[2] He arrived in Britain in 1928[4] and became a star of the speedway circuits and gained the nickname Cyclone Billy Lamont.

[6][7] Lamont won the first of his two Dirt Track Championnat du Monde titles (an early version of the Speedway World Championship and rival of the Star Riders' Championship) at Stade Buffalo in Paris during 1931.

In 1932, he spent a second season with Wimbledon and recorded his best test match result for the Australia national speedway team.

[1] He stayed with Wimbledon on the formation of the National League in 1932 before joining Clapton Saints in 1933.

He would spend further seasons in Britain riding for Nottingham, Sheffield and Newcastle until the outbreak of World War II.