Scott Autrey

Scott Autrey
Born (1953-07-09)9 July 1953
Maywood, California
Nationality American
Current club information
Career status Retired
Career history
1973-1979 Exeter Falcons
Individual honours
1978 Daily Mirror Golden Hammer
1978, 1979 Strongbow Golden Gauntlets
1979 Daily Express Spring Classic
1979 Daily Mirror/Berger Grand Prix
Team honours
1974 British League Winner
1978 Spring Gold Cup Winner
1982 World Team Cup winner

Scott Brian Autrey (born July 9, 1953 in Maywood, California)[1] 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.[2][3] In 1976, he became the first American rider to reach a world final since Ernie Roccio in 1951.[4] He finished 3rd in the 1978 World Speedway Championship at Wembley and won the World Team Cup with the USA in 1982.[5] He retired from the sport at the end of 1982 at a relatively young age.

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.

World Final appearances

Individual World Championship

World Team Cup

World Longtrack Final

References

  1. ↑ Oakes, Peter; Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE (1976). Who's Who of World Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 0-904584-04-6.
  2. ↑ Lethbridge, Tony (January 2004). Speedway in the South West. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-2915-9.
  3. ↑ Beasley, J. (2003) Poole Pirates Speedway, Paleface Publications. ISBN 0-9539608-9-7
  4. ↑ American Motorcyclist, January 1977, Vol. 31, No. 1, ISSN 0277-9358
  5. ↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5


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