Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Mildenhall Fen Tigers rider out to put his injury woes behind him
Bebee has had his far share of knockbacks in his fledgling career
Sam Bebee
Injuries are part and parcel of being a speedway rider, but at the tender of age of 18, Sam Bebee has suffered enough knocks to last him a lifetime.
The bubbly teenager returns to Mildenhall for a third season after making good progress last year with the Fen Tigers.
Despite breaking his humerus, thumb and scaphoid in two separate crashes, Bebee managed to up his average from 3.00 to 4.53.
"I'm really happy to be back and I can't wait to get going," he said. "It was a good year, I really enjoyed it.
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"I'll be pushing on to do it again and bring some trophies back. I'm looking to be a heat leader by the end of the season, and all the injuries are sorted now."
Although Bebee has made a successful recovery, he still carries the scars from a life-threatening horror smash at Coventry in his debut campaign in 2016, which forced him out of the following year.
He broke eight bones and has a metal rod in his leg and a plate in his shoulder as a permanent reminder of the incident, where he clipped an opponent's back wheel and somersaulted over the fence on to the greyhound track.
The rod and plate acted as a conductor during a race in October when he knocked the spark plug off his bike and electrocuted himself right through his body, causing panic from his team who feared he was having a fit.
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Now looking to put all that behind him, Bebee is likely to start at the number two position and pair up again with Danny Ayres.
The pair are the only two back from last season's team that topped the National League standings.
But they lost out on the title and Knockout Cup in showdown finals with Eastbourne - and they want to make amends this time. "We were gutted the way it finished, but it was a good year and they can't take that away from us," Bebee added.
"We slipped up but hopefully we can turn it around this season. I get on really well with Danny and I like riding with him."