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Brisbane born Peter Ingram Was seen as a great prospect when he made his debut in England
at Exeter in 1971. In his first season at the County Ground he was ever present in all Exeter's
37 matches and was to end on an average of 6.42. His second season saw him get off to a
slower start and he considered calling it a day, but he regained his form later on in the
season despite a dip in his average down to 5.85. Requested a transfer att he end of 1972
and switched to Newport, although he did make four meetings for the Falcons.
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Bob was another member of the ill-fated 1961 side that saw riders carted of to
hospital faster than they could be signed. It was actually Bob who started the
ball rolling when he broke his ankle whilst riding at Plymouth. He came back
in 1962 for five meetings but only managed to average 1.09pts, and the arrival
of Alan Cowland meant there was no room for Bob.
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Peter joined Exeter in 1987 as a junior, before he
was brought into the 1988 side to make up the numbers and claim a permanent team place.
His points tally grew each season until 1992, when he spent 23 weeks in plaster followed in
1993 by a switch to Swindon. Returned to the County Ground late into the 1996 season and
in 1997 and 1998 was scoring highly. A bad smash early into the 1999 season was to keep
Peter out for the entire season, and eventually led him to retire from the sport.
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Born on March 4th 1937 in Cornwall, Chris first had second half rides at Exeter back in
1958, but it wasn't until 1970 that he he appeared in the Exeter team where he remained
until 1975. Chris had actually announced his retirement at the end of 1974, but was coaxed
back for 12 matches in 1975 and also had a brief spell at Mildenhall. He had averaged
around the 5.5 pts mark during his spell with the Falcons. In May of 1997, Chris was to
die in a tragic accident whilst flying an "Autogyro", sadly, the world of Speedway lost
one of its most colorful riders of the past.
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Born Sept 2nd, 1953 in Bromley Kent, Gordon was runner up in the 1978 World Final and was
seen as an ideal Heat leader when he joined the Falcons in 1993. But it soon became
apparent that Gordon disliked the track and riding for Exeter, and apart from a few
encouraging meetings, he was something of a dissapointment. Averaged only 6.93 from 33
matches and left towards the end of the season to join Wolverhampton.
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Bob joined Exeter in 1971 in a swap deal that saw Martin Ashby move to Swindon, and
Bob to the County Ground. Was soon a favourite with the fans and earned a reputation for
his extremely fast gating techniques. His average in that first year was 8.87 from 33
meetings, whilst in 1972 it jumped up to 9.89 from 33 meetings. Left early in the 1973
season in another swap deal, that brought Tony Lomas to Exeter. Rode just six matches
and was averaging 7.56 before his departure to Oxford. read more
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Born 16.4.1953 in Queensland, Australia, Steve joined up with Exeter in 1976 and was loaned
to Canterbury where he doubled up with riding for the Falcons. In that first season he
appeared in 22 matches for Exeter averaging 5.16. In 1978 he won the N.League riders
Championship which prompted him to ride full time for Exeter. He remained at Exeter until
1980 when the Falcons dropped down to N.L racing and he moved to Swindon. read more
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Famed more for his Ice Track speedway, Zdenek joined in 1979 after a brief
spell at Cradley and became the fourth Czech rider in the Falcons line up.
During the 1979 season he had averaged 6.05 from 32 matches and earnt the nickname
"Demon" with his exciting style. In 78 he reached the Ice World Final, and in 79
reached the World Final finishing a creditable 7th with 8pts.
Later had a spell with Birmingham, but tragedy was to strike in 1982
in a grass track meeting in Holland. He left the
track and crashed through a fence when he was impaled by a
wooden stake and was to die from his injuries.
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