British Speedway Championship
The British Speedway Championship.[1] is an annual motorcycle speedway competition open to British national speedway riders. The winner of the event becomes the British Speedway Champion.
It has been open in the past to riders from British dominions and was dominated in its early years by riders from New Zealand such as Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger; this was because the British Final formed part of the World Individual Speedway championship qualifying rounds. From 1975 onwards Australia and New Zealand held their own World Individual Speedway championship qualifying rounds. In the first dozen finals, it was only won twice by a British born rider, both times by Peter Craven.
Australians Rory Schlein and Jason Crump rode under an ACU (British) licence.
British Champions
Medals classification
| Pos | Rider | Total |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Scott Nicholls | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. | Barry Briggs ( ) | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 3. | Ivan Mauger () | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| 4. | Chris Harris | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 5. | Tai Woffinden | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| 6. | Mark Loram | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Andy Smith | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 8. | Joe Screen | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 9. | Kelvin Tatum | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 10. | Michael Lee | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 11. | Chris Louis | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 12. | Kenny Carter | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 13. | Peter Craven | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 14. | Simon Wigg | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Gary Havelock | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 16. | Craig Cook | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 17. | Dave Jessup | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18. | Peter Collins | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19. | Chris Morton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Andy Grahame | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Danny King | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22. | Eric Boocock | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Malcolm Simmons | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 24. | Neil Evitts | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25. | John Louis | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Robert Lambert | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Rory Schlein (.svg.png.webp){kind=small} ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 28. | Ray Wilson | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steve Bastable | 1 | 1 | |||
| Charles Wright | 1 | 1 | |||
See also
References
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