1937 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1937 Individual Speedway World Championship was the second edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

An attendance of 85,000 (a record for speedway in the United Kingdom at the time) saw Jack Milne win all five races to head an all USA top three on the podium. The track was criticised and was described as being too deep with cinders.[8]

The 1937 Speedway World Final programme.

Qualifying round

  • Top 28 riders qualify for Championship round
Date Venue Winner
24 May Wimbledon Stadium Wilbur Lamoreaux
29 May Harringay Stadium Lionel Van Praag
2 June New Cross Stadium Jack Parker
5 June Hyde Road Eric Langton
18 June Hackney Wick Stadium Cordy Milne
22 June West Ham Stadium George Newton

Championship round

  • The top 16 riders over the 6 qualifying rounds and 7 championship rounds would qualify for the World final.
Date Venue Winner
7 July New Cross Stadium Jack Milne
10 July Harringay Stadium Jack Milne
19 July Wimbledon Stadium Jack Milne & Ginger Lees
24 July Hyde Road Jack Milne
29 July Wembley Stadium Lionel Van Praag & Wilbur Lamoreaux
3 August West Ham Stadium Eric Langton
13 August Hackney Wick Stadium Arthur Atkinson

Top 16 qualifiers (2 reserves)

World final

Pos. Rider c/f Points Final Points Final Heats Total Points
1 United States Jack Milne 13 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 28
2 United States Wilbur Lamoreaux 12 13 (3,3,3,1,3) 25
3 United States Cordy Milne 11 12 (2,3,2,3,2) 23
4 England Jack Parker 11 10 (2,3,1,2,2) 21
5 England Ginger Lees 10 9 (1,1,2,2,3) 19
6 England Frank Charles 10 7 (0,0,1,3,3) 17
7 Australia Lionel Van Praag 11 6 (3,0,-,3,0) 17
8 England Bill Kitchen 7 9 (1,2,2,2,2) 16
9 England George Newton 11 5 (3,0,0,0,2) 16
10 England Eric Langton 12 4 (1,0,0,3,0) 16
11 Denmark Morian Hansen 7 8 (1,2,3,1,1) 15
12 Canada Eric Chitty 11 4 (0,2,0,1,1) 15
13 England Joe Abbott 8 6 (2,1,1,2,0) 14
14 England Arthur Atkinson 8 6 (2,0,2,1,1) 14
15 England Frank Varey 8 3 (0,1,1,0,1) 11
16 England Tommy Croombs (res) 6 2 (0,2,0,0,0) 8
17 England Bob Harrison 7 - - 7
18 England Alec Statham (res) 6 0 (0) 6

References

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 13. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  8. ^ "World Speedway Championship". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 3 September 1937. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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