He finished third in 1995 at the Ratinan stadion in Tampere, Finland, and in his final shot at winning the title before turning 22, he improved to second in 1996 at the Speedwaybahn in Olching, Germany.
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His parents bought him a junior speedway bike and he had his first ride at the Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura in 1985, although his home track was the Sidewinders Speedway in the Adelaide suburb of Wingfield, a 112m long track run by the Sidewinders Junior Speedway Club solely aimed at junior Motorcycle speedway development.
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Australia, with Leigh Adams, Jason Crump, Jason Lyons, and Peterborough Panthers rider Ryan Sullivan, won their second consecutive Speedway World Cup defeating Denmark, Sweden, Poland and the Czech Republic.