Since we sponsored Leon Flint back in April he's been rather busy competing in the British Youth Championships and the World Championships.

Leon Bio

Speedway Background Information

The Speedway Championships have four classification based on Engine size

Engine Size Age Requirement 125CC/150CC 8+ 250CC 11+ 500CC 14+

The 250CC and 500CC classes are run as a British Championship.

Each classification consists of 8 rounds devised up of a number of heats. Only 4 riders race per heat, so the number of heats depends on the number of riders attending the race day.

Each heat is 4 laps of the speedway course and points are awarded to top 3 riders.

The top 4 riders on race day go into a Final race where they get double points.

Race Position Standard Points Final Race Points 1 3 6 2 2 4 3 1 2 4 0 0

The British Championship has 8 rounds throughout the season and the winner is decided by taking the riders scores from their best 7 rounds to produce a league table: British Championship 250CC League Table

On 31st July Leon completed round 5 of the British Youth Championship coming first place putting him at the top of the table clear by 4 points (when you drop the lowest scoring round from all riders).

His next race for the British Youth Championships is on 13th August at Bellevue Speedway (Manchester), this is the first time the speedway championship has been held in the North West and Brysdales will be in full force supporting Leon.

On top of his British Championship he finished 8^th in the World Youth Championships, again the youngest in the competition by 3 years.