1948 British Speedway Riders Championship

1948 British Speedway Riders Championship

The eliminating rounds for the Speedway Riders Championship were run in three sections, namely the Qualifying Round, held on Third Division Tracks, the First round on Second Division Tracks, and the Championship Round on First Division Tracks The Championship Round was limited to twenty eight riders, twenty five of them being First Division riders, and three of them the riders scoring the highest aggregate of points in the First Round. Seven meetings were held in the Championship Round, one at each of the First Division Tracks, and each rider rode at four meetings Qualifying Riders - Jeff Lloyd, Bill Longley, Bill Gilbert, Oliver Hart, Eric Chitty, Lloyd Goffe, Jack Parker, Wilbur Lamoreaux, Dent Oliver, Ron Johnson, Malcolm Craven, Vic Duggan, Tommy Price Alec Statham, Norman Parker, Jack Hodgson, Jack Biggs Riders Records Qualification Rounds

Riders Championship Final 16/09/1948 Wembley, London Championship Rounds 26/07/1948 Wimbledon 29/07/1948 New Cross 31/07/1948 Belle Vue 07/08/1948 Bradford Odsal 10/08/1948 West Ham 19/08/1948 Wembley 03/09/1948 Harringay Wimbledon New Cross Belle Vue Odsal West Ham       Wembley Harringay       First Rounds 2nd division tracks 24/06/1948 Middlesbrough 26/06/1948 Birmingham 28/06/1948 Newcastle 30/06/1948 Glasgow White City 01/07/1948 Sheffield 06/07/1948 Fleetwood 09/07/1948 Bristol 10/07/1948 Edinburgh 10/07/1948 Norwich Middlesbrough Birmingham Newcastle Glasgow Sheffield   Fleetwood Bristol Edinburgh Norwich   Qualifying Rounds 3rd division tracks 15/04/1948 Stoke Hanley 20/04/1948 Southampton 21/04/1948 Tamworth 29/04/1948 Plymouth 03/05/1948 Exeter 14/05/1948 Cradley Heath 17/05/1948 Hull 19/05/1948 Hastings 28/05/1948 Wombwell Stoke Southamppton Tamworth Plymouth Exeter   Cradley Hull Hastings Wombell