1951_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship

1951 Individual Speedway World Championship

1951 Individual Speedway World Championship

6th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship


The 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship was the sixth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4]

Australia's Jack Young won the World Championship. Young won a run-off for the title with British rider Split Waterman and fellow Australian Jack Biggs after all three riders had finished on 12 points.[5][6]

The 1951 World Final was held before a reported crowd of 93,000 at Wembley Stadium.

First qualifying round

  • The top 13 riders qualify for the second qualifying round.[7]
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Second qualifying round

  • Top Qualifiers go forward to the Championship round.[8]
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Championship Round

  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
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Scores

  • Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final
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World final

  • 20 September 1951
  • England London, Wembley Stadium
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Classification

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m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Podium

1951 Podium:

  1. Gold Australia Jack Young (Australia)
  2. Silver England Split Waterman (Great Britain)
  3. Bronze Australia Jack Biggs (Australia)

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 INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. "Speedway". Weekly Dispatch (London). 27 May 1951. Retrieved 4 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Pioneer Ron comes to Bristol track". Bristol Evening World. 6 July 1951. Retrieved 4 January 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.

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