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Raymond Maurice Cresp (25 August 1928 - 20 August 2022) was an international speedway rider from Australia. He earned 4 international caps for the Australia national speedway team and 6 caps for the Great Britain national speedway team.

Speedway career

Cresp was a professional boxer as a teenager before taking up road racing and moto cross. He was mentored by Jack Biggs before he moved to the UK in 1956. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1956 to 1966, riding for various clubs. He gained four Australian caps and six British caps (when riders from Oceania were allowed to represent Britain.

Cresp reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.

He was a builder by trade and when he returned to Australia he enjoyed fly-fishing. He died in 2022.

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

• 1961 – Malmö, Malmö Stadion - 14th - 3pts

References

1. "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. ^ "Obituaries". Speedway Star. 27 August 2022. p. 21.
3. "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
4. "Big Speedway victory for the Eagles". Eastbourne Gazette. 2 May 1956. Retrieved 23 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "History Archive". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
6. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
7. "World Speedway finals" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
8. "Ray Cresp dies". Speedway Illustrated News. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

• 1928 births
• 2022 deaths
• Australian speedway riders
• Eastbourne Eagles riders
• Ipswich Witches riders
• Australian expatriate speedway riders in England
• Long Eaton Archers riders
• Norwich Stars riders
• Oxford Cheetahs riders
• Poole Pirates riders
• St Austell Gulls riders
• Wembley Lions riders
• West Ham Hammers riders