Andrew Appleton

Andrew Appleton (born 18 June 1982) is a motorcycle racer from England.

Career
Appleton competes in grasstrack, longtrack and speedway.

Speedway
Appleton's first full season in the British leagues was when he rode for Newport Wasps during the 1999 Premier League speedway season. The Welsh team enjoyed a good season finishing runner-up to Sheffield Tigers.

He was part of the Oxford Cheetahs title winning team during the 2001 Elite League speedway season.

Longtrack
In 2015, Appleton was part of the British team with Richard Hall, Glen Phillips and James Shanes that won the world championship gold medal at the 2015 Team Long Track World Championship. It was the first time that Britain had won the event.

In 2023, he was part of the British longtrack team, along with Chris Harris and Zach Wajtknecht, that won the bronze medal at the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship.

Grasstrack
His biggest solo honour to date was his Gold medal success in the European Grasstrack Championship in 2010 and the winning Grand Prix in Eenrum the same year, along with 4 time British Master championships titles (2007, 2010,1011,2014)

Longtrack
World Individual Championship
 * 2003 4 app (18th) 18pts
 * 2004 5 app (6th) 59pts
 * 2005 4 app (10th) 34pts
 * 2006 2 app (16th) 12pts
 * 2007 3 app (5th) 41pts
 * 2008 4 app (4th) 62pts
 * 2009 4 app (14th) 37pts
 * 2010 4 app (6th) 102pts
 * 2011 6 app (15th) 48pts
 * 2012 4 app (12th) 53pts
 * 2014 4 app (13th) 28pts
 * 2015 4 app (15th) 21pts
 * 2016 4 app (13th) 28pts

Best Grand-Prix results


 * Eenrum First 2010
 * 🇫🇮 Forssa Second 2011
 * 🇨🇿 Marianske Lazne Second 2010
 * 🇫🇷 Morizes Third 2008
 * 🇩🇪 Vechta Second 2008

World Team Championship


 * 2007 - 🇫🇷 Morizes (with Paul Hurry, Glen Phillips & Mitch Godden) Second
 * 2009 -  Eenrum (with Paul Hurry, Glen Phillips & Richard Hall) Fourth
 * 2010 - 🇫🇷 Morizes (with Glen Phillips, Richard Hall & Chris Mills) Fourth
 * 2011 - 🇩🇪 Scheeßel (with Paul Cooper, Glen Phillips & Mitch Godden) Third
 * 2013 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Folkestone (with Richard Hall, Glen Phillips & Paul Cooper) Third
 * 2014 - 🇫🇮 Forssa (with Glen Phillips, Richard Hall & David Howe) Fifth
 * 2015 - 🇩🇪 Muhldorf (with Glen Phillips, Richard Hall & James Shanes) First
 * 2016 - 🇨🇿 Mariánské Lázně (with Glen Phillips, Richard Hall & James Shanes) 4th
 * 2017 -  Roden (with Edward Kennett, Richard Hall & James Shanes) 6th

Grasstrack
European Championship


 * 2003 🇫🇷 La Reole (13th) 7pts
 * 2004 Eenrum (6th) 12pts
 * 2005 🇩🇪 Schwarme (Third) 12pts
 * 2006 🇫🇷 La Reole (6th) 18pts
 * 2007 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Folkestone (Third) 20pts
 * 2008 Semi-final
 * 2009 🇩🇪 Berghaupten (16th) 6pts
 * 2010 🇫🇷 La Reole (Champion) 18pts
 * 2011 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Skegness (Third) 15pts
 * 2012 Semi-final
 * 2013 Semi-final
 * 2014 🇫🇷 St. Macaire (8th) 12pts
 * 2015 Staphorst (6th) 12pts
 * 2016 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Folkestone (Third) 15pts
 * 2017 🇩🇪 Hertingen (Second) 16pts
 * 2023 🇩🇪 Wertle (third) 15pts

British Masters

Podium Finishes


 * 2002 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Skegness Third
 * 2004 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Skegness Second
 * 2006 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wadebridge Champion
 * 2009 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Blackwater Third
 * 2010 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Folkestone Champion
 * 2011 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Folkestone Champion
 * 2013 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wimborne Second
 * 2014 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Folkestone Champion
 * 2015 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wimborne Second
 * 2018 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cheshire Third