DATE OF BIRTH: 15 June 1970, Mildura, Victoria, Australia.

BRITISH CAREER: (1990-91) Glasgow; (1992-2003) Belle Vue; (2004) Poole, Newcastle; (2005) Belle Vue; (2006) Mildenhall; (2007-10) Birmingham.

MAJOR HONOURS: Victoria State Champion: 1997, 1998, 1999; Overseas Champion: 1998, 2001; South Australia State Champion: 1999; World Team Cup Champion: 1999; World Cup Champion: 2002.

CLUB HONOURS: National Series winner: 1990 [Glasgow]; Four-Team Championship winner: 1992 [Belle Vue]; League Championship winner: 1993 [Belle Vue]; 2004 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2005 [Belle Vue]; Pairs Championship winner: 2009 [Birmingham].

RIDER LINKS: Son of Rod Lyons (born: 25 April 1946, Mildura, Victoria, Australia).

2010 STARTING AVERAGE: 8.02 (PL).

ADDITIONAL INFO: Lyons became a club legend in his initial season of activity with Birmingham in 2007, stringing together tall scores from the start of the campaign right the way through to its conclusion. He has remained with the club since and his wholehearted efforts culminated in silverware for the Brummies on 26 June 2009, when he joined forces with Tomasz Piszcz to scoop the Premier League Pairs Championship at Somerset's Oak Tree Arena.

It all began for the Aussie on these shores way back in 1990, when he joined Glasgow and the man he had to thank for this was former speedster Sean Courtney. This came about because the Scottish club had signed Courtney from Berwick shortly after the conclusion of the 1989 season and the incoming rider subsequently travelled to Australia armed with a contract and a brief to tempt an upcoming prospect to sign for the Tigers. Courtney came up trumps with Lyons and the Mildura-born racer has remarkably been part of the British racing scene for twenty seasons now!

Prior to that, he had originally started riding in junior speedway at the age of nine in his hometown, Mildura. And, giving a fine example of his early promise, he won the Australian Under-16 Pairs Championship in 1986, when accompanied by Leigh Adams. After two terms with Glasgow, a dream move into the top-flight saw Lyons link with Belle Vue in 1992 and he was to enjoy a long and fruitful association with the Manchester side. Indeed, he would go on and become known as Mr. Belle Vue Speedway and, during his time with the world famous club, he celebrated a much-deserved benefit season in 2001, with his testimonial meeting going ahead on 12 August, when Jason Crump emerged victorious from an individual contest.

However, after completing twelve seasons with the Aces, a surprise switch saw Lyons join Poole on loan in 2004. He had long since been regarded as a track expert at the Wimborne Road raceway - emphasized by a brace of brilliant victories in the Overseas Final at the venue on 14 June 1998 and 17 June 2001, respectively - but the move didn't work out as expected and he was replaced by Matej Ferjan in June.

The Aussie was quickly snapped up by Premier League Newcastle to take the place of Kristian Lund and the change of scenery worked a treat with the Diamonds. A return to the Elite League and Belle Vue followed in 2005 and, in a great year, the Aces topped the regular league table and went on to reach the Play-Off Grand Final. Although they were to lose out to Coventry over the two legs, the Manchester club did have the consolation of subsequently defeating Eastbourne to lift the Knock-Out Cup in October. Lyons took another look at the Premier League in 2006, when he was identified with Mildenhall and, of course, his move to Birmingham came a year later.

It was announced in mid-November 2009 that the Australian had agreed to remain on board with the Brummies for a fourth straight season in 2010