Daniel King (speedway rider)
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Daniel Robert King is a speedway
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

 rider currently riding for the Ipswich Witches
Ipswich Witches
The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30pm....

 in the British Elite League
Speedway Elite League
The Elite League is the top division of Speedway league competition in the United Kingdom and is governed by the Speedway Control Bureau , in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association . It is sponsored by Sky Sports...

. His brother Jason
Jason King (speedway rider)
Jason Gary King is a speedway rider currently riding for the Newcastle Diamonds in the British Premier League He is the club Captain, and his brother Daniel is also a speedway rider....

 is also a speedway
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...

 rider.

In 2007 he finished fifth in the British Championship
British Speedway Championship
The British Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway competition open to British national speedway riders. The winner of the event becomes the British Speedway Champion. It has been open in the past to riders from British dominions and was dominated in its early years by riders from...

 and qualified as a reserve for the 2007 British Grand Prix
2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain
The 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain was the fifth race of the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 30th June in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, United Kingdom.- Starting positions draw :...

. In September 2007, King was selected to represent Great Britain for the 2007
2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
The 2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship is the 3rd FIM Team Speedway Junior World Championship season. The Final took place on September 23rd 2007 in Abensberg, Germany....

 Under 21-World Cup
Team Speedway Junior World Championship
The Team Speedway Junior World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries . The first edition of the competition was in 2005. Current World Champions are Russia team, who won in 2011 Final...

 Final.

King returned to the Panthers for the 2008 season.

Speedway Grand Prix

Honours

  • Individual U-21 World Championship
    Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
    The Individual Speedway Junior World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation since 1977...

    • 2005
      2005 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
      -World final:*September 17, 2005 Wiener Neustadt, OAMTC Zweigverein* only 12 heats*order:**1-2 place: coin flipping, because Suchánek to not agree to do race-off heat**3-4 place: Lindgren have two "3"; Hlib only one "3"...

       -  Austria Wiener Neustadt
      Wiener Neustadt
      -Main sights:* The Late-Romanesque Dom, consecrated in 1279 and cathedral from 1469 to 1785. The choir and transept, in Gothic style, are from the 14th century. In the late 15th century 12 statues of the Apostles were added in the apse, while the bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl is attributed to...

       - 15th place (4 points)
    • 2007
      2006 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
      -World final:*September 2, 2006 Terenzano-Heat after heat:# Ząbik, Carpanese, King, Miedziński# Miesiąc, Aldén, Kling, Moller# Hefenbrock, Lindbäck, Holder, Petterson# Lindgren, Pavlic, Hlib, Simota...

       -  Italy Terenzano - 9th place (3 points)

  • Team U-21 World Championship
    Team Speedway Junior World Championship
    The Team Speedway Junior World Championship is an annual speedway event held each year in different countries . The first edition of the competition was in 2005. Current World Champions are Russia team, who won in 2011 Final...

    :
    • 2007
      2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
      The 2007 Team Speedway Junior World Championship is the 3rd FIM Team Speedway Junior World Championship season. The Final took place on September 23rd 2007 in Abensberg, Germany....

       -  Germany Abensberg
      Abensberg
      Abensberg is a town in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany, lying around 30 km southwest of Regensburg, 40 km east of Ingolstadt, 50 northwest of Landshut and 100 km north of Munich...

      - Silver medal (5 points)
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