Phil Crump
Victoria | |
Nationality | Australian |
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Career history | |
1971, 1972 | Crewe Kings |
1971, 1974-1976 | Newport Wasps |
1971 | Wolverhampton Wolves |
1971 | Oxford Cheetahs |
1971 | Hackney Hawks |
1971-1973 | King's Lynn Stars |
1972 | Ipswich Witches |
1977-1978 | Bristol Bulldogs |
1979-1986, 1990 | Swindon Robins |
Individual honours | |
1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 | Australian Champion |
1975 | Welsh Open winner |
1976 | NSW State Champion |
1992 | Australian Long track Champion |
1972 | British League Division Two Riders Champion |
1975, 1976 | Brandonapolis |
1975 | Spring Classic |
1979 | Olympique |
1981 | Superama |
1981 | Golden Gauntlets |
1981, 1982, 1984 | Daily Mirror/Weslake 16-Lapper |
Team honours | |
1976 | World Team Cup Winner |
1972 | British League Division Two Winner |
1972 | British League Division Two KO Cup Winner |
1973, 1974, 1975 | Spring Gold Cup Winner |
Philip John Crump (born 9 February 1952) in
Career
Australia
Known universally as Crumpy or The Mildura Marvel, Phil Crump started racing speedway in his late teens at his local Mildura track Olympic Park Speedway in 1970 and would go on to have a stellar career both in Australia and overseas.
Phil Crump first won his first
Crump was in winning form in the
Crump finished 2nd to reigning
Crump had a stranglehold on the Victorian State Championship winning 13 titles between 1972 and 1988, winning every year except 1976, 1978, 1983 and 1987. He also took out the NSW State Championship in 1976 at the Sydney Showwground.
England
The Crump family had a home in Bristol while Phil was racing in the British League, which he started doing in 1971 with the Crewe Kings. He also rode for the Newport Wasps, Wolverhampton Wolves, Oxford Cheetahs, Hackney Hawks, King's Lynn Stars, Ipswich Witches, Bristol Bulldogs and Swindon Robins during his British career.[4]
In 1972, Crump won the British League Division Two Riders Championship, held at Wimbledon Stadium on 14 October and was the highest points average scorer for the 1972 British League Division Two season.[6] In addition, he was instrumental in helping Crewe win the league and cup double.
In 1974, Crump won the "Westernapolis" meeting at Exeter
After retiring from British League riding in 1986, Crump, who had continued riding in Australia including winning the national championship in 1988, made a comeback for a single season with Swindon in 1990 joining his young
International career
Early in Crump's international career, New Zealand's four time World Champion Barry Briggs predicted that he would be a future World Champion.
Phil Crump rode in three World Finals during his career. His first appearance in a World Final was at the famous
Crump won his only World Championship when he was a member of the Australian team that won the 1976 Speedway World Team Cup at the White City Stadium in London alongside team captain John Boulger, Billy Sanders, Phil Herne, and reserve Garry Middleton. Australia scored 31 points in the final, with Crump the top scorer with 11. His only loss was to Sweden's 1974 World Champion Anders Michanek in Heat 9.[9][10]
Teaming with South Australian champion Boulger, Phil Crump would finish in second place in the 1974 Speedway World Pairs Championship held at the Hyde Road Speedway in Manchester, England. In 1975 they teamed again to finish in fifth place in Wrocław, Poland. Crump would team with Billy Sanders to finish in fourth place in 1976 in Eskilstuna, Sweden, and seventh in 1977 in Manchester. He teamed with Queenslands John Titman to again finish fourth in Vojens, Denmark in 1979, and another Qld rider in Steve Regeling to finish sixth in 1985 in Rybnik, Poland, and ninth in 1986 in the West German city of Pocking. The 1986 World Pairs Championship was Phil Crump's last appearance in a World Final as a rider.
World Final Appearances
Individual World Championship
- 1975 - London, Wembley Stadium - 6th - 10pts
- Silesian Stadium- 3rd - 12pts
- 1982 - Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum - 14th - 4pts
World Pairs Championship
- 1974 - Manchester, Hyde Road (with John Boulger) - 2nd - 23pts (14)
- Olympic Stadium (with John Boulger) - 5th - 19pts (10)
- Eskilstuna Motorstadion (with Billy Sanders) - 4th - 16pts (10)
- 1977 - Manchester, Hyde Road (with Billy Sanders) - 7th - 12pts (10)
- 1979 - Vojens, Speedway Center (with John Titman) - 4th - 19pts (13)
- 1985 - Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium (with Steve Regeling) - 6th - 11pts (5)
- 1986 - Pocking, Rottalstadion (with Steve Regeling) - 9th - 15pts (10)
World Team Cup
- 1976 - London, White City Stadium (with John Boulger / Billy Sanders / Phil Herne / Garry Middleton) - Winner - 31pts (11)
Personal life
Phil Crump and his wife Carole are the parents of three time (2004, 2006 and 2009) World Speedway Champion Jason Crump. Crump senior was riding for the Newport Wasps speedway team when Jason was born in Bristol. Phil and Jason Crump also have the distinction of being the only father/son combination to win the Australian Individual title.
Until Jason's final Speedway Grand Prix season in 2012, Crumpy was the senior member of his son's support team, and is a highly regarded engine tuner like his father in law (and long time Team Manager of the Australian Speedway Team), the late Neil Street (1931-2011).
Phil Crump was inducted into the Australian Speedway Hall of Fame in 2009.
References
- ISBN 0-948882-30-1
- ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9
- ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-0904584509.
- ^ "Individual Australian Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Phil Crump wins title after run-off". Hull Daily Mail. 16 October 1972. Retrieved 16 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Two tough fixtures for the Lions". Leicester Daily Mercury. 25 July 1974. Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1974 results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ISBN 0-09-141751-1.