Steve Bastable
{{Short description|British motorcycle speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| image = Steve Bastable.jpg
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|9|16}}
| birth_place = Birmingham, England
| years1 = 1974–1975, 1988
| career1 = Stoke Potters
| years2 = 1974–1979, 1986
| career2 = Cradley United/Heathens
| years3 = 1979–1980
| career3 = Birmingham Brummies
| years4 = 1981–1982
| career4 = Swindon Robins
| years5 = 1983–1985
| career5 = Coventry Bees
| years6 = 1987
| career6 = Bradford Dukes
| indivyear1 = 1981
| indivhonour1 = British Champion
| teamyear1 = 1986
| teamhonour1 = British League KO Cup winner
| teamyear2 = 1978
| teamhonour2 = British League Pairs Champion
}}
Stephen Henry Bastable (born 16 September 1956, in Birmingham{{cite web |url=http://www.cradleyspeedway.co.uk/riders/sbastable.htm |title=Steve Bastable |website=Cradley Speedway |access-date=17 May 2023}}) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=17 May 2023}}
Family
His father Harry Bastable, was also a speedway rider.
Career
Bastable spent the majority of his career with the Cradley Heathens but in three years with the Coventry Bees he scored almost one thousand points.{{cite web |url=http://www.coventrymotorspeedway.com/halloffame.htm |title=Betting on NASCAR in 2022 |website=www.coventrymotorspeedway.com |access-date=4 August 2007}}
In 1978, he won the British League Pairs Championship with Bruce Penhall, during the 1978 British League season.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1978record.pdf |title=1978 Complete season records |website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=16 May 2023}} Three years later he won the 1981 British Speedway Championship and the same season joined Swindon Robins as the team captain.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004974/19810318/013/0013 |title=Swedish star in Robins super show |website=Western Daily Press |date=18 March 1981 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 September 2024}} He joined Coventry Bees in 1983.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19830216/193/0026 |title=Coventry go for Bastable |website=Daily Mirror |date=16 February 1983 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 August 2024}}
In 1988, he won the National League Pairs, partnering Graham Jones for the Stoke Potters, during the 1988 National League season.{{cite news |title=Stoke speedway pair triumph |work=Staffordshire Sentinel |date=24 August 1988 |access-date=25 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19880824/541/0020 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
At retirement he had earned 18 international caps for the England national speedway team.
World Final Appearances
- 1978 - {{flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve - did not ride