Samuel Peter Masters was born on 23 May 1991 and is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who won the Premier League Riders' Championship in 2011.
18 Facts About Sam Masters
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Sam Masters began racing at the age of six, initially in dirt-track races, but at the age of eleven followed his uncle and cousins into speedway.
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Sam Masters represented Australia in the FIM Youth Gold Cup in 2006 and 2007.
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Sam Masters signed a contract with Polish team Gorzow, but did not ride competitively for them.
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In September 2011, Sam Masters won the Premier League Riders Championship at Sheffield's Owlerton Stadium.
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Sam Masters finished the season as Somerset's number one, but missed the end of the season after being banned for 28 days by the Speedway Control Bureau due to comments made on Facebook about a referee.
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Sam Masters was a member of the Australian Under-21 team that finished second in the 2012 Under-21 World Cup Final in Gniezno, Poland.
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Sam Masters was later signed for the 2013 Premier League season by Edinburgh Monarchs, but failed to get a work permit to ride in the UK.
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Sam Masters then went on to finish second behind a runaway Jason Doyle in the four round 2015 Australian Championship, winning the Rd.
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Sam Masters got his first start in the Speedway Grand Prix World Championship series in 2015 when he was given the Wildcard spot for the 12th and final round of the season to be held at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne.
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Sam Masters was involved in a heated clash with triple World Champion Nicki Pedersen at the end of Heat 8.
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Sam Masters was part of the Edinburgh team that won the League titla again in 2014 and the Premier League Four-Team Championship final, which was held on 1 October 2015, at the Media Prime Arena.
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On 14 January 2017, Sam Masters won his first Australian Championship when he took out the 4-round series.
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Sam Masters scored 58 points over the 4 rounds, including winning Round 2 at Olympic Park in Mildura, to defeat Justin Sedgmen and Davey Watt.
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Sam Masters was crowned the champion at his home track, the Loxford Park Speedway in Kurri Kurri located south of Newcastle.
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Sam Masters joined Oxford Cheetahs in the SGB Championship 2023.
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Sam Masters re-signed for Oxford for 2024 and moved from Wolves to Leicester in the Premiership.
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Sam Masters was made captain for Oxford Cheetahs in the absence of Scott Nicholls for the start of the 2025 season.