Simon Lambert (speedway rider)

Simon Lambert
Born (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989
Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Nickname Rambo Lambo,
Rambo
Nationality
Website www.simonlambertracing.co.uk
Current club information
British league Peterborough Panthers
Career history
2004-2008 Boston Barracudas
2008, 2010 Kings Lynn Stars
2009-2010 Scunthorpe Scorpions
2009 Scunthorpe Saints
2010-2011 Sheffield Tigers
2011, 2012 Stoke Potters
2012, 2015 Leicester Lions
2012–2013 Rye House Rockets
2013 Somerset Rebels
2014 Workington Comets
2014 Kent Kings
2015– Peterborough Panthers
Team honours
2007, 2008 CL Pairs Champions
2011 NL Pairs Champion

Simon James Lambert (born 21 February 1989) in Boston, Lincolnshire, England,[1] is a speedway rider in the United Kingdom.

Biography

Lambert rode in the Conference League with Boston Barracudas, twice winning the Conference League Pairs Championship.[2] In 2009 and 2010 he rode for Scunthorpe Scorpions in the Premier League.[3] In 2010 he won the Golden Hammer individual meeting at Monmore Green, with a perfect fifteen-point score.[4]

He signed on for the Sheffield Tigers for the 2011 season on a 3.47 starting average, which rose to 5.63 by the end of the season.[5]

He also rode in the National League in 2011 for Stoke Potters, and with Tim Webster won the National League Pairs Championship in June 2011.[2]

In 2012 he signed for Leicester Lions, but lost his place halfway through the season, returning to ride for Stoke Potters in the National League. In August he returned to the Premier League with Rye House Rockets.

Lambert has been nicknamed 'Rambo' by supporters.[6]

For the 2015 season Simon was picked by his former Premier League Club who have stepped up to the Elite League Leicester Lions as one of their Elite League Draft riders while Simon signed for his local team the Peterborough Panthers in the premier league where he will start the season in one of their reserves berths.

References

  1. "2010 Rider Index/Riders - S". British Speedway Official Website. 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
  2. 1 2 "Speedway: Potters put Lambert on fast track to joining the Elite", Staffordshire Sentinel, 2 July 2011, retrieved 2011-12-04
  3. "SPEEDWAY: Simon stays at Scorpions", Spalding Guardian, 18 November 2009, retrieved 2011-12-04
  4. "King's Lynn's Simon Lambert claims Golden Hammer glory", BBC, 29 September 2010, retrieved 2011-12-04
  5. "'Rambo' to ride again for Tigers". Sheffield Star. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
  6. Morse, Peter (2011) "Speedway: ‘Rambo’ is gunning for glory with the Potters", Crewe Chronicle, 2 February 2011, retrieved 2011-12-04
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