Fricke competed in junior levels of motocross and speedway in Australia, competing in the 2011 and 2012 FIM Youth Gold Cup tournaments, and finished in fourth place in the Australian Under-16 125cc Championship and second in the 125cc Team Championship in January 2012. In January 2013, he won the Australian Under-21 championship at the
Loxford Park Speedway in
Kurri Kurri, becoming the youngest winner of the title since
Leigh Adams in 1988. On 25 January 2014, Fricke won his second straight Australian Under-21 Championship at the
Gillman Speedway in Adelaide. Fricke finished the heats with 13 points before winning the final. Together with
Sam Masters, Fricke won the 2014
Premier League Pairs Championship for Edinburgh at
Somerset Rebels. Fricke fishing equal third on 48 points with
Justin Sedgmen in the four round
2015 Australian Championship (his best result to date) before winning his third straight Australian U/21 Championship at Loxford Park on 17 January, defeating
Jack Holder and
Brady Kurtz in a closely fought final. Fricke contested his first Under-21 World Championship in
2015, finishing the three round series held in Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic in 6th place with 28 points scored. Although he did not get to ride on the night, Fricke was named as a reserve rider for the
2015 Speedway Grand Prix of Australia held on 24 October at the
Etihad Stadium in Melbourne. A week after the SGP in Melbourne, Fricke was part of the
Australian Under-21 Team alongside
Nick Morris, Jack Holder and
Brady Kurtz that finished in third place in the
2015 Team Speedway Junior World Championship final held at Olympic Park in Mildura, the first time the U/21 World Cup Final had been held outside of the UK or Europe. Fricke scored 6 of his team's 29 points as they finished behind winners
Poland and runner-up
Denmark. On 13 December 2015, Fricke finished second in the 2015/16
South Australian Solo Championship at Gillman in Adelaide behind NSW rider
Rohan Tungate. Fricke would go on to finish the championship in 3rd place having scored 52 points to finish behind winner
Brady Kurtz and runner-up Sam Masters. On 20 August 2016, Fricke, along with
reigning Australian Champion Brady Kurtz,
Jake Allen,
Jack Holder and reserve rider
Cameron Heeps finished in 2nd place in the
2016 Team Speedway Junior World Championship in
Norrköping, Sweden. On 2 October 2016, Fricke won the
2016 World Under-21 Championship becoming the 5th Australian rider to win the title. Fricke was named first reserve for the later rounds of the
2016 Speedway Grand Prix and following a broken chain to wild card rider Brady Kurtz before the start of heat 11 of the SGP in Melbourne, Fricke got his first start in the senior World Championship and became the 200th rider to race in the series since its inception in
1995. On 28 January 2017, Fricke won his fourth Australian U/21 Championship at Loxford Park in Kurri Kurri. By winning the title, Fricke joined Leigh Adams and Chris Holder as a four-time winner of the event. He also equaled Leigh Adams' five podium finishes in the title with the same four wins and one 3rd-place finish record. On 12 January 2019, he won the
Australian Solo Championship, a second place in the fifth round enough to secure the title ahead of
Rohan Tungate and
Chris Holder. He won his first Grand Prix in 2020 at Toruń. Fricke finished in 13th place during the 2022
Speedway World Championship, after securing 52 points during the
2022 Speedway Grand Prix, which included winning the Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw Grand Prix. He qualified for the
2023 Speedway Grand Prix by virtue of finishing 4th in the
2023 Speedway Grand Prix Qualification. However, the highlight of his season was winning the
2022 Speedway of Nations for Australia with
Jack Holder. In addition, he won a league title with the
Belle Vue Aces during the
SGB Premiership 2022. He signed for
Leicester Lions for the
SGB Premiership 2023 and for
GKM Grudziądz for the
2023 Polish speedway season. In 2023, he was part of the Australian team that finished fourth in the
2023 Speedway World Cup final. He finished in ninth place during the
2023 Speedway Grand Prix and can be considered unlucky not to have earned a place for the
2024 Speedway Grand Prix. He re-signed with Leicester for the 2024 season. His 2024 season started well after he finished second in the
2024 Australian Championship, following a tight battle with
Rohan Tungate. Following an injury to fellow Australian
Jason Doyle before round 4 of 2024 Grand Prix season, Fricke was called up as a replacement. Fricke ended his 2024 season by qualifying for the
2025 Speedway Grand Prix by finishing fourth in the
2025 GP Challenge. In 2025, he helped Leicester defeat
King's Lynn to win the
Knockout Cup. In 2025 he finished 8th in the
World Championship. == Major results ==