Claim: Bruce Cribb competed in three World ice speedway finals after winning the 1972 New Zealand Championship, an individual motorcycle speedway championship.
Evidence: He won the New Zealand Championship in 1972, and was a member of the New Zealand team that won the World Team Cup in 1979. From the 1970s to 1988, and again in the mid-1990s, he competed in ice speedway events and rode in three World ice speedway finals. The New Zealand Solo Championship is an annual individual motorcycle speedway championship.