Third edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship
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 [ edit ] The top 28 riders over the 13 qualifying rounds would qualify for the Championship round. Championship round [ edit ] 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
The top 16 riders and 1 reserve, over the 7 Championship rounds would qualify for the World final.[9]
World final [ edit ] 1 September 1938 Wembley Stadium , London Attendance: 95,000 (all-time Wembley speedway attendance record) Pos. Rider c/f Final Points Final Heats Total Points 1 Bluey Wilkinson 8 14 (3,3,3,3,2) 22 2 Jack Milne 7 14 (3,3,2,3,3) 21 3 Wilbur Lamoreaux 7 13 (3,1,3,3,3) 20 4 Lionel Van Praag 7 11 (3,2,2,1,3) 18 5 Bill Kitchen 6 9 2,2,1,2,2) 15 6 Cordy Milne 7 8 (1,3,3,0,1) 15 7 Alec Statham 5 8 (2,3,0,0,3) 13 8 Eric Langton 5 8 (1,2,2,3,0) 13 9 Benny Kaufman 5 7 (2,1,0,2,2) 12 10 Jack Parker 4 6 (2,2,2,0,0) 10 11 Arthur Atkinson 5 5 (1,0,2,1,1) 10 12 Jack Ormston (res) 4 5 (3,2) 9 13 Tommy Price 4 4 (1,0,1,2,0) 8 14 Tommy Croombs 4 4 (0,1,1,1,1) 8 15 George Newton 5 2 (0,1,0,1,0) 7 16 Geoff Pymar 5 2 (0,0,1,0,1) 7 17 Frank Varey 4 0 (0,0,0,-,-) 4
References [ edit ]
Speedway World Championship Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) See also