Shane Parker (speedway rider)
| Born |
29 April 1970 Adelaide, South Australia |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Australia
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| Current club information | |
| British league | Retired |
| Career history | |
| Great Britain | |
| 1990-1994 | Ipswich Witches |
| 1995-1996 | Middlesbrough Bears |
| 1997-1998, 2000, 2003 | King's Lynn Stars |
| 1999 | Hull Vikings |
| 2000 | Belle Vue Aces |
| 2001-2003 | Peterborough Panthers |
| 2004-2009 | Glasgow Tigers |
| 2010 | Somerset Rebels |
| 2011 | Sheffield Tigers |
| Poland | |
| 1992 | Machowa |
| 1994 | Wanda Kraków |
| 1995-1997 | |
| 1998 | Gniezno |
| 1999-2000 | Polonia Bydgoszcz |
| 2001 | GKM Grudziądz |
| Sweden | |
| 1998 | Ikaros Smederna |
| 1999-2001 | Kaparna |
| 2002-2004 | Piraterna |
| Individual honours | |
| 1983, 1984 | South Australian Under-16 Champion |
| 1985 | Australian Under-16 Champion |
| 1991, 1994, 2001, 2002 | South Australian Champion |
| 1996 | Scottish Open Champion |
| 2013, 2014 | Gillman Div 1 Solo Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 1985 | Australian Under-16 Pairs Champion |
| 1991 | Elite League Fours Winner |
| 1996, 2000 | Polish League Champion |
| 1999 | European Club Champion |
| 2001 | Elite League KO Cup Winner |
| 2003 | Swedish Div II Champion |
| 2005, 2006 | Premier League Pairs Winner |
Shane Andrew Parker (born 29 April 1970 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian motorcycle speedway rider and a four time South Australian Champion. Currently he is riding in the Australian season at his home track of Gillman Speedway in Adelaide, and finished second in the 2012/13 South Australian Championship behind reigning champion and Speedway Grand Prix rider, Troy Batchelor. Shane Parker holds one of the unluckiest records in Australian speedway, having been the runner-up in the South Australian title on seven occasions during his career.
Parker retired from riding in 2014.
Parker attended LeFevre High School in the Adelaide suburb of Semaphore South, and started in speedway at the Under-16 Sidewinders Speedway in Wingfield in the early 1980s. He won the South Australian Under-16 Championships in 1983 and 1984 and went on to win the Australian Under-16 Championship in 1985 at Sidewinders (defeating Leigh Adams), and finish third in 1986 at the Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura, before turning 16 and graduating into the senior ranks. In his home country of Australia Parker has been a successful rider winning the South Australian Championship four times (1991, 1994, 2001 and 2002), though he has unluckily been runner-up on seven occasions. He also sits one behind Mark Fiora's record for winning the SA title at the most tracks, with Fiora winning at four tracks and Parker at three.
Shane Parker made his senior debut at the North Arm Speedway on 4 May 1986 riding an older 2 valve bike which was all his father could afford to buy. He showed his style by winning his first ever race, only 1.37 seconds outside of Phil Crump's 4 lap record. Three years later Parker finished 3rd in the South Australian Championship at North Arm, finishing behind Craig Hodgson who won his 4th championship, and defending champion Mark Fiora, just missing out on a place in the Australian Championship at the Newcastle Motordrome. He defeated Ashley Norton in a runoff to finish in third place in the 1988/89 SA title.
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