LUKE Killeen has been blown away by the support shown to him by Oxford Speedway fans following his crash in the second leg of the Championship grand final.

The 19-year-old Australian and teammate Jody Scott were both involved in racing incidents with Poole Pirates reserve Vinnie Foord, and both had bikes written off.

The duo have also been ruled out with injury from this week’s two-legged Championship Knockout Cup final between Oxford Cheetahs and the Pirates.

Oxford Speedway Supporters’ Club created an online fundraiser via GoFundMe to support Killeen and Scott, and upon publication, almost £5,000 has been raised from more than 120 donations.

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Killeen said: “Oxford Speedway is a wonderful club where you can really feel all the love from the fans.

“I couldn’t be more grateful to everyone who has chipped into the GoFundMe page after I had both a bike and a helmet written off at Poole last week.

“I didn’t know about it at first, but someone told me about it and when I saw how much it had already raised, it brought a tear to my eye.

“I was stressing out about how to pay the bills because as I’m ruled out by concussion, I’ve got no racing left to earn money.

“It’s a massive weight off my shoulders and I’m just stoked. It’s amazing and it means so much to Jody and me.”

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Supporters’ Club chairman Gavin Beckley added: “Luke and Jody wrote off a bike each at Poole last week. In all the discussion on the internet after the meeting, it was suggested we raise some funds to help them out.

“It was always our intention to donate the raffle proceedings from Thursday’s meeting, do a collection, and top up with some funds from the Supporters’ Club coffers.

“But we also realise some people couldn’t be there on Thursday, so we set up a GoFundMe page. I know our supporters are a generous lot, but I was expecting around £1,500. Maybe, if we were lucky, we’d get to £2,000. How wrong I was.

“Oxford Speedway is a family, and we all want the guys to come to the tapes next season in the best possible shape, but the support shown towards Luke and Jody has blown me away.”

The first leg of the Knockout Cup final was due to take place at Wimborne Road this evening, but was postponed this morning, with the return leg at Sandy Lane a tomorrow evening at 7.30pm.

The home leg will be the 34th and final home meeting of the season at Oxford Stadium, the first track to hold 30 or more meetings in a single season since Belle Vue in 2017.

To find out more and donate to the GoFundMe, please visit: gofundme.com/f/machinery-fund-for-luke-killeen-jody-scott