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1951 Individual Speedway World Championship

6th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship

Summary

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.

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.

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.

Date	Venue	Winner
31 May	Penarth Road Stadium	Derek Tailby
2 June	Aldershot Stadium	Trevor Redmond
2 June	Rayleigh Weir Stadium	Tony Lewis
2 June	Abbey Stadium	Hugh Geddes
4 June	County Ground Stadium	Johnny Sargeant

Second qualifying round

Top Qualifiers go forward to the Championship round.

Date	Venue	Winner
10 July	Ashfield Stadium	Eric Williams
10 July	Banister Court Stadium	Tom Oakley
10 July	Yarmouth Stadium	Fred Brand
11 July	Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood)	Wilf Jay
11 July	White City Stadium, Glasgow	Tommy Miller
11 July	The Shay	Arthur Forrest
12 July	Oxford Stadium	Jack Young
13 July	Leicester Stadium	Geoff Mardon
13 July	The Stadium, Motherwell	Gordon McGregor
13 July	Brough Park Stadium	Dick Campbell
16 July	Dudley Wood Stadium	Phil Clarke
16 July	Stanley Stadium	Ken Sharples
16 July	Walthamstow Stadium	Jim Boyd
21 July	Brandon Stadium	Tommy Miller
21 July	Old Meadowbank	Jack Young
21 July	Sun Street Stadium	Bruce Abernethy
21 July	The Firs Stadium	Bob Leverenz

Championship Round

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

Date	Venue	Winner
13 August	Wimbledon Stadium	Split Waterman
14 August	West Ham Stadium	Bruce Abernethy
15 August	New Cross Stadium	Bob Leverenz
16 August	Wembley Stadium	Freddie Williams
18 August	Hyde Road Stadium	Bruce Semmens
18 August	Perry Barr Stadium	Alan Hunt
18 August	Odsal Stadium	Eddie Rigg
31 August	Knowle Stadium	Norman Parker
31 August	Harringay Stadium	Jack Biggs

Scores

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

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World final

20 September 1951
ENG London, Wembley Stadium

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Classification

Podium

1951 Podium:

[[File:Gold medal blank.svg|16px|Gold]] AUS Jack Young (Australia)
[[File:Silver medal blank.svg|16px|Silver]] ENG Split Waterman (Great Britain)
[[File:Bronze medal blank.svg|16px|Bronze]] AUS Jack Biggs (Australia)

References

(20 September 1951). "Hunt has ability to take speed title".
Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
"World Championship 1936-1994".
"WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX".
"Speedway riders, history and results".
"WORLD FINALS 1936-1994".
"HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK".
(27 May 1951). "Speedway". Weekly Dispatch (London).
(6 July 1951). "Pioneer Ron comes to Bristol track". Bristol Evening World.

Wikipedia Source

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