16 Facts About Todd Wiltshire

Todd Wiltshire is a two time Australian Champion, winning in 1999 and 2001.

Todd Wiltshire started racing in 1979 at the Lake Macquarie Mini-Cycle Club, giving his older sister Fiona the credit for getting him started in racing saying she was his inspiration through her own involvement in dirt track racing.

Todd Wiltshire won his first major senior title in 1990 taking out the New South Wales Championship at his home track, the Newcastle Motordrome, which had become the centre of Solo racing in NSW following the closure of the Liverpool City Raceway in 1989 and with the Sydney Showground Speedway only holding one or two meetings per year.

Todd Wiltshire finished 11th in Vojens in Denmark to be the only Australian and final qualifier for the World Final in Bradford.

Thankfully his Spinal Cord was not damaged in the crash, however the injuries were bad enough that the 23-year-old Todd Wiltshire decided to retire from racing.

Todd Wiltshire then went on to win the NSW Championship in 2000 and 2001 before winning his second Australian title at the Riverview Speedway in Murray Bridge in 2001.

Todd Wiltshire moved up to the first division in 1990 with Reading Racers where he was voted British speedway rider of the year after finishing third in the World Final at Bradford.

Todd Wiltshire had three spells with the Oxford Cheetahs from 1998 to 2001 where he was part of the Elite League title winning team in 2001.

Todd Wiltshire first made his mark on the international scene when he was a surprise qualifier for the 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship to be held at the Odsal Stadium.

Todd Wiltshire had qualified for the final after finishing 6th in the Commonwealth Final, 2nd in the Overseas Final, and was the lucky last qualifier from the Intercontinental Final.

Todd Wiltshire followed up his 3rd placing in the Individual Final with 2nd in the 1990 Speedway World Pairs Championship at the Ellermuhle Stadium in Landshut, Germany, paired with fellow Aussie Leigh Adams.

Todd Wiltshire finished 4th to easily qualify for the Intercontinental Final.

Todd Wiltshire won the 1999 IC Final which gave him an automatic berth in the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix.

Todd Wiltshire would ride in the SGP from 2000 until 2003 though he never managed to achieve higher than second place in a Grand Prix event.

Todd Wiltshire was part of the Australian team which won the 1999 Speedway World Team Cup, the first time since 1976 that Australia had won the title, as well as representing Australia in numerous test matches around the world.

Todd Wiltshire repeated the success in both 2001 and 2002.