–2014
2010
2011
2012–2014
2015 Elite League:
Coventry Bees
Wolverhampton Wolves
Premier League:
Stoke Potters
Plymouth Devils
Sheffield Tigers
Workington Comets 2009
2007, 2008
2004, 2005
2003, 2004, 2006
2003, 2005
2007
2008 US National Champion
Under 21 National Champion
Youth National Champion
Gumball Rally Champion
California Youth Champion
Fair Derby Champion
Victorville Track Champion 2007, 2008
2011 High Desert Pairs Champion
Elite Shield | ||
Billy hamill vs ricky wells 2 24 07
| teamhonour2 = Elite Shield
Contents
- Billy hamill vs ricky wells 2 24 07
- Podcast ricky wells 2015 season preview
- US National Championship
- World U21
- British speedway
- World Championships
- References
Ricky Wells (born 27 July 1991 in Auckland, New Zealand), is an American international motorcycle speedway rider who was the 2009 US National Champion. He is also a two time U.S. Under 21 National Champion.
Podcast ricky wells 2015 season preview
US National Championship
On 19 September 2009 Ricky won the US national Championship, winning all of his heat races and the main event. Doing so beat out Mike Bast's record of being the youngest rider to ever win that event. He was victorious over former US and World Champions like, Billy Janniro, Bobby Schwartz, Charlie Venegas, Chris Manchester, Mike Faria and Josh Larsen.
World U21
Wells made his first appearance in the World Under 21 Championships in 2008 by winning the 2007 U.S. Under 21 National Championship. He scored 9 points in Qualifying Round 1 held in Norden, Germany which qualified him to move onto Semi-Final Round 1 held in Rye House. Only scoring 6 points which did not qualify him to move onto The Final Round.
Wells came home and won the 2008 U.S. Under 21 National Championship also which placed him in the 2009 World Under 21 Championships. Scoring 9, and beating off Pawel Zmarzlik and Kozza Smith in a race-off, in Qualifying Round 3 held in Rye House moved him into Semi-Final 2 held in Kumla. In Kumla, Ricky scored 5 and again was in a race-off situation, in which he beat Justin Sedgman and Patrik Pawlaszczyk to securing a reserve spot in the Final held in Goričan. Through the injury off Przemyslaw Pawlicki, Wells was awarded a place in the main line-up of the Final, where he scored 2 points, finishing in 16th place, ahead of Ludvig Lindgren.
British speedway
Wells rode for Elite League Coventry Bees in 2009 and for the Stoke Potters in the Premier League in 2010 on loan from Coventry. In 2011 he rode for the Elite Shield-winning Wolverhampton Wolves team in the Elite League and Plymouth Devils in the Premier. He has remained with Wolves since, while riding for Sheffield Tigers in the Premier League since 2012.