1939 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1939 Individual Speedway World Championship was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II. It would have been the fourth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Semi-Final results[]

Pos. Rider Points
1 United States Cordy Milne 8
2 United Kingdom Bill Kitchen 7
3 United States Wilbur Lamoreaux 7
4 United Kingdom Eric Langton 7
5 United States Jack Milne 6
6 United Kingdom Arthur Atkinson 6
7 Australia Vic Duggan 6
8 Australia Lionel Van Praag 6
9 United Kingdom Alec Statham 5
10 United Kingdom Jack Parker 5
11 United States Benny Kaufman 5
12 Australia Ron Johnson 5
13 Canada Eric Chitty 5
14 United Kingdom Frank Varey 4
15 United Kingdom 4
16 Australia Aub Lawson 4
17 United Kingdom Malcolm Craven 0
18 United Kingdom Frank Goulden 0

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.
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