[4] He recorded a 6.50 points average for the season, riding 48 times for the club.
[5] Oxford Cheetahs, who had finished bottom of the table during their inaugural league season in 1949, signed an entirely new set of riders including Pat Clark from Rayleigh for £250; others included Harry Saunders, signed as captain from Tamworth for £750, Bill Osborne from Walthamstow, Raymond Buster Brown from Wembley and Eric Irons from Cradley.
[7][8] The following season in 1951, Clark and Oxford competed in division 2, he only made two appearances but recorded an extraordinary 11.43 average.
He fractured his skull, jaw and nose and subsequently missed the entire season.
[2] At retirement he had earned 2 international caps for the England national speedway team.