Brent Werner

Brent Werner

Born	(1974-04-15) April 15, 1974 (age 50) Los Angeles, United States
Career history
Great Britain
1995–1997	Long Eaton Invaders
1998	Newcastle Diamonds
1999–2000	Workington Comets
2001	Eastbourne Eagles
2002–2005	Rye House Rockets
2006	Arena Essex Hammers
2006	Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2007	Birmingham Brummies
2008	Somerset Rebels
2009	Newport Wasps
Team honours
1988, 1989	U.S. Junior Champion
1999	Pairs champion
1997	Premier League Four-Team Championship

Jeffrey Brent Werner (born April 15, 1974)[1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the United States. He earned 15 caps for the United States national speedway team.[2]

Career

Werner was a member of United States team at Speedway World Cups.[3]

He spent much of his career riding in the United Kingdom. His first season was in 1995 for the Long Eaton Invaders.[4][5] In 1997, he was part of the Long Eaton four that won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 3 August 1997, at the East of England Arena.[6]

In 1999, he won the Premier League Pairs Championship partnering Carl Stonehewer for Workington Comets, during the 1999 Premier League speedway season.[7]

Results

• Individual World Championship
  • 1994 – 12th place in American Final
• Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup)
  • 2000 - Coventry – 3rd place (0 pts)
  • 2001 - Wrocław – 5th place (2 pts)
  • 2002 – 6th place
  • 2006 – 6th place
• U.S. Junior National Championship
  • 1988 – US Champion
  • 1989 – US Champion

See also

• United States national speedway team
• Speedway World Cup

References

1. "Brent Werner". Speedway Bikes. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
2. "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
3. Devils retain number one rider Barker in a real coup^[permanent dead link‍]", Plymouth Herald, November 26, 2011, retrieved 2011-11-26
4. "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
5. "American signs". Nottingham Evening Post. January 30, 1996. Retrieved September 1, 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "1997 Long Eaton results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
7. "Speedway". Reading Evening Post. July 26, 1999. Retrieved May 27, 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.