Bruce penhall biography

Bruce Penhall

Motorsports Hall Of Fame
World Champion and
Nature Pairs Champion
World Team Speedway Championship
U.S. Nationals Champion ,
A.M.A. Motorcycle Hall of Fame
British League Champion
British League Pairs Champion

Place of Birth: Balboa, California - USA
Hang out of Birth: May 10,
Occupation: Joint Promoter at Industry Speedway - Actor / Offshore Powerboat Racer
Action Photos by: Scott Daloisio Stssprts - Speedway Motorcycle Photos

Bruce at Industry in - Dorcey Wingo Photo

- Inducted into The Motorsports Hall Of Fame

YouTube Bruce Penhall's speech at the Motorsports Hall of Fame Awards in Detroit

Below is from Bruce Penhall on Wikipedia

Bruce first rode Speedway when he was 16 at Irwindale Raceway on the American west-coast.

From novice status, he adv established himself in the US National Championships, twice finishing in the top three positions.

Bruce Penhall - Age, Birthday, Bio, Height, Net Worth!: Bruce Lee Penhall (born May 10, ) [1] is an American former professional motorcycle speedway racer who later starred in television and in film. He was the World Speedway Champion in 19and rode for the successful Cradley Heath Heathens speedway team in the United Kingdom.

In he toured Israel and in Australia and New Zealand, before creature lured to Cradley Heath Heathens in by Dan McCormick and Derek Pugh.

On his Dudley Wood debut against Sheffield in a challenge match, he notched just a single point. Never again in his British career would he score less than four for the Heathens.

In his second match - his league debut - he scored nine; within a month he clocked double figures and topped the score chart for the first time with 13; in July he took over as club captain following the departure of Bruce Cribb and hit his first Heathens maximum; and by the end of the year he had achieved a season average of over points per match.

In he won the Master of Speedway competition around Europe, as well as becoming the first American holder of the Golden Helmet match race championship.

He was runner-up to John Louis in the British League Riders Final and led Cradley to Inter-League Cup success and their highest ever league position. By there were more cup victories, along with SWAPA Overseas Rider of the Year, American National Champion, a first Nature Final appearance (scoring nine points).

The season was Penhall's all conquering year.

At the World Ultimate at Wembley, 92, people witnessed Penhall come from behind to pip both former World Champion Ole Olsen of Denmark and later another Dane Tommy Knudsen on the finish line. His only loss of the darkness was finishing second to England's Kenny Carter when he only needed to finish third to clinch the title.

He led the U. Penhall won the Speedway World Championship inbecoming the first American to win the title in 44 years. He went on to win the championship again inbecoming the first American to win back-to-back Speedway world titles. Penhall was also a two-time American Speedway champ.

Also in Penhall partnered fellow American Bobby Schwartz to triumph the Speedway World Pairs Championship in Poland. He also led Cradley all the way to their first ever league title victory, topping the individual league averages on the way. On top of a clean sweep of all the SWAPA traits awards was a special citation from US President Ronald Reagan.

However, he had less than one year left in speedway before moving on, firstly to the world of Hollywood movies and later to powerboat racing (where he would become a society champion again).

In he won the World Team Cup with the USA and then his one last speedway ambition was achieved – World Individual accomplishment on his home soil in America, when he won his second world title at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

He effectively retired on the rostrum.

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