Nationality United States Name Scott Autrey 1974 British League Winner | Career status Retired Role Racing driver | |
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Born 9 July 1953Maywood, California ( 1953-07-09 ) | ||
Heat 4, 1980 Embassy Internationale
Scott Brian Autrey (born July 9, 1953 in Maywood, California) is a former international speedway rider with the Exeter Falcons – with whom he won the British League title in 1974 – Swindon Robins, and the Poole Pirates in England. In 1976, he became the first American rider to reach a world final since Ernie Roccio in 1951. He finished 3rd in the 1978 World Speedway Championship at Wembley and won the World Team Cup with the USA in 1982. He retired from the sport at the end of 1982 at a relatively young age.
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- Heat 4 1980 Embassy Internationale
- Trailblazers 2018 Inductee Scott Autrey
- Individual World Championship
- World Team Cup
- World Longtrack Final
- References
After his two-wheeled racing career ended, he became a NASCAR driver who made one Nextel Cup start. He competed in the Winston West Series full-time. That Cup race came in 1985, when Autrey started 29th in the forty-one car field, where he dropped out late with transmission issues. He finished 34th as a result.