Born |
Australia |
29 March 1996
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Nickname | Fast Max |
Nationality | Australian |
Website | www |
Current club information | |
British league | Belle Vue Aces |
Polish league | ŻKS ROW Rybnik |
Swedish league | Rospiggarna |
Danish league | Region Varde (Outrup) |
Career history | |
2013, 2014 | Edinburgh Monarchs |
2015, 2016 | Belle Vue Aces |
2015, 2016 | Region Varde (Outrup) |
2015 | Gnistorna |
2015, 2016 | ŻKS ROW Rybnik |
2016 | Rospiggarna |
Individual honours | |
2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 | Australian Under-21 Champion |
2015 | Czech Golden Ribbon |
2016 | World Under-21 Champion |
Team honours | |
2014 | Premier League Pairs |
2016 | Danish Speedway League |
2016 | Elitserien |
Max Fricke (born 29 March 1996) is an Australian speedway rider who won the Australian Under-21 Championship in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
On 2 October 2016, Fricke won the 2016 World Under-21 Championship.
Fricke competed in junior levels of motocross and speedway in Australia, competed in the 2011 and 2012 FIM Youth Gold Cup tournaments, and finished in fourth place in the Australian Under-16 125cc Championship and second in the 125cc Team Championship in January 2012.
Known as Max, Fricke moved up to senior level in the 2012/13 season. In December 2012 he was signed by Edinburgh Monarchs for their 2013 British Premier League team on a five-point assessed average, having spent the previous two summers in Britain gaining experience.
In January 2013 he won the Australian Under-21 championship at the Loxford Park Speedway in Kurri Kurri, beating Taylor Poole, Justin Sedgmen, and Alex Davies in the final, and becoming the youngest winner of the title since Leigh Adams in 1988. On 25 January 2014, Fricke won his second straight Australian Under-21 Championship at the Gillman Speedway in Adelaide. Fricke finished the heats with 13 points, 2 behind Nick Morris, before winning the final from Ryan Douglas and Jack Holder, the younger brother of 2012 World Champion Chris Holder, after Nick Morris had crashed on the last lap whilst in second place.
Together with Sam Masters, Max Fricke won the 2014 Premier League Best Pairs at Somerset.