1951 Individual Speedway World Championship

Speedway riders from Sweden, Scotland and Republic of South Africa was started in World Championship first time. Australia's Jack Young became the first British second division rider to win 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.

1951 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship.

The 1951 World Final was held before a reported crowd of 93,000 at Wembley Stadium, making it the largest speedway attendance in the stadium's history.

1951 Podium:

  1. Jack Young (Australia)
  2. Split Waterman (Great Britain)
  3. Jack Biggs (Australia)

Qualification

8 events in Great Britain.

Pos.RiderTotal pts
1 Jack Biggs29
2 Split Waterman27
3 Alan Hunt26
4 Aub Lawson25
5 Ronnie Moore25
6 Freddie Williams24
7 Louis Lawson23
8 Bob Leverenz23
9 Norman Parker23
10 Ernie Roccio23
11 Eric Williams23
12 Jack Young23
13 Cyril Brine22
14 Jeff Lloyd22
15 Jack Parker22
16 Eddie Rigg22
17 Dick Bradley21
18 Geoff Mardon21
19 Billy Hole21
20 Bill Kitchen20
21 Len Williams20
22 John Reason19
23 Bob Oakley19
24 Bruce Abernethy19
25 Eric Boothroyd18
26 Derick Close17
27 Graham Warren17
28 Tom Oakley17
29 Dennis Gray17
30 Eric Chitty17
31 Fred Curtis16
32 Bruce Semmens16
33 Vic Emms16
34 Arthur Forrest16
35 Eric French15
36 Olle Nygren15
Pos.RiderTotal pts
37 Ron Mountford15
38 Frank Lawrence15
39 Wally Green14
40 Malcolm Craven13
41 Henry Long13
42 Len Read13
43 Ken Adams13
44 Trevor Redmond12
45 Dent Oliver12
46 Peter Robinson12
47 Tommy Price12
48 Tommy Miller12
49 Jack Mountford12
50 Phil Clarke12
51 Ken Sharples11
52 Noel Watson10
53 Roy Craighead10
54 Wilf Jay9
55 Bill Kemp9
56 Cyril Roger9
57 George Smith9
58 Harry Saunders9
59 Gordon McGregor9
60 Chris Boss9
61 Jimmy Squibb6
62 Harry Edwards6
63 Son Mitchell6
64 Fred Brand6
65 Bob Baker6
66 Ron Peace5
67 Eric Salmon4
68 Geoff Pymar4
69 Frank Hodgson3
70 Junior Bainbridge2
71 Jack Hodgson1
72 Merv Harding0

World final
Pos.RiderPointsHeats
1 Jack Young12+3(2,2,3,3,2)
2 Split Waterman12+2(1,3,3,2,3)
3 Jack Biggs12+1(3,3,3,3,0)
4 Ronnie Moore11(2,2,2,2,3)
5 Jack Parker10(0,1,3,3,3)
6 Louis Lawson10(2,0,2,3,3)
7 Eddie Rigg8(3,3,1,1,0)
8 Bob Leverenz7(3,2,1,0,1)
9 Freddie Williams7(3,1,0,2,1)
10 Aub Lawson7(1,2,2,0,2)
11 Jeff Lloyd6(1,3,1,0,1)
12 Eric Williams6(0,1,1,2,2)
13 Cyril Brine3(1,E,2,0,0)
14 Norman Parker3(0,1,1,1,0)
15 Ernie Roccio2(2,0,0,0,-)
16 Alan Hunt2(F,F,0,1,1)
Dick Bradley2(2)
Geoff Mardon––

See also
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