14 Facts About Dennis Sigalos

Arthur Dennis Sigalos was born on August 16,1959 and is an American former professional motorcycle speedway rider.

Dennis Sigalos earned 52 caps for the United States national speedway team.

Dennis Sigalos served notice that he was a coming rider when he finished third in the 1980 American Final held on a makeshift track at the Anaheim Stadium in Los Angeles, only missing a place in the Intercontinental Final when beaten in a runoff.

Dennis Sigalos stayed in Hull for two years before joining the Ipswich Witches from 1981 to 1983.

Dennis Sigalos then signed with the Wolverhampton Wolves for 1984.

In 1980, Dennis Sigalos rode in the European Under-21 Championship Final at the Rottalstadion in Pocking, West Germany.

Dennis Sigalos won the Peter Craven Memorial Trophy at the Hyde Road Speedway in Manchester in 1980.

Dennis Sigalos made his second and last World Final in 1983 in West Germany, but struggled on the day and finished in 8th place having scored 8 points.

Dennis Sigalos became World Pairs Champion with Bobby Schwartz in November 1982 at the Liverpool City Raceway in Sydney, Australia.

The 1982 World Pairs Championship Final in Sydney was Dennis Sigalos' crowning achievement in speedway.

Dennis Sigalos was runner up in the AMA National Speedway Championship in 1981 and 1982 and finished second and third for the United States in the 1980 and 1983 World Team Cups.

In 1983, Dennis Sigalos became the first American to win the prestigious Golden Helmet of Pardubice in Czechoslovakia.

Dennis Sigalos had won the 1983 American Final at the same venue with a 15-point maximum.

Dennis Sigalos did make a short lived comeback with his former team Ipswich in 1985, but he retired for good shortly after.