Benjamin John Barker (born 10 March 1988 in Truro, Cornwall)[1] is a British speedway rider.

[8] Barker represented Great Britain at Under-21 level,[9] at the 2006 Team Speedway Junior World Championship.

[2] In 2014 Barker rode for Plymouth Devils then in 2015 he signed for Berwick Bandits but a back injury at the British Final at Wolverhampton looked set to end his season but he returned to ride for Peterborough Panthers at the end of the 2015 season.

[11] After ten years as a Coventry asset, Barker was awarded a testimonial meeting to be held at his current club Redcar on 23 March 2019.

Although the Speedway Control Bureau have not released the details, his club Plymouth stated that the test showed positive for a strong dosage of co-codamol and Zapain.