1937 Individual Speedway World Championship

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]}

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.^[7]

The 1937 Speedway World Final programme.

World final

• 2 September 1937
•   London, Wembley Stadium

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

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. "World Speedway Championship". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 3 September 1937. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.