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1935 Star Riders' Championship
The 1935 Star Riders' Championship was decided over twenty heats, and the rider with the highest total score was crowned as champion. Tom Farndon and Ron Johnson did not take part after crashing the night before at the New Cross Stadium, an accident that cost Farndon his life the day after the final. Geoff Pymar and Norman Parker replaced them.Bamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway – The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 1935 was the final running of the Star Riders' Championship. From 1936, Motorcycle speedway would have its own official Speedway World Championship. Final *29 August 1935 * Wembley, England References 1935 Speedway Speedway may refer to: Racing Race tracks *Edmonton International Speedway, also known as Speedway Park, a former motor raceway in Edmonton, Alberta *Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a motor raceway in Speedway, Indiana Types of races and race cours ... 1935 in speedway {{UK-motorcycle-speedway-competition-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Riders' Championship
The Star Riders' Championship was the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship and was inaugurated in 1929. The competition was sponsored by ''The Star ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...'', which was a London evening newspaper at that time. For the first year it was split into two sections, Britain and Overseas, as it was felt that the Australians and Americans were too strong for the British riders.Bamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway - The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. The format changed over the years until by 1935 it was run in the 16 riders 20-heat formula that was to become the recognised formula for the World Championship and most other individual events until the advent of the Grand Prix in 1995. When the World Championship was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Langton
Eric Kemp Langton (27 September 1907 – 1999) was an English motorcycle speedway who won the Star Riders' Championship in 1932, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship. League career Born in Leeds, England in 1907, Langton began his career at the Belle Vue track.Storey, Basil (1947) ''Speedway Favourites'', Sport-in-Print, p. 14 He rode for Leeds in the 1929 season before returning to Belle Vue the following year, remaining with the club for the rest of his career. He won the Star Riders' Championship in 1932 and also finished runner-up in 1934.Bamford, Robert & Shailes, Glynn (2002) ''A History of the World Speedway Championship'', Tempus, , p. 10 He was part of the Belle Vue team that won the League Championship six times in seven year and the National Trophy five times in a row in the 1930s. After retiring from the sport he returned to Belle Vue in May 1946 to replace the injured Bill Pitcher, scoring a full maximum in his first match back, averaging 10.93 in hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Kilmister
Wallace Stewart Kilmister (born 1908 in Wellington, New Zealand – died 1973), better known as Wally Kilmister, was an international speedway rider. Career summary Kilmister first rode in grasstrack in 1925, before taking up speedway.Sandys, Leonard (1948) ''Broadside to Fame! The Drama of the Speedways'', Findon, p. 21 He began riding at the Kilbirnie track in Wellington in 1929 before travelling to England and joining the Wembley Lions in 1930. In 1935 he rode in the Star Riders' Championship and in 1936 he won the New Zealand Championship. He was also a member of New Zealand and Colonies teams in the 1930s. At one time he also held the New Zealand land speed record with an average of 107 mph. After retiring from speedway Kilmister ran a sports and model shop under his own name until the 1970s on Wembley Triangle, near to Wembley Stadium, and later returned to New Zealand and lived in Taupo where he had a motorcycle, lawnmower and chainsaw shop. Players cigarette c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Sharp (speedway Rider)
John Reginald Sharp (20 March 1909 – 1974) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. Career Sharp rode in Western Australia for Johnnie Hoskins before going to Singapore and then the United Kingdom in 1930. He joined High Beech Speedway for the 1930 Speedway Southern League season. He made his debut for the Australia national speedway team in 1930 and would go on to earn 14 international caps in total and captain the nation from 1936 to 1938. In 1931, he made a couple of appearances for Wimbledon Dons before racing mainly at the Greenford Speedway and in 1932, rode grasstrack. During the 1933 and 1934 seasons, he signed for the Plymouth Tigers, winning the 1933 West of England Championship and topping the averages for the Devon team during the 1934 Speedway National League. While a Plymouth rider, he married on 29 September 1934 in London. The following season in 1935, he broke into the Wimbledon first team and was a regular throughout the season for them. He f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Van Praag
Lionel Maurice Van Praag, GM (17 December 1908 – 15 May 1987) was an Australian motorcycle speedway champion, who won the inaugural Speedway World Championship in London on 10 September 1936. Van Praag's victory saw him established as Australia's first ever motorsport World Champion. 1931 UK Southern League Champion In his first full season in British speedway, Lionel was a member of the Wembley Lions team that won the last ever Southern League and the National Trophy in 1931. 1932 UK National League Champion Lionel won the inaugural National League title in 1932 with the Wembley Lions 1936 World Speedway Final Circumstances Lionel won the run-off for the Speedway World Championship against Eric Langton in 1936 in somewhat controversial circumstances. The Championship was decided by bonus points accumulated in previous rounds. Despite being unbeaten in the final, Bluey Wilkinson was not crowned Champion. Bonus points accumulated by Van Praag and Langton took them to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Stevenson
