Plymouth Gladiators Speedway have announced that the vastly experienced Danny King will spearhead the 2026 Gladiators Team in the 2026 British Speedway Championship League, alongside the recently announced multi times British Champion Scott Nicholls.
Danny, himself a former British Champion (2016) and multi times GB international Team rider, has just completed a highly successful season winning Premier League Championship Honours with his long time Premiership Club the Ipswich Witches, and winning the BSN Team Trophy with his previous Championship Club, the Redcar Bears. Danny has previously been a League Championship winning Team Member with Poole Pirates in 2021 and 2022 and a multi times Knock Out Cup winner with Poole and Ipswich.
Club Owner and Director could not hide his excitement with the potential of his new signing.
“Danny is a consummate professional with an outstanding record over many seasons. His performances in 2025 in winning silverware in the Premier League with Ipswich and the Championship with Redcar showed that he retains all of his ability, hunger and desire to win. His presence, together with Scott (Nicholls) will ensure an outstanding degree of experience and mentorship for our younger riders , together with an inbred winning mentality that is frankly priceless.
“Whilst we have had some excellent No 1 riders in the recent past it is also vitally important to stress that in Scott and Danny we have two committed riders who have no commitments to
“Teams outside of the UK, specifically in Poland, and we are very keen to track (injuries permitting of course) the same consistent 1-7 team in every fixture in 2026, home and away. Due to circumstances outside of our control, this has not always been the case in the recent past.
“I do have to reflect on the fact that the incredible upsurge in support and enthusiasm in and around the Club in the past 6 months has been a massively significant factor in us being able to recruit both Danny and Scott and the buzz and excitement that you, our fan base, new and old, has created is something that we can all be very proud of.
It is something we wish to carry forward and energise to even greater heights in 2026, off the Track, and with the Team we are building on the Track too.
“This is a clear demonstration that our Fuel the Future mission is more than a statement, it’s a direction of travel and we hope you can continue to support us and believe in what we are doing.
Words and Image by Plymouth Speedway
