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]

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
Pos. Rider Semi-Final Points Final Points Final Heats Total Points
1 Jack Milne1315(3,3,3,3,3)28
2 Wilbur Lamoreaux1213(3,3,3,1,3)25
3 Cordy Milne1112(2,3,2,3,2)23
4 Jack Parker1110(2,3,1,2,2)21
5 Ginger Lees109(1,1,2,2,3)19
6 Frank Charles107(0,0,1,3,3)17
7 Lionel Van Praag116(3,0,-,3,0)17
8 Bill Kitchen79(1,2,2,2,2)16
9 George Newton115(3,0,0,0,2)16
10 Eric Langton124(1,0,0,3,0)16
11 Morian Hansen78(1,2,3,1,1)15
12 Eric Chitty114(0,2,0,1,1)15
13 Joe Abbott86(2,1,1,2,0)14
14 Arthur Atkinson86(2,0,2,1,1)14
15 Frank Varey83(0,1,1,0,1)11
16 Tommy Croombs62(0,2,0,0,0)8
17 Bob Harrison7--7
18 Alec Statham60(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.
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