Billy Lamont

Wilfred Steward Lamont (12 August 1908 – 16 November 1988) was an Australian motorcycle speedway rider considered to be one of the original pioneer riders in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Career Lamont was racing during the first days of speedway during 1924, racing at West Maitland. and became a star of the speedway circuits and gained the nickname Cyclone Billy Lamont. His first league season was with Wimbledon Dons during the 1930 Speedway Southern League season.

Lamont won the first of his two Dirt Track Championnat du Monde titles (an early version of the Speedway World Championship and rival of the Star Riders' Championship) at Stade Buffalo in Paris during 1931.

In 1932, he spent a second season with Wimbledon and recorded his best test match result for the Australia national speedway team. and later doubled up with Plymouth Panthers in the 1936 Provincial Speedway League. He would spend further seasons in Britain riding for Nottingham, Sheffield and Newcastle until the outbreak of World War II.

Players cigarette cards Lamont is listed as number 26 of 50 in the 1930s Player's cigarette card collection.