Phil Vance
{{short description|British former motorcycle speedway rider (born 1962)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name = Phil Vance
| image =
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| nationality = British
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|11|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales
| death_date =
| death_place =
| years1 = 1979
| career1 = Boston Barracudas
| years2 = 1980
| career2 = Leicester Lions
| years3 = 1980
| career3 = Scunthorpe Stags
| years4 = 1980
| career4 = Exeter Falcons
| years5 = 1981
| career5 = Rye House Rockets
}}
Philip Howard Vance (born 23 November 1962) is a British former motorcycle speedway rider.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=5 September 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003223/19810723/355/0036 |title=Will Carl win trophy for Tigers? |website=Newmarket Journal |date=23 July 1981 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2024}}
Career
Born in Cardiff, Vance was signed by King's Lynn Stars in 1979,{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003432/19790306/618/0034 |title=Aussie rider says no to Stars |website=Lynn Advertiser |date=6 March 1979 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2024}} riding in their successful Anglia Junior League team but never for their senior team, although he made a few appearances in the National League for Boston Barracudas and Scunthorpe Stags.Oakes, Peter (1981) 1981 Speedway Yearbook, Studio Publications, {{ISBN|0-86215-017-5}}, p. 234 In 1980 he transferred to Leicester Lions, riding in the junior team and made one appearance for the club in the British League, failing to score.Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 180 He spent most of the season on loan to Exeter Falcons in the National League.
In 1981 he rode in five matches for Rye House Rockets but only score eleven points in total in what proved to be his final season apart from two guest appearances for Wimbledon Dons in 1984 and 1987.
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Category:British speedway riders
Category:Welsh speedway riders
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Category:Sportspeople from Cardiff
Category:Leicester Lions riders
Category:Exeter Falcons riders
Category:Rye House Rockets riders
Category:Boston Barracudas riders
Category:Scunthorpe Scorpions riders
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