John Henry Davis (born 10 November 1954 in Oxford, England) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider who represented England when they won the World Team Cup in 1977 1980 Speedway World Team Cup Winner,

He was capped for England 68 times, and was the first Englishman to win the prestigious Czech Golden Helmet in Pardubice. He was also the first Englishman to race in the Polish League for Gdansk. He raced for Diedenbergen in the German League for ten seasons, winning four German *les, 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.

In 1975, after 3 years at Oxford, he was caught up in the wrangle over whether Ole Olsen would ride for Oxford, and was in the strange position of guesting for himself in a couple of matches at the start of the season. Eventually, the Speedway Control Board ruled that Olsen would stay with Wolverhampton Wolves, Dag Lovaas would ride at Oxford, and John could join Reading Racers.

After the end of his speedway career, Davis started a burger business in 1994 which progressed into Event Catering, supplying venues and events all over the south of the country with their Public Catering requirements. Among the contracts they obtained are The Royal Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Newbury Racecourse, Fontwell Racecourse, Bath Racecourse, Chepstow Racecourse, Wincanton Racecourse, The Ageas Bowl (Hampshire Cricket Ground), The PSP Southampton Boat Show, The Norfolk Spectacular Music Festival, Poole Speedway, Bucks Show, Romsey Show, Glastonbury Festival and quite a few Concerts including T4 on the Beach, The British MX GP, Lydden Hill for the Rally Cross events, and Red Bull Moto Cross Series.

Contents

• 1 World final appearances
  • 1.1 Individual World Championship
  • 1.2 World Team Cup
• 2 European Gr*track Championship
• 3 References
• 4 External Reference

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1977 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - Reserve - did not ride
• 1980 - Gothenburg, Ullevi - 6th - 9pts
• 1988 - Vojens, Speedway Center - 12th - 3pts

World Team Cup

• 1977 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Peter Collins / Malcolm Simmons / Michael Lee / Dave Jessup) - Winner - 37pts (6)
• 1981 - Olching, Speedway Stadion Olching (with Dave Jessup / Chris Morton / Kenny Carter / Gordon Kennett) - 2nd - 29pts (5)
• 1985 – :USA Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium (with Jeremy Doncaster / Phil Collins / Kelvin Tatum / Richard Knight) – 3rd – 13pts (0)

European Gr*track Championship

Final

• 1983 - Nandlastadt 11pts (8th)

References

External Reference

• http://gr*trackgb.co.uk/john-davis/