Bart Bast
{{Short description|American speedway rider}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|6|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = California, United States
| career1 = Swindon Robins
| years1 = 1989
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| indivyear1 = 1998
| indivhonour1 = USA Champion
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Barton Peter Bast (born 4 June 1967) is a former speedway rider from the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaybikes.com/rw/ubart_b.htm|title=Bart Bast profile|website=Speedway Bikes|access-date=29 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/235/bart-bast|title=Speedway riders, history and results|website=wwosbackup|access-date=29 July 2021}} He earned 3 caps for the United States national speedway team.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=1 September 2024}}
Speedway career
Bast became the United States champion in 1998 after winning the United States Individual Speedway Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.speedwaybikes.com/history/champion.htm|title=United States and Canada Speedway National Champions|website=Speedway Bikes. com|access-date=29 July 2021}}
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway in 1989, riding for the Swindon Robins.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002487/19890411/471/0037 |title=Sam swore at me - ref |website=Sandwell Evening Mail |date=11 April 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 September 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive|title=History Archive|website=British Speedway|access-date=29 July 2021}} During the same season he had initially been refused a work permit following an attempt by Wolverhampton Wolves to sign him.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002487/19890224/656/0063 |title=Wolves swoop |website=Sandwell Evening Mail |date=24 February 1989 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 September 2024}}
Family
His cousins Mike Bast and Steve Bast were both North American champions.{{cite web|url=http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.aspx?RacerID=125|title=Seven-time U.S. speedway champion|website=Motorcycle Hall of Fame|access-date=29 July 2021}}
References
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Category:American speedway riders
Category:Swindon Robins riders
Category:American expatriate speedway riders in England
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