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Jason Phillip Crump (born August 6 1975 in Bristol, England)^[1] is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a two-time Speedway World Champion and a former World Under-21 Champion.^[2]

Family

His father Phil Crump is a native Australian and was riding for the Bristol Bulldogs speedway team when Jason was born. The Crump family had a home in Bristol while Phil was racing in the British League. His grandfather Neil Street is a former speedway rider and manager of the Australia speedway team.^[3]

Career summary

Crump won his first major junior title in 1990 becoming Australian Under 16 champion, and he progressed through the ranks to become Individual U-21 World Champion in 1995. That same year he made his Speedway Grand Prix debut as a wild card in the British Grand Prix - he won his first three rides, but fell in the B final to finish 8th overall.

His first Grand Prix victory came in 1996, again riding at the British Grand Prix, although this time as a full-time Grand Prix rider. He has won the World Team Cup in 1999 an the new Speedway World Cup on two further occasions with the Australian team in 2001 and 2002.

Crump's first world title came in 2004 when he beat Tony Rickardsson having won 2 of the 9 GP in that season. He dominated the 2006 season winning four out of nine GPs to take the title for the second time beating Greg Hancock into second place.

Crump won the 'Treble' riding for the Peterborough Panthers in Britain during the 1999 season, winning the Elite League, the Knockout Cup and the Craven Shield.^[4]

He rode for the Belle Vue Aces for five seasons until the end of 2006 when, in 2007, Crump signed for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League.

Speedway Grand Prix results

Year	Position	Points	Best Finish	Notes
1995	19th	12	8th	1 wild card ride in Britain
1996	10th	45	Winner	Won in Vojens
1997	18th	8	10th	Only 1 ride - Stand in for injured rider
1998	8th	62	Winner	Won in Coventry
1999	8th	66	3rd
2000	4th	88	Winner	Won in Linkoeping, Sweden
2001	2nd	113	Winner (twice)	Won in Bydgoszcz and Stockholm
2002	2nd	162	Winner	Won in Prague
2003	2nd	144	Winner (twice)	Won in Denmark and the Czech Republic
2004	1st	158	Winner (twice)	Won in Copenhagen and Prague
2005	2nd	154	Winner (twice)	Won Scandinavian and Swedish GPs
2006	1st	188	Winner (four times)	Won 3 in succession (Wroclaw, Eskilstuna, Cardiff) and also in Lonigo, Italy

2007 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 1)
Race no.	Grand Prix	Pos.	Pts.	Heats	Draw No
1 /11	Italian SGP	4	12	(3,1,2,3,1) +2 +0	6
2 /11	European SGP	4	13	(3,2,2,2,2) +2 +0	13
3 /11	Swedish SGP	15	4	(2,2,0,F,-)	11
4 /11	Danish SGP	8	9	(3,1,2,1,2) +0	14
5 /11	British SGP	3	15	(1,1,3,2,3) +3 +1	10
6 /11	Czech Rep. SGP	5	11	(1,2,2,3,2) +1	13
7 /11	Scandinavian SGP	3	15	(2,2,1,2,3) +3 +1	2
8 /11	Latvian SGP	6	10	(0,2,3,2,2) +1	6
9 /11	Polish SGP	9	7	(1,2,1,2,1)	15
10 /11	Slovenian SGP	4	13	(3,2,1,1,3) +3 +0	1
11 /11	German SGP	3	15	(2,2,1,3,3) +2 +1	8

	permanent speedway rider
	wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
	rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

References

^ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6
^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-07524-4250-1

External links

Official Website

2011 Speedway Grand Prix riders
1	Gollob	2	Hampel	3	Crump	4	Holta	5	Hancock
6	Harris	7	Bjerre	8	Holder	9	Jonsson	10	Pedersen
11	Lindgren	12	Sayfutdinov	13	Laguta	14	Lindbäck	15	Kołodziej

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[1] Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6

[2] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

[3] Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0

[4] Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-07524-4250-1

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 ==Family==
-His father [[Phil Crump]] is a native Australian and was riding for the [[Bristol Bulldogs]] speedway team when Jason was born. The Crump family had a home in [[Bristol]] while Phil was racing in the British League. His grandfather [[Neil Street]] is a former [[motorcycle speedway|speedway]] rider and manager of the [[Australia speedway team]].<ref>Oakes, P.(2006). ''Speedway Star Almanac''.  ISBN 0-9552376-1-0</ref> Married to Laura(29) with two kids Mia(8) and Seth (4)
+His father [[Phil Crump]] is a native Australian and was riding for the [[Bristol Bulldogs]] speedway team when Jason was born. The Crump family had a home in [[Bristol]] while Phil was racing in the British League. His grandfather [[Neil Street]] is a former [[motorcycle speedway|speedway]] rider and manager of the [[Australia speedway team]].<ref>Oakes, P.(2006). ''Speedway Star Almanac''.  ISBN 0-9552376-1-0</ref>
 == Career summary ==