Lukáš Dryml

Lukáš Dryml
Born (1981-04-16) 16 April 1981 (age 43)
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
NationalityCzech
Websitewww.teamdryml.co.uk
Career history
Czech Republic
1999-Pardubice
Poland
1999Rybnik
2000Świętochłowice
2002Gorzów
2003Leszno
2006Tarnów
2007Częstochowa
2008Ostrów
2009Rzeszów
2010Lublin
Great Britain
2000–2002, 2005–2006Oxford Cheetahs
2003Poole Pirates
2004–2005, 2007–2008Peterborough Panthers
2009–2013Eastbourne Eagles
Sweden
2002Ornarna
2003–2004Vetlanda
2005Vargarna
2006–2008Dackarna
Individual honours
2002World Under-21 Champion
2000European Under-19 Champion
2005Czech Republic Champion
Team honours
2004, 2007European Pairs Champion
2001, 2003Elite League Champion
2004Swedish Elitserien Champion
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2013Czech Div One Champion

Lukáš Dryml (born 16 April 1981 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia)[1] is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic.[2][3] He earned 20 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team and represented his nation in the Speedway World Cup.[4]

Career

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Dryml and his older brother Aleš Dryml Jr. were introduced to speedway by their father Aleš Dryml Sr., who was a former international speedway rider.[5][6]

Dryml came to the British speedway leagues in 2000 when he and his brother Ales joined the Oxford Cheetahs for the 2002 Elite League speedway season. The pair came into the Oxford side relatively unknown because they had only ridden in the Czech Republic and Poland at the time. Lukas had won the European U-19 Championship.[7] However, the British Authorities gave them inflated averages of 7.50 and 5.00, which would not help Oxford's 2000 league challenge as they finished second from last.[8]

The following season in 2001, Oxford brought in Leigh Adams as heat leader and retained the Dryml brothers on reduced averages, this combination was a winning one, as the three riders were instrumental in helping Oxford win the 2001 Elite League.[8] Dryml finished runner-up to Dawid Kujawa in the 2001 World Under-21 Championship.[9][10] Dryml went on to win to become the World Under-21 Champion in 2002.

He has twice won the European Pairs Championship (2004 and 2007) with brother Aleš Jr. He will return to the Speedway Grand Prix series in 2008 after finishing second in the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification tournament.

Dryml signed a temporary contract to ride for the Eastbourne Eagles in 2009 after the Eagles encountered difficulties obtaining a British work permit for Russian rider Denis Gizatullin.[11]

Speedway Grand Prix results

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2002 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 14)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
2003 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 10)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
2004 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 13)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
2005 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 18)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
6 /9 Czech Republic Czech Rep. SGP 18 - - 18
2008 Speedway Grand Prix Final Championship standings
(Riding No 13)
Race no. Grand Prix Pos. Pts. Heats Draw No
1 /11 Slovenia Slovenian SGP
2 /11 Europe European SGP
3 /11 Sweden Swedish SGP
4 /11 Denmark Danish SGP
5 /11 United Kingdom British SGP
6 /11 Czech Republic Czech Rep. SGP
7 /11 Sweden Scandinavian SGP
8 /11 Latvia Latvian SGP
9 /11 Poland Polish SGP
10 /11 Italy Italian SGP
11 /11 Germany German SGP
  permanent speedway rider
  wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
  rider not classified (track reserve who did not start)

Career summary

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World Under-21 Championship

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  • 2001 - Silver medal (11 points)
  • 2002 - World Champion (14+3 points)

Speedway World Cup

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  • 2002 - 5 place (14 points)
  • 2003 - 6 place (10 points in Race-Off)
  • 2004 - 6 place (5 points in Race-Off)
  • 2005 - 6 place (7 points in Race-Off)
  • 2007 - 9 place (13 points in Qualifying Round 2)

European Under-19 Championship

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  • 1999 - 6 place (11 points)
  • 2000 - European Champion (13 points)

European Pairs Championship

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  • 2004 - European Champion (track reserve in Final)
  • 2005 - Silver medal (track reserve in Final)
  • 2006 - 4 place (12 points in Semi-Final A)
  • 2007 - European Champion ( points)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-0-7524-4250-1
  2. ^ "2008 Rider index" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Drmyl, Lukas". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  4. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Ales Dryml Senior". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 517. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  7. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
  8. ^ a b Bamford/Shailes, Robert/Glynn (2007). The Story of Oxford Speedway. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 167–187. ISBN 978-0-7524-4161-0.
  9. ^ "Lukas second in under 21 world final". Bicester Review. 31 August 2001. Retrieved 13 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Speedway: Silver lining for Dryml". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Eagles swoop for Dryml". Sky Sports. 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.


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