1937 Individual Speedway World 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]

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)

World final

Pos. Rider c/f 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 (res) 6 2 (0,2,0,0,0) 8
17 Bob Harrison 7 - - 7
18 Alec Statham (res) 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. ^ 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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