1938 Individual Speedway World Championship

Third edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship December 2023 December 2023 1938 Individual Speedway World Championship 1937 1939 The 1938 Individual Speedway World Championship was the third 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 The Championship was won by the 28 year-old Australian Arthur 'Bluey' Wilkinson, in front of a new record crowd for speedway of 95,000. The newspapers reported that despite extra police one of the worst traffic jams of the year resulted after the meeting was over and that the air was thick with petrol fumes.World Speedway Championship Dundee Evening Telegraph 2 September 1938 5 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19380902/073/0006 British Newspaper Archive subscription Qualifying round The top 28 riders over the 13 qualifying rounds would qualify for the Championship round. DateVenueWinner 11 May Perry Barry Stadium Tiger Hart 18 May Banister Court Stadium Frank Goulden 24 May White City Nottingham Tiger Hart 26 May Owlerton Stadium Billy Lamont & Tommy Allott 4 June The Firs Stadium Wal Morton 7 June Brough Park Stadium Doug Wells11 June Hackney Wick Stadium Doug Wells21 June West Ham Stadium Bluey Wilkinson23 June Knowle Stadium Cordy Milne9 July Harringay Stadium Tommy Croombs16 July Hyde Road Jack Milne18 July Wimbledon Stadium Wilbur Lamoreaux20 July New Cross Stadium Jack Milne Championship round DateVenueWinner 30 July Hyde Road Wilbur Lamoreaux 5 August Knowle Stadium Cordy Milne 8 August Wimbledon Stadium Geoff Pymar 17 August New Cross Stadium Bluey Wilkinson 18 August Wembley Stadium Jack Milne & Wilbur Lamoreaux 20 August Harringay Stadium Lionel Van Praag 23 August West Ham Stadium Bluey Wilkinson & Jack Milne Points The top 16 riders and 1 reserve, over the 7 Championship rounds would qualify for the World final.https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1938.html 1938 season results Speedway Researcher 1 January 2024 Pos. Rider Qual Points c/f1 AUS Bluey Wilkinson 53 82 USA Wilbur Lamoreaux 52 73 USA Cordy Milne 50 74 USA Jack Milne 49 75 AUS Lionel Van Praag 49 76 ENG Bill Kitchen 40 67 ENG Eric Langton 37 58 ENG Alec Statham 37 59 USA Benny Kaufman 36 510 ENG Geoff Pymar 35 511 ENG Arthur Atkinson 34 512 ENG George Newton 34 513 ENG Jack Parker 31 414 ENG Tommy Croombs 29 415 ENG Frank Varey 29416 ENG Tommy Price 27 4 Pos. Rider Qual Points c/f17 ENG Jack Ormston 26 418 AUS Vic Duggan 25 19 AUS Ron Johnson 2520 CAN 1921 Jimmie Gibb 2421 ENG Les Wotton 1722 ENG Wally Lloyd 1623 ENG Eric Gregory 1624 DEN Morian Hansen 1325 AUS Clem Mitchell 1226 ENG George Wilks 1227 AUS Bert Spencer 728 AUS Charlie Spinks 4 World final 1 September 1938 ENG Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 95,000 (all-time Wembley speedway attendance record) Pos. Rider c/f Final Points Final Heats Total Points1 AUS Bluey Wilkinson 8 14 (3,3,3,3,2) 222 USA Jack Milne 7 14 (3,3,2,3,3) 213 USA Wilbur Lamoreaux 7 13 (3,1,3,3,3) 204 AUS Lionel Van Praag 7 11 (3,2,2,1,3) 185 ENG Bill Kitchen 6 9 2,2,1,2,2) 156 USA Cordy Milne 7 8 (1,3,3,0,1) 157 ENG Alec Statham 5 8 (2,3,0,0,3) 138 ENG Eric Langton 5 8 (1,2,2,3,0) 139 USA Benny Kaufman 5 7 (2,1,0,2,2) 1210 ENG Jack Parker 4 6 (2,2,2,0,0) 1011 ENG Arthur Atkinson 5 5 (1,0,2,1,1) 1012 ENG Jack Ormston (res) 4 5 (3,2) 913 ENG Tommy Price 4 4 (1,0,1,2,0) 814 ENG Tommy Croombs 4 4 (0,1,1,1,1) 815 ENG George Newton 5 2 (0,1,0,1,0) 716 ENG Geoff Pymar 5 2 (0,0,1,0,1) 717 ENG Frank Varey 4 0 (0,0,0,-,-) 4 References 1938 Individual World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom