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][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]

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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)

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World final

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

References

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