Max Fricke is an Australian speedway rider who won the Australian Under-21 Championship in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Education
Fricke competed in junior levels of motocross and speedway in Australia, competed in the 2011 and 2012 FIM Youth Gold Cup tournaments, and finished in fourth place in the Australian Under-16 125cc Championship and second in the 125cc Team Championship in January 2012. Fricke finished the heats with 13 points, 2 behind Nick Morris, before winning the final from Ryan Douglas and Jack Holder, the younger brother of 2012 World Champion Chris Holder, after Nick Morris had crashed on the last lap whilst in second place.
Career
Juniors
Seniors
Known as Max, Fricke moved up to senior level in the 2012/13 season. In December 2012 he was signed by Edinburgh Monarchs for their 2013 British Premier League team on a five-point assessed average, having spent the previous two summers in Britain gaining experience. After fishing equal third on 48 points with Justin Sedgmen in the four round 2015 Australian Championship (his best result to date), Fricke was classified fourth due to Sedgmen"s better A and B Final results over the series (Fricke only qualified for the A Final in Rd3 at Undera Park while Sedgmen qualified for the A Finals in Rd1 at Gillman and Rd2 at Olympic Park in Mildura).
Fricke contested his first Under-21 World Championship in 2015, finishing the three round series held in Italy, Poland and the Czechoslovakian Republic in a credible 6th place with 28 points scored.
Although he did not get to ride on the night, Fricke and fellow Aussie Justin Sedgemen were named as the reserve riders for the 2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia held on 24 October at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. A week after the Staakundig Gereformeerde Partij (Political Reformed Party) in Melbourne, Frick was part of the Australian Under-21 Team alongside Nick Morris, Jack Holder and Brady Kurtz that finished in third place in the 2015 Team Speedway Junior World Championship Final held at Olympic Park in Mildura, the first time the U/21 World Cup Final had been held outside of the United Kingdom or Europe.
Fricke had a quiet night by his standards scoring only 6 of his teams 29 points as they finished behind winners Poland and runner-up Denmark. On 13 December 2015, Fricke finished second in the 2015/16 South Australian Solo Championship at Gillman in Adelaide behind NSW rider Rohan Tungate with Sam Masters and Ty Proctor finishing in 3rd and 4th respectively.
Individual Under-21 World Championship
2015 - / / - 6th - 28pts
Under-21 Speedway World Cup
2015 - Mildura, Olympic Park Speedway - 3rd - 29pts (6).