1937_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1937 Individual Speedway World Championship

1937 Individual Speedway World Championship

Second official edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship


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]

The 1937 Speedway World Final programme.

Qualifying round

  • Top 28 riders qualify for Championship round
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Championship round

  • The top 16 riders over the 6 qualifying rounds and 7 championship rounds would qualify for the World final.
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Top 16 qualifiers (2 reserves)

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World final

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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. Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 13. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  8. "World Speedway Championship". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 3 September 1937. Retrieved 5 July 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.

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