DALLAWAY, Lewis Steven
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 February 1986, Walsall, West Midlands.
BRITISH CAREER: (2004) King’s Lynn II; (2005) Newport II, Weymouth; (2006-09) Buxton.

DAVEY, Mitchell James Ryan
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 March 1990, Ayr, Queensland, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2008-09) Glasgow.
RIDER LINKS: Son of Gary Davey (born: 1965, Queensland, Australia).
ADDITIONAL INFO: Davey's father, Gary, never appeared in the UK, but was a North Queensland solo rider in the 1980s and 1990s. During this time, he skippered the Townsville team in matches against England, USA and Russia. Son Mitchell linked with Glasgow for his initial season of British racing in 2008 and, after some promising performances, was retained by the Tigers in 2009.

DAVIDSSON, Daniel Jan Johan
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 March 1983, Mariestad, Sweden.
BRITISH CAREER: (2003) Poole; (2004) Poole; (2005) Coventry, Peterborough; (2006) Poole; (2008-09) Poole.CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2004 [Poole], 2005 [Coventry], 2008 [Poole]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2004 [Poole].
RIDER LINKS: Son of Jan Davidsson (born: 18 October 1956, Motala, Sweden). Brother of Jonas Davidsson (see separate entry).
ADDITIONAL INFO: In 2005, Davidsson lost his place in the Coventry side in May, when he made way for the return of Billy Janniro. He subsequently turned down approaches from a number of Premier League clubs, before returning to the top-flight with Peterborough in July. The Swede's recall to the Poole side in May 2008 was an instrumental factor in Pirates' eventual Elite League Championship success that year.  Davidsson had first linked with the Dorset side in 2003 and subsequently spent various spells at the club.  Known for his fast-starting ability, the Swede  often proved hard to pass once out front; however, having failed to recapture his form of the previous season, he was released at the start of August 2009, when Poole signed Leon Madsen.

DAVIDSSON, Jan Jonas Daniel
DATE OF BIRTH: 7 August 1984, Motala, Sweden.
BRITISH CAREER: (2003) Reading; (2004) Oxford; (2005) Swindon; (2006) Poole; (2007) Reading; (2008-09) Lakeside.
MAJOR HONOURS: Finnish Under-21 Champion: 2002; Swedish Under-21 Champion: 2005.
CLUB HONOUR: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2009 [Lakeside].
RIDER LINKS: Son of Jan Davidsson (born: 18 October 1956, Motala, Sweden). Brother of Daniel Davidsson (see separate entry).
ADDITIONAL INFO: The younger of the racing brothers has always ridden as Jonas Davidsson. Having impressed in the first part of the 2008 campaign with Lakeside, the talented Swede featured in a mid-term full transfer to the Hammers from Swindon. Although the Swedish international suffered a serious injury whilst appearing in his homeland towards the latter part of the campaign, he determinedly returned to the saddle for the Play-Off final against Poole, which the Hammers ultimately lost on aggregate. Lakeside again made the Play-Offs in 2009 and - although they dipped out at the semi-final stage - they had the consolation of subsequently winning the Knock-Out Cup, beating Coventry in the final.

DAY, Terry
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 February 1985, Poole, Dorset
BRITISH CAREER: (2002) Wimbledon; (2003) Newport II; (2006-07) Weymouth; (2008) Rye House II; (2009) Weymouth.

DICKEN, Lee Charles
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 August 1978, Hull, East Yorkshire.
BRITISH CAREER: (1994) Buxton; (1995) Hull, Stoke, Peterborough; (1996) Hull, Owlerton, Sheffield; (1997-98) Hull; (1999) Hull, Exeter; (2000) Hull; (2001) Hull, Arena-Essex; (2002) Newport, Wolverhampton; (2003) Hull, Newcastle; (2004) Newcastle, Newcastle II, Glasgow; (2005) Hull, Sittingbourne, Newport, Newport II; (2006-08) Glasgow; (2009) Newport II, Glasgow.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Dicken lost his place in Newport's National League line-up towards the end of May 2009, when he was replaced by Ryan Sedgmen. However, Glasgow quickly agreed terms with the Hull-born rider for him to return to Ashfield as a replacement for Lee Smart.

