1939 Individual Speedway World Championship

1939 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1939 Individual Speedway World Championship was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II. It would have been the fourth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

The final, due to be held at Wembley on 7 September was cancelled, just four days after the declaration of war by Britain on Germany.^[8][9]

Qualifying round

• The top 28 riders qualify for Championship round.

Date	Venue	Winner
2 June	Cleveland Park Stadium	George Greenwood
3 June	Hackney Wick Stadium	Andy Menzies
6 June	Knowle Stadium	Dick Harris
8 June	Owlerton Stadium	Stan Williams
10 June	Crystal Palace Exhibition Grounds	Aub Lawson
12 June	Brough Park Stadium	George Pepper
15 June	Sun Street Stadium	Jeff Lloyd
17 June	The Firs Stadium	George Greenwood
1 July	Harringay Stadium	Jack Milne
4 July	West Ham Stadium	Arthur Atkinson
8 July	Hyde Road	Bill Kitchen
12 July	New Cross Stadium	Aub Lawson & Jack Milne
19 July	Banister Court Stadium	Frank Goulden
24 July	Wimbledon Stadium	Cordy Milne

Championship round

Date	Venue	Winner
2 August	Banister Court Stadium	Cordy Milne
5 August	Harringay Stadium	Jack Parker
15 August	West Ham Stadium	Eric Langton
17 August	Wembley Stadium	Lionel Van Praag
19 August	Hyde Road	Eric Langton
21 August	Wimbledon Stadium	Cordy Milne
23 August	New Cross Stadium	Wilbur Lamoreaux & Eric Langton

Points

• The top 16 riders (and 2 reserves) over 7 Championship rounds would qualify for the World final.

Pos. Rider Qual Points Points carried forward 1   Cordy Milne 53 8 2   Eric Langton 51 7 3   Wilbur Lamoreaux 50 7 4   Bill Kitchen 47 7 5   Vic Duggan 45 6 6   Lionel Van Praag 44 6 7   Arthur Atkinson 40 6 8   Jack Milne 40 6 9   Alec Statham 36 5 10   Jack Parker 34 5 11   Benny Kaufman 33 5 12   Eric Chitty 32 5 13   Ron Johnson 32 5 14   Frank Varey 31 4 15   Eric Collins 30 4 16   Aub Lawson 29 4

Pos. Rider Qual Points c/f 17   Malcolm Craven 27 res 18   Frank Goulden 24 res 19   Tommy Croombs 22 20   Jimmie Gibb 21 21   Bob Harrison 19 22   Norman Parker 17 23   Wally Lloyd 16 24   Bill Pitcher 14 25   Tommy Price 13 26   Jack Hargreaves 9 27   Stan Greatrex 7 28   Stan Williams 7

World final

• Wembley Stadium, London, 7 September 1939
• cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.

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. "Speedway Racing". West London Observer. 1 September 1939. Retrieved 22 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Speedway Final". Cambridge Daily News. 6 September 1939. Retrieved 22 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.