1937 Individual Speedway World Championship

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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]

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.[7]

The 1937 Speedway World Final programme.

World final[]

Pos. Rider Semi-Final 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 United Kingdom Jack Parker 11 10 (2,3,1,2,2) 21
5 United Kingdom Ginger Lees 10 9 (1,1,2,2,3) 19
6 United Kingdom Frank Charles 10 7 (0,0,1,3,3) 17
7 Australia Lionel Van Praag 11 6 (3,0,-,3,0) 17
8 United Kingdom Bill Kitchen 7 9 (1,2,2,2,2) 16
9 United Kingdom George Newton 11 5 (3,0,0,0,2) 16
10 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Joe Abbott 8 6 (2,1,1,2,0) 14
14 United Kingdom Arthur Atkinson 8 6 (2,0,2,1,1) 14
15 United Kingdom Frank Varey 8 3 (0,1,1,0,1) 11
16 United Kingdom Tommy Croombs 6 2 (0,2,0,0,0) 8
17 United Kingdom Bob Harrison 7 - - 7
18 United Kingdom Alec Statham 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. ^ "World Speedway Championship". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 3 September 1937. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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