Steve Schofield

Steven Schofield (born 27 February 1958) is a British former motorcycle speedway rider. He competed in speedway, longtrack and grasstrack Racing. He earned 12 international caps for the England national speedway team.

Career Longtrack and grasstrack Schofield reached eight World Longtrack world championship finals and won the silver medal in 1997 and the bronze medal in 1998. He also reached seven European Grasstrack Champion finals and was the British Masters 500cc grasstrack champion in 1988, following seven consecutive 350cc titles from 1980 to 1986. He enjoyed two more seasons of consistent riding at Weymouth recording an average of 8.97 in 1983.

Schofield spent two seasons at Wolverhampton Wolves from 1984 to 1985 before joining Poole Wildcats in 1986. In his first season at Poole he finished runner-up in the National League Riders' Championship and averaged 10.36. He topped the Poole averages for the next two years in 1987 and 1988.

For the 1989 National League season, SchofieldÀ joined Hackney Kestrels and topped the league averages for the London club. The following season, the success continued as he topped the league averages for a second consecutive season and won the National League Pairs, partnering Andy Galvin for Hackney, during the 1990 National League season. In 1990, he won the Southern Riders' Championship.

After two very successful seasons with Hackney, Schofield re-joined the Poole Pirates, where he would spend seven more seasons. With Poole, he won the 1994 league title and fours championship. His final season was the 1998 Elite League speedway season, with Oxford Cheetahs.

Major results World Longtrack Championship 1987 Semi-final 1988 Scheeßel (14th) 6pts 1989 Mariánské Lázně (12th) 12pts 1990 Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz (13th) 9pts 1991 Mariánské Lázně (13th) 5pts 1992 Pfarrkirchen (15th) 2pts 1993 Mühldorf (5th) 14pts 1994 Semi-final 1995 Scheeßel (19th) 1pt 1996 Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz (8th) 8pts 1997 5 app (Second) 85pts 1998 5 app (Third) 85pts 1999 5 app (Fourth) 76pts

Best Grand-Prix Results Abingdon-on-Thames - third 1998 Cloppenburg - first 1997 Jübek - third 1999 Mariánské Lázně - first 1997 Marmande - second 1998, third 1999 Mühldorf - third 1998 & 1999

European Grasstrack Championship 1981 Semi-final 1982 Damme (5th) 15pts 1985 La Réole (7th) 11pts 1986 Eenrum (second) 21pts 1994 Cloppenburg (third) 19pts 1995 Joure (8th) 11pts 1996 Saint-Colomb-de-Lauzun (second) 21pts

British Grasstrack Championship 500cc Finals 1982 second 1983 third 1988 first 1992 second 1994 second 1996 second