John Davis
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English motorcycle speedway rider
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Henry Davis is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who represented England, when they won the World Team Cup in 1977 and 1980. Career Davis was capped for the England national speedway team 68 times, and was the first Englishman to win the prestigious Czech Golden Helmet of Pardubice. He also raced in the Swedish and Polish Leagues for Dackarna and Wybrzeże Gdańsk. He raced for Diedenbergen in the German League for ten seasons, winning four German titles, where he was consistently the top performer. He qualified for 16 consecutive British Final appearances, his best finish being second to the late Kenny Carter; this was when England ruled The Speedway World.