DILGER, Max
DATE OF BIRTH: 14 July 1989, Lahr, Germany.
BRITISH CAREER: (2009) Edinburgh.
MAJOR HONOURS: German Under-21 Champion: 2008.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Dilger rides for AC Landshut in his home country and Kolejarz Opole in Poland. The youngster added a third string to his bow at the tail-end of July 2009, when he also signed for Edinburgh as a replacement for Thomas H. Jonasson. This came after he had attracted considerable attention having defeated Richard Speiser in a title run-off to become the German Under-21 Champion at Herxheim on 31 August 2008. Prior to joining the Monarchs, Dilger's only previous experience of racing in the UK had occurred at Rye House - also in 2008 - when he participated in the semi-final of the World Under-21 Championship on 15 June. The German's stint in the Edinburgh side came to an end in mid-September, when Andrew Tully returned to the line-up from injury.

DINGLE, Josh
DATE OF BIRTH: 4 March 1994, Newquay, Cornwall.
BRITISH CAREER: (2009) Plymouth.
ADDITIONAL INFO: After some impressive performances in the 2009 British Under-15 Championship, Dingle was signed by Plymouth as the club's official No. 8 in June, when Danny Stoneman moved up from the position into the side's declared 1-7. However, prior to the end of the season, he quit the sport in order to concentrate on grass-track racing.

DOOLAN, Kevin
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 November 1980, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (1999-2000) Belle Vue; (2002) Berwick; (2003) Glasgow; (2004) King's Lynn; (2005) King's Lynn, Ipswich; (2006) King's Lynn, Eastbourne; (2007) Belle Vue; (2008) King's Lynn; (2009) Workington, Belle Vue.
CLUB HONOURS: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2005, 2006 [both King's Lynn]; Young Shield winner: 2005 [King's Lynn]; Premier Trophy winner: 2006 [King's Lynn]; League Championship winner: 2006 [King's Lynn]; Four-Team Championship winner: 2009 [Workington].
ADDITIONAL INFO: Doolan - one of the cheeriest guys in speedway - has ridden for a number of clubs, starting in 1999 with Belle Vue (when he had a striking green-coloured bike), then on to Berwick, Glasgow and King's Lynn. The Stars displayed considerable foresight when they signed the then Berwick asset, as most teams would rather not fork out and instead prefer to take riders on loan, but the Norfolk outfit reckoned he would be worth buying outright. They were proved right and a rider who once suffered from unreliable machinery emerged to become one of the most professionally equipped speedsters around. His pits set-up is immaculate, and on-track he doesn't do much wrong either. Doolan moved into the Elite League with Belle Vue in 2007 and did well, then surprisingly returned to Saddlebow Road last year, when the only downside to a terrific campaign was an early-season setback when he sustained a trapped nerve in his back, together with swelling and bruising to his hips when he crashed in heat fifteen of King's Lynn's league match at Sheffield on 17 April. Going into 2009, it was quite surprising when he moved to Workington from the Stars, for whom he had formed a devastating spearhead with Czech ace Tomas Topinka. Also, having originally started his UK career with Belle Vue, Doolan again returned to the Manchester outfit in the No. 8 capacity for a short stint in mid-June 2009, when he replaced compatriot Josh Grajczonek. Upon the conclusion of his permitted period with the Aces, Grajczonek resumed in the role. Regrettably, Doolan's season came to an abrupt halt on 12 September, when he sustained three broken ribs, a shoulder blade injury and a bruised lung. This occurred in an aborted heat fifteen of the Comets' home league match versus Redcar, when the Australian's bike had lifted as he exited the fourth turn, before crashing down heavily and sending the rider tumbling into the safety fence. Unfortunately, for Doolan - who had assumed the role of club skipper with Workington - he was ruled out of action for the remainder of the season in early October, having previously hoped that he might have been able to return before the curtain fell on the campaign.

