Ronnie Correy

{{Infobox Speedway rider

| name = Ronnie Correy

| image =

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| nationality = American

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|11|8|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Bellflower, California, USA

| career1 = Great Britain

| years2 = 1987–1993, 1996–1997, 2000, 2005–2006

| career2 = Wolverhampton Wolves

| years3 = 1995

| career3 = Long Eaton Invaders

| years4 = 1998–1999, 2004

| career4 = Belle Vue Aces

| years5 = 2007

| career5 = Edinburgh Monarchs

| career6 = Sweden

| years7 = 1990–1993, 1999–2000

| career7 = Bysarna

| years8 = 2000

| career8 = Indianerna

| career9 = Poland

| years10 = 1992, 1997–1998

| career10 = Leszno

| years11 = 1993

| career11 = Rzeszów

| years12 = 1996

| career12 = Tarnów

| years13 = 1999–2000

| career13 = Łódź

| teamyear1 = 1992

| teamhonour1 = World Team Cup Winner

| teamyear2 = 1992

| teamhonour2 = World Pairs Champion

| teamyear3 = 1991

| teamhonour3 = British League Champion

| teamyear4 = 1996

| teamhonour4 = Premier League Champion

| teamyear5 = 1996

| teamhonour5 = Premier League KO Cup winner

}}

Ronnie Dean Correy (born November 8, 1966, in Bellflower, California)

{{cite book | last = Oakes | first = P | title = Speedway Star Almanac | publisher = Pinegen Ltd | year = 2006 | isbn = 0-9552376-1-0}} is an American former international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a World Pairs Champion, winning the title in 1992,{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Rider_Index_2008.pdf |title=2008 Rider index |website=British Speedway |access-date=19 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://speedway.com.pl/riders/ronnie-correy/ |title=Correy, Ronnie |website=Polish Speedway Database |access-date=19 February 2023}} a world cup winner and earned 23 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}}

Career summary

Correy first rode in the United Kingdom for the Wolverhampton Wolves in 1987.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002487/19870305/726/0061 |title=Ronnie the man for Wolves |website=Sandwell Evening Mail |date=5 March 1987 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 September 2024}} He remained at Wolves for sevens seasons before joining Long Eaton for one season in 1995.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19950228/046/0046 |title=Perrin fury over Correy |website=Manchester Evening News |date=28 February 1995 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 September 2024}}

He won the British League championship title in 1991 and one year later he won the World Pairs Championship with Greg Hancock.

He represented the USA in the final of the 1989 Speedway World Team Cup at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England and the 1991 Speedway World Team Cup final in Vojens, Denmark before winning the 1992 Speedway World Team Cup.{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|page=516|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}

He scored 4,127 points for Wolverhampton, recording 19 full maxima and 9 paid maxima and scored 366 bonus points with Wolves. He was the captain of the club before his release in 1998.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19980105/023/0023 |title=Loram joins Wolves |website=Birmingham Daily Post |date=5 January 1998 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 September 2024}}

In 1998 he joined Belle Vue Aces and became the club captain for the 1999 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004985/19990206/078/0078 |title=Ambitious King's Lynn |website=Manchester Evening News |date=6 February 1999 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2024}}