Scottish Speedway Championship 1939

Scottish Speedway Championship	8 August 1939
	Marine Gardens
1 2 3 4 5 T 1. Jack Chapman 2 1 1 0 2 6 2. Ernie Evans 1 1 0 1 1 4 3. Gruff Garland 0 1 1 1 0 3 4. George Greenwood 3 1 0 0 2 6 5. Bob Harrison 1 3 3 2 3 12 6. Oliver Hart 2 2 3 2 3 12 2nd 7. Jack Hyland 0 2 0 1 0 3 8. Bill Kitchen 3 3 2 3 2 13 9. Wilbur Lamoreaux 3 2 3 3 3 14 1st 10. Eric Langton 2 3 3 3 3 14 3rd 11. Laurie Packer 1 3 2 1 1 8 12. Norman Parker 0 2 2 3 2 9 13. George Pepper 3 0 2 2 1 8 14. Bert Spencer 0 0 2 0 2 15. Frank Varey 1 0 0 1 16. Benny Kaufman 2 0 1 0 1 4 R1. Leo Lungo 1 0 1 R2. Joe Crowther 0 0
Heat 1 Greenwood, Chapman, Evans, Garland 1min 19.8 Heat 2 Kitchen, Hart, Harrison, Hyland 1min 18.4 Heat 3 Lamoreaux, Langton, Packer, Parker 1min 18.8 Heat 4 Pepper, Kaufman, Varey, Spencer 1min 19 Heat 5 Harrison, Lamoreaux, Evans, Pepper 1min 19.8 Heat 6 Langton, Hart, Chapman, Spencer 1min 19.2 Heat 7 Packer, Hyland, Garland, Varey 1min 21.8 Heat 8 Kitchen, Parker, Greenwood, Kaufman 1min 20.4 Heat 9 Hart, Packer, Kaufman, Evans 1min 19.2 Heat 10 Harrison, Parker, Chapman, Varey 1min 20.6 Heat 11 Parker, Spencer, Evans, Hyland 1min 21.4 Heat 12 Langton, Pepper, Hyland, Greenwood 1min 19.8 Heat 13 Lamoreaux, Kitchen, Garland, Spencer 1min 19.2 Heat 14 Kitchen, Pepper, Packer, Chapman 1min 20.8 Heat 15 Langton, Harrison, Garland, Kaufman 1min 20.4 Heat 16 Lamoreaux, Hart, Lungo, Greenwood 1min 20.4 Heat 17 Langton, Kitchen, Evans, Lungo 1min 20.8 Heat 18 Lamoreaux, Chapman, Kaufman, Hyland 1min 20.8 Heat 19 Hart, Packer, Pepper, Garland 1min 21.4 Heat 20 Harrison, Greenwood, Packer, Crowther 1min 22.0 Final Heat 21 Lamoreaux, Hart, Langton, Kitchen 1min 19.2
On 8 August the Scottish speedway championship was won by the American rider Wilbur Lamoreau (Wimbledon) who rode magnificently throughout the heats and in the final. Sir Harry Lauder, who was present, handed over the Scottish Gold Helmet which was won outright. The meeting was not what could be called a thrilling one. No records were broken. There were few close finishes. Hart was the only Edinburgh rider to gain an award, Greenwood, the Edinburgh captain being unfortunate with engine trouble. Easy victories were recorded in the opening heats by the respective winners and it was not until heat five that there was a really close race. Here Bob Harrison (Belle Vue) out manoeuvred Wilbur Lamoreau and returned a surprise win. Much to the crowd’s disappointment, the Edinburgh favourite Oliver Hart was narrowly defeated by Eric Langton in heat 6, the home rider going wide at the bends and allowing the Belle Vue man to slip inside. However Hart came out in heat 9 and had a smashing win over Ernie Evans. This gave Hart his first win of the evening. Bill Kitchen suffered his first defeat of the meeting at the hands of Wilbur Lamoreau who took the lead at the start and held on, but the Belle Vue man, however, came out again in the next heat and won a magnificent race against George Pepper. The superb riding of Langton in heat 15 was greatly appreciated by the big crowd. He held on to Bob Harrison and, with splendid anticipation, passed him to win. The points leaders at this stage were Kitchen, Lamoreau, Langton and Hart. Langton increased his score at the expense of Bill Kitchen in heat 17 and made sure of his place in the final. Once again Hart gave a fine display in heat 19 when he easily accounted for Parker and Pepper.