Greg Hancock

Greg Hancock, whose full name is Gregory Alan Hancock, is an American former professional motorcycle speedway rider, born on 3 June 1970. He won the individual Speedway World Championship four times, and as of 2023 he was one of only six riders to have done so, and he also won the Speedway World Team Cup with the United States team three times and earned 39 caps for it. He came to Britain at the end of the 1988 season with fellow Californian Billy Hamill, rode for Cradley Heath and the Coventry Bees, and rode for the Swedish team Rospiggarna from 1995 to 2009. He took part in every season of the Grand Prix series but one, from its creation in 1995 until 2019, and won the first world title of his career in 1997.