British Speedway Championship

The British Speedway Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway competition open to British national speedway riders. The winner of the event becomes the British Speedway Champion.[1][2]

British Speedway Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 British Speedway Championship
SportSpeedway
Founded1961
CountryGreat Britain
Most recent
champion(s)
Dan Bewley

History

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Inaugurated in 1961 as a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship it was open to riders from Britain and the British dominions.[3] It was initially dominated by riders from New Zealand such as Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger because of the British Final forming part of the World Speedway championship qualifying rounds.[4] Briggs and Mauger were multiple world champions. It was not until 1975 that the final was restricted to British riders. Countries such as Australia and New Zealand then 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.[5]

Australians Rory Schlein and Jason Crump rode under an ACU (British) licence.

British Champions

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Year Winner Runner-Up Third
1961 Barry Briggs ( ) Peter Craven Ronnie Moore ( )
1962 Peter Craven Barry Briggs ( ) Ronnie Moore ( )
1963 Peter Craven Barry Briggs ( ) Nigel Boocock
1964 Barry Briggs ( ) Ken McKinlay Ron How
1965 Barry Briggs ( ) Nigel Boocock Ken McKinlay
1966 Barry Briggs ( ) Ivan Mauger ( ) Colin Pratt
1967 Barry Briggs ( ) Ivan Mauger ( ) Eric Boocock
1968 Ivan Mauger ( ) Barry Briggs ( ) Eric Boocock
1969 Barry Briggs ( ) Nigel Boocock Ronnie Moore ( )
1970 Ivan Mauger ( ) Ronnie Moore ( ) Roy Trigg
1971 Ivan Mauger ( ) Barry Briggs ( ) Tony Lomas
1972 Ivan Mauger ( ) Nigel Boocock Barry Briggs ( )
1973 Ray Wilson Bob Valentine ( ) Peter Collins
1974 Eric Boocock Terry Betts Dave Jessup
1975 John Louis Peter Collins Malcolm Simmons
1976 Malcolm Simmons Chris Morton Doug Wyer
1977 Michael Lee Dave Jessup Doug Wyer
1978 Michael Lee Dave Jessup Malcolm Simmons
1979 Peter Collins Michael Lee Dave Jessup
1980 Dave Jessup Michael Lee Phil Collins
1981 Steve Bastable Kenny Carter John Louis
1982 Andy Grahame Alan Grahame Kenny Carter
1983 Chris Morton Michael Lee Andy Grahame
1984 Kenny Carter Andy Grahame Dave Jessup
1985 Kenny Carter John Davis Kelvin Tatum
1986 Neil Evitts Phil Collins Jeremy Doncaster
1987 Kelvin Tatum Neil Evitts Simon Wigg
1988 Simon Wigg Kelvin Tatum Chris Morton
1989 Simon Wigg Kelvin Tatum Alan Grahame
1990 Kelvin Tatum Simon Cross Jeremy Doncaster
1991 Gary Havelock Kelvin Tatum Chris Louis
1992 Gary Havelock Martin Dugard Andy Smith
1993 Andy Smith Joe Screen Gary Havelock
1994 Andy Smith Joe Screen Steve Schofield
1995 Andy Smith Joe Screen Dean Barker
1996 Joe Screen Chris Louis Carl Stonehewer
1997 Mark Loram Chris Louis Sean Wilson
1998 Chris Louis Joe Screen Paul Hurry
1999 Mark Loram Joe Screen Chris Louis
2000 Chris Louis Paul Hurry Martin Dugard
2001 Mark Loram Stuart Robson Martin Dugard
2002 Scott Nicholls Lee Richardson David Howe
2003 Scott Nicholls Dean Barker David Norris
2004 Joe Screen David Norris Mark Loram
2005 Scott Nicholls Chris Harris Joe Screen
2006 Scott Nicholls Joe Screen Simon Stead
2007 Chris Harris David Howe Scott Nicholls
2008 Scott Nicholls Edward Kennett Tai Woffinden
2009 Chris Harris Edward Kennett Tai Woffinden
2010 Chris Harris Scott Nicholls Ben Barker
2011 Scott Nicholls Chris Harris Tai Woffinden
2012 Scott Nicholls Chris Harris Tai Woffinden
2013 Tai Woffinden Scott Nicholls Chris Harris
2014 Tai Woffinden Craig Cook Ben Barker
2015 Tai Woffinden Craig Cook Danny King
2016 Danny King Craig Cook Robert Lambert
2017 Craig Cook Steve Worrall Rory Schlein ( )
2018 Robert Lambert Dan Bewley Craig Cook
2019 Charles Wright Danny King Craig Cook
2020 Rory Schlein ( ) Richard Lawson Jason Crump ( )
2021 Adam Ellis Dan Bewley Charles Wright
2022 Dan Bewley Tom Brennan Craig Cook
2023 Dan Bewley Steve Worrall Ben Barker
2024 Dan Bewley Tai Woffinden Tom Brennan

Medals classification

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Pos Rider      
1. Scott Nicholls 7 2 1
2. Barry Briggs ( ) 6 4 1
3. Ivan Mauger ( ) 4 2
4. Chris Harris 3 3 1
5. Dan Bewley 3 2
6. Tai Woffinden 3 1 4
7. Mark Loram 3 1
Andy Smith 3 1
9. Joe Screen 2 6 1
10. Kelvin Tatum 2 3 1
11. Michael Lee 2 3
12. Chris Louis 2 2 2
13. Kenny Carter 2 1 1
14. Peter Craven 2 1
15. Simon Wigg 2 1
Gary Havelock 2 1
17. Craig Cook 1 3 3
18. Dave Jessup 1 2 3
19. Peter Collins 1 1 1
Chris Morton 1 1 1
Andy Grahame 1 1 1
Danny King 1 1 1
23. Eric Boocock 1 2
Malcolm Simmons 1 2
25. Neil Evitts 1 1
26. John Louis 1 1
Robert Lambert 1 1
Rory Schlein ( ) 1 1
Charles Wright 1 1
30. Ray Wilson 1
Steve Bastable 1
Adam Ellis 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  2. ^ "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  4. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  5. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 21 July 2021.