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Ricky Wells
Born (1991-07-27) July 27, 1991 (age 32)
Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand,  United States
Current club information
British leagueLeicester Lions/
Edinburgh Monarchs
Career history
Elite League:
2009Coventry Bees
2011–2014Wolverhampton Wolves
2017Rye House Rockets
2018Leicester Lions
Premier League:
2010Stoke Potters
2011Plymouth Devils
2012–2014Sheffield Tigers
2015-2016Workington Comets
Individual honours
2009US National Champion
2007, 2008Under 21 National Champion
2004, 2005Youth National Champion
2003, 2004, 2006Gumball Rally Champion
2003, 2005California Youth Champion
2007Fair Derby Champion
2008Victorville Track Champion
Team honours
2007, 2008High Desert Pairs Champion

Ricky Wells (born 27 July 1991 in Auckland, New Zealand), is an American international motorcycle speedway rider who was the 2009 US National Champion. He is also a two time U.S. Under 21 National Champion.[1]

US National Championship

On 19 September 2009 Ricky won the US national Championship, winning all of his heat races and the main event. Doing so beat out Mike Bast's record of being the youngest rider to ever win that event. He was victorious over former US Champions like, Billy Janniro, Bobby Schwartz, Charlie Venegas, Chris Manchester, Mike Faria and Josh Larsen.

World U21

Wells made his first appearance in the World Under 21 Championships in 2008 by winning the 2007 U.S. Under 21 National Championship. He scored 9 points in Qualifying Round 1 held in Norden, Germany[2] which qualified him to move onto Semi-Final Round 1 held in Rye House. Only scoring 6 points which did not qualify him to move onto The Final Round.[3]

Wells came home and won the 2008 U.S. Under 21 National Championship also which placed him in the 2009 World Under 21 Championships. Scoring 9, and beating off Pawel Zmarzlik and Kozza Smith in a race-off, in Qualifying Round 3 held in Rye House moved him into Semi-Final 2 held in Kumla. In Kumla, Ricky scored 5 and again was in a race-off situation, in which he beat Justin Sedgman and Patrik Pawlaszczyk to securing a reserve spot in the Final held in Goričan. Through the injury off Przemyslaw Pawlicki, Wells was awarded a place in the main line-up of the Final, where he scored 2 points, finishing in 16th place, ahead of Ludvig Lindgren.

British speedway

Wells rode for Elite League Coventry Bees in 2009 and for the Stoke Potters in the Premier League in 2010 on loan from Coventry.[4] In 2011 he rode for the Elite Shield-winning Wolverhampton Wolves team in the Elite League and Plymouth Devils in the Premier. He has remained with Wolves since, while riding for Sheffield Tigers in the Premier League since 2012.

Honours

World Championships

References

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