1937 Individual Speedway World Championship

Second official edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship December 2023 December 2023 1937 Individual Speedway World Championship 1936 1938 The 1937 Individual Speedway World Championship was the second edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 20–21 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html World Championship 1936-1994 Edinburgh Speedway 5 July 2021https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 5 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 5 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 5 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 5 July 2021Oakes Peter Speedway Yearbook 1990 1990 13 Front Page Books 0-948882-15-8 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.World Speedway Championship Coventry Evening Telegraph 3 September 1937 5 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000337/19370903/358/0014 British Newspaper Archive subscription thumb|The 1937 Speedway World Final programme. Qualifying round Top 28 riders qualify for Championship round DateVenueWinner 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. DateVenueWinner 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) Pos. Rider Qual Points c/f1 USA Jack Milne 83 132 ENG Eric Langton 78 123 USA Wilbur Lamoreaux 74 124 USA Cordy Milne 71 115 CAN 1921 Eric Chitty 70 116 AUS Lionel Van Praag 70 117 ENG Jack Parker69 118 ENG George Newton67 119 ENG Frank Charles 64 1010 ENG Ginger Lees 61 1011 ENG Frank Varey51 812 ENG Arthur Atkinson 50 813 ENG Joe Abbott 49814 DEN Morian Hansen 45715 ENG Bob Harrison 45 716 ENG Bill Kitchen 45 7 Pos. Rider Qual Points c/f17 ENG Tommy Croombs 39 618 ENG Alec Statham 39 619 ENG Stan Greatrex 3820 AUS Ron Johnson 3721 NZL Wally Kilmister 3522 AUS Dicky Case 3423 AUS Charlie Spinks 3324 ENG Cliff Parkinson 3125 ENG Jack Ormston 3026 ENG Norman Evans 2827 ENG Broncho Dixon (res)2528 ENG Eric Gregory 2429 ENG Tiger Stevenson2130 ENG Tommy Price (res) 20 World final 2 September 1937 ENG Wembley Stadium, London Pos. Rider c/f Points Final Points Final Heats Total Points1 USA Jack Milne 13 15 (3,3,3,3,3) 282 USA Wilbur Lamoreaux 12 13 (3,3,3,1,3) 253 USA Cordy Milne 11 12 (2,3,2,3,2) 234 ENG Jack Parker 11 10 (2,3,1,2,2) 215 ENG Ginger Lees 10 9 (1,1,2,2,3) 196 ENG Frank Charles 10 7 (0,0,1,3,3) 177 AUS Lionel Van Praag 11 6 (3,0,-,3,0) 178 ENG Bill Kitchen 7 9 (1,2,2,2,2) 169 ENG George Newton 11 5 (3,0,0,0,2) 1610 ENG Eric Langton 12 4 (1,0,0,3,0) 1611 DNK Morian Hansen 7 8 (1,2,3,1,1) 1512 CAN 1921 Eric Chitty 11 4 (0,2,0,1,1) 1513 ENG Joe Abbott 8 6 (2,1,1,2,0) 1414 ENG Arthur Atkinson 8 6 (2,0,2,1,1) 1415 ENG Frank Varey 8 3 (0,1,1,0,1) 1116 ENG Tommy Croombs (res) 6 2 (0,2,0,0,0) 817 ENG Bob Harrison 7 - -718 ENG Alec Statham (res) 6 0 (0) 6 References 1937 Individual World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom