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1938 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1938 Individual Speedway World Championship was the third edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

The Championship was won by the 28 year-old Australian Arthur 'Bluey' Wilkinson, in front of a new record crowd for speedway of 95,000. The newspapers reported that despite extra police one of the worst traffic jams of the year resulted after the meeting was over and that the air was thick with petrol fumes.[8]

Qualifying round

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  • The top 28 riders over the 13 qualifying rounds would qualify for the Championship round.
Date Venue Winner
11 May Perry Barry Stadium Tiger Hart
18 May Banister Court Stadium Frank Goulden
24 May White City Nottingham Tiger Hart
26 May Owlerton Stadium Billy Lamont & Tommy Allott
4 June The Firs Stadium Wal Morton
7 June Brough Park Stadium Doug Wells
11 June Hackney Wick Stadium Doug Wells
21 June West Ham Stadium Bluey Wilkinson
23 June Knowle Stadium Cordy Milne
9 July Harringay Stadium Tommy Croombs
16 July Hyde Road Jack Milne
18 July Wimbledon Stadium Wilbur Lamoreaux
20 July New Cross Stadium Jack Milne

Championship round

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Date Venue Winner
30 July Hyde Road Wilbur Lamoreaux
5 August Knowle Stadium Cordy Milne
8 August Wimbledon Stadium Geoff Pymar
17 August New Cross Stadium Bluey Wilkinson
18 August Wembley Stadium Jack Milne & Wilbur Lamoreaux
20 August Harringay Stadium Lionel Van Praag
23 August West Ham Stadium Bluey Wilkinson & Jack Milne

Points

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The top 16 riders and 1 reserve, over the 7 Championship rounds would qualify for the World final.[9]

World final

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  • 1 September 1938
  • England Wembley Stadium, London
  • Attendance: 95,000 (all-time Wembley speedway attendance record)
Pos. Rider c/f Final Points Final Heats Total Points
1 Australia Bluey Wilkinson 8 14 (3,3,3,3,2) 22
2 United States Jack Milne 7 14 (3,3,2,3,3) 21
3 United States Wilbur Lamoreaux 7 13 (3,1,3,3,3) 20
4 Australia Lionel Van Praag 7 11 (3,2,2,1,3) 18
5 England Bill Kitchen 6 9 2,2,1,2,2) 15
6 United States Cordy Milne 7 8 (1,3,3,0,1) 15
7 England Alec Statham 5 8 (2,3,0,0,3) 13
8 England Eric Langton 5 8 (1,2,2,3,0) 13
9 United States Benny Kaufman 5 7 (2,1,0,2,2) 12
10 England Jack Parker 4 6 (2,2,2,0,0) 10
11 England Arthur Atkinson 5 5 (1,0,2,1,1) 10
12 England Jack Ormston (res) 4 5 (3,2) 9
13 England Tommy Price 4 4 (1,0,1,2,0) 8
14 England Tommy Croombs 4 4 (0,1,1,1,1) 8
15 England George Newton 5 2 (0,1,0,1,0) 7
16 England Geoff Pymar 5 2 (0,0,1,0,1) 7
17 England Frank Varey 4 0 (0,0,0,-,-) 4

References

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  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". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 2 September 1938. Retrieved 5 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "1938 season results". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
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