DOYLE, Jason Kevin
DATE OF BIRTH: 6 October 1985, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
BRITISH CAREER: (2005) Isle of Wight; (2006) Isle of Wight, Poole; (2007) Poole; (2008) Somerset; (2009) No official appearances.
CLUB HONOUR: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2008 [Somerset]
RIDER LINKS: Son of former junior rider Kevin Doyle.
ADDITIONAL INFO: The Aussie was fined £300 and excluded from the rest of the meeting after throwing a punch at Reading's Tom P. Madsen, following a back straight crash during heat six of a Premier Trophy match at Somerset on 11 April 2008. Having agreed to rejoin Poole in 2009, Doyle was injured before turning a wheel for the Pirates, when he aggravated torn tendons at the top of his left arm in a heat fourteen crash in Newport's reopening meeting on 15 March. He subsequently returned to Australia to recuperate and was replaced in the Poole side by Lukasz Jankowski.

DRYML, Ales
DATE OF BIRTH: 19 October 1979, Pardubice, Czech Republic.
BRITISH CAREER: (2000-02) Oxford; (2003) Belle Vue, Poole; (2004-05) Peterborough; (2006) Oxford; (2008) Wolverhampton; (2009) Peterborough, Poole.
NOTE: Dryml also appeared for Oxford in 2007, but this is not credited in his career record because the club closed down prematurely, with all their matches expunged from the records. MAJOR HONOUR: German Under-21 Champion: 1998.
CLUB HONOUR: Knock-Out Cup winner: 2003 [Poole].
RIDER LINKS: Son of Ales Dryml [Senior] (born: 10 June 1953, Kolina, Czech Republic). Brother of Lukas Dryml (see separate entry).
ADDITIONAL INFO: (1) The elder of the Dryml brothers was seriously hurt in a track accident on 12 July 2006, during Oxford's home league encounter versus Wolverhampton and was subsequently placed in an intensive care unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital. Remarkably, and against all the odds, the Czech recovered from his severe head injuries and was able to return to his homeland where he began his recuperation; (2) Bravely, the Czech ace returned to the British racing scene with Wolverhampton in 2008, when he was handed an amended green sheet average in order to assist his passage back into the sport; (3) Dryml was released by Peterborough late in April 2009 to make way for Henning Bager, but was immediately signed by Poole as a replacement for Lukasz Jankowski. However, Dryml's stay with the Pirates didn't last long either and he was released when the club signed Hans Andersen late in May. Remarkably, following Karol Zabik's decision to quit Peterborough for personal reasons, Dryml was recalled by the Panthers for his second spell of the campaign with the club.

DRYML, Lukas
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 April 1981, Pardubice, Czech Republic.
BRITISH CAREER: (2000-02) Oxford; (2003) Poole; (2004) Peterborough; (2005) Oxford, Peterborough; (2007-08) Peterborough; (2009) Eastbourne.
MAJOR HONOURS: European Under-19 Champion: 2000; World Under-21 Champion: 2002; Czech Republic Champion: 2005, 2008, 2009.
CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2001 [Oxford], 2003 [Poole]; Elite Shield winner: 2007 [Peterborough], 2009 [Eastbourne].RIDER LINKS: Son of Ales Dryml [Senior] (born: 10 June 1953, Kolina, Czech Republic). Brother of Ales Dryml (see separate entry).
ADDITIONAL INFO: In 2009, the younger of the Dryml brothers joined Eastbourne as a temporary replacement for Denis Gizatullin, while the Russian thrill-merchant's visa application was ironed out. However, when it became clear that Gizatullin wouldn't be coming after all, the Eagles were happy to cement Dryml's position in the side for the entire season. The vastly experienced Czech international was tipped for World Championship success only a few seasons ago and, whilst he has never achieved the glory some predicted, he remains a hugely talented performer.