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Jason Lyons
Born	15 June 1970 (age 51); Mildura, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Career history
Great Britain
1990-1991	Glasgow Tigers
1992-2003, 2005	Belle Vue Aces
2002	Peterborough Panthers
2004	Poole Pirates
2004	Newcastle Diamonds
2006	Mildenhall Fen Tigers
2007-2010	Birmingham Brummies
2011-	Redcar Bears
Poland
1996	Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski
1999-2000	Unia Leszno
2001	Polonia Bydgoszcz
2002	Włókniarz Częstochowa
2003	Polonia Piła
Sweden
1998-2000	Örnarna
2001-2005	Vargarna
Individual honours
1993	Jack Young Memorial Cup winner
1996	Peter Craven Memorial winner
1997, 1998, 1999	Victorian State Champion
1998, 2001	Overseas Champion
1999	South Australian Champion
Team honours
1999	World Team Cup winner
2002	World Cup winner
1992	Australian Pairs Champion
1986	Australian Under-16 Pairs Champion
1993	British League
2004	Elite League Champion
2005	Elite League KO Cup winner

Jason Rodney Lyons (born 15 June 1970 in Mildura, Victoria) is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. Jason is the son of former rider Rod Lyons. The younger Lyons was the winner of the Australian Pairs Championship in 1992 as well as Victorian State Champion in 1997, 1998 and 1999 and he won the South Australian Championship in 1999.

Jason Lyons has finished runner up five times in the Australian Championship, his best finish in his national championship. He also finished third in the 1991 Australian Under-21 Championship. In his junior speedway career, Lyons finished second behind good friend and fellow Mildura native Leigh Adams in the 1986 Australian Under-16 Championship. Coincidentally, his first three senior Australian Championship second places were also to Adams.

Career history

Lyons started his UK career with the Glasgow Tigers in the National League alongside fellow Aussie Shane Bowes from Adelaide. He joined the Belle Vue Aces in 1992 where he stayed for twelve consecutive seasons and where he gained the nickname 'Mr. Belle Vue'. Lyons was a member of the Australian team that won the World Team Cup in 1999 and the team that won the World Cup in 2002. The 2002 Final was run on the East of England Showground, the home track of his then Premier League club the Peterborough Panthers.

In his only appearance in the World Under-21 Championship final in 1991 at the Brandon stadium in Coventry, England, Lyons finished a fine third behind Danes Brian Andersen (winner) and Morten Andersen (second).

In 1993, Lyons won the Jack Young Memorial Cup at the North Arm Speedway in Adelaide, South Australia. In 1996 he won the Peter Craven Memorial at Belle Vue in Manchester. Both trophies are held in honour of former Speedway World Champions, with Lyons being the first Australian to win both Memorials.

In 2003 Lyons qualified for his only full season in the Speedway Grand Prix series, although he had ridden twice previously, finishing fourth in the Grand Prix of Great Britain in 2000.

In 2007 he signed for the newly reformed Birmingham Brummies as captain and stayed with the Brummies until the end of 2010. Jason signed for the Redcar Bears alongside 1992 World Champion Gary Havelock.

World Final Appearances

World Pairs Championship

1993 - Vojens, Speedway Center (with Leigh Adams / Craig Boyce) - 6th - 13pts (5)

World Team Cup

1999 - Pardubice, Svítkova Stadion (with Jason Crump / Leigh Adams / Ryan Sullivan / Todd Wiltshire) - Winner - 40pts (10)

World Cup

2002 - Peterborough, East of England Showground (with Todd Wiltshire / Leigh Adams / Jason Crump / Ryan Sullivan) - Winner - 64pts (3)
2003 - Vojens, Speedway Center (with Jason Crump / Todd Wiltshire / Ryan Sullivan / Leigh Adams) - 2nd - 57pts (0)

Individual Under-21 World Championship

1991 - Coventry, Brandon Stadium - 3rd - 11pts

Speedway Grand Prix results

Year	Position	Points	Best Finish
2000	22nd	16	4th
2002	32nd	3	19th
2003	20th	29	9th