Harold Montague Stevenson (1 November 1907 – 5 December 1994) was a motorcycle speedway racer from England. Career Stevenson rode for the West Ham Hammers from 1929 until 1939 in early pioneer days, captaining the club for most of them. He was captain for their first ever meeting on 2 May 1929 at home to Coventry and was still the captain in 1937 when the Hammers won the National League Championship. He was born in London, England. He rode for England in the first Test series against Australia in 1930 and went on to become England captain.Morgan, Tom (1947) ''The People Speedway Guide'', Odhams Press, p. 82 When speedway returned after World War II, Stevenson opened speedway training schools at Birmingham and Bristol to tutor a new generation of riders. He also took the role of managing the Hanley Potters. In 1935, he travelled to Australia and finished runner up in the Australian Championship. When the West Ham Stadium at Custom House was demolished in 1973, one of the ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Kitchen (speedway Rider)
William Kitchen (7 December 1908 in Galgate, Lancashire, England – May 1994) was an international speedway rider who started his career with the Belle Vue Aces in 1933. Career summary Before he started speedway Kitchen was a prominent road trials rider and had taken part in the Isle of Man TT.Morgan, Tom (1947) ''The People Speedway Guide'', Odhams Press, p. 76 His pre-war career was with Belle Vue. In 1946 he became captain of the Wembley Lions and finished second in the British Speedway Championship. He finished fifth in the Speedway World Championship in 1938. Kitchen was a member of a National League winning team eleven times in twenty years, a feat made even more exceptional given the fact that the outbreak of World War II cost his Belle Vue team the chance of earning Kitchen a twelfth title (the Aces were top of the league when it was abandoned), and the fact that the competition was suspended a further six seasons during the war. Kitchen was also a regular Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Croombs
Thomas Croombs (13 December 1906 – 15 October 1980) was a Speedway rider who finished third in the Star Riders' Championship in 1931, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship. He was born in New Malden, Surrey, England. He rode for Lea Bridge in 1929 and moved onto the West Ham Hammers in 1930. He stayed with the Hammers until the end of the 1939 season when he retired. In 1947 he made a comeback, riding for West Ham, starting as reserve and then back as a full team member within six weeks. When West Ham's track, West Ham Stadium was demolished, a road on the new development was named after Croombs.Belton, Brian (2003). ''Hammerin' Round''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing World final appearances * 1937 – London, Wembley Stadium – 16th – 8pts * 1938 – London, Wembley Stadium – 14th – 8ptsBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Players cigarette cards Croombs is listed as number 10 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicky Case
Roy George Arthur 'Dicky' Case (7 June 1910 Toowoomba, QueenslandBamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway - The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. - 1980) was an Australian international speedway rider who finished sixth in the 1936 Speedway World Championship, the first ever final.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Career Case worked for the Queensland Railway Company before taking up speedway.Sandys, Leonard (1948) ''Broadside to Fame! The Drama of the Speedways'', Findon, p. 16 He first came to the UK in 1930 and joined the Wimbledon Dons. He finished third in the 1932 Star Riders' Championship, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship and also represented Australia in several Test Matches. He travelled to Germany in 1931 with Max Grosskreutz to promote speedway there, but the venture was short-lived due to opposition from the government. Along with Billy Lamont, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Huxley
Victor Nelson Huxley (23 September 1906 – 24 June 1982 in Brisbane. Queensland) was a speedway rider who won the Star Riders' Championship, the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship, in 1930 and finished runner-up in 1931 and 1932. He also won the London Riders' Championship in 1936 whilst with the Wimbledon Dons. Huxley won the 1934 Australian Championship (3 Laps) in front of his home crowd at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. Vic Huxley retired from British speedway at the end of the 1936 season and returned to Australia where he rode in the Winter test series against England. He lived in Ashgrove in Brisbane, and set up a motorcycle business in Adelaide Street called the "British Motorcycle Corporation" which he ran until the mid-1960s.May, Cyril (1978) ''Ride It! The Complete Book of Speedway'', Haynes, , p. 44 Huxley died in his home town of Brisbane on 24 June 1982 at the age of 75, just 3 months shy of his 76th birthday. World Final appearances * 1936 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluey Wilkinson
Arthur George "Bluey" Wilkinson (27 August 1911 – 27 July 1940) was an international speedway rider. Wilkinson was Speedway World Champion in 1938 after narrowly missing out on winning the inaugural Championship in 1936. Early life Wilkinson was nicknamed "Bluey" because of his red hair (an Australian custom). At the age of four, Bluey's family moved to Bathurst, New South Wales which he really considered to be his home town. He was working as a butcher boy when speedway first started at the Bathurst Sports Ground in 1928. It was love at first sight for Wilkinson and he promptly gave up a promising rugby league career and invested his savings in a battered old belt driven Rudge. Career On the Rudge, Bluey Wilkinson wasn't a world-beater, but when Sydney and international star rider Lionel Van Praag came to Bathurst he loaned Wilkinson one of his spare bikes. In a battle of future World Champions, Wilkinson defeated Van Praag in a match race and his talent was recogni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Parker (speedway Rider)
Jack Parker (1905 – 1989) was an international motorcycle speedway rider who made his debut at the Whitsun meeting at High Beech in 1928. He won the British Riders' Championship in 1949 and finished second in the 1949 World Championship. Biography Parker was born in Birmingham, England, on 9 October 1905. His early employment was in the experimental department of BSA, where his talent for racing became apparent.Hoare, Ron (1963) "The Jack Parker Story" in ''Speedway Digest 1963'', p. 13-13-15, 52 He represented the company in road races, including the Isle of Man TT. He took part in some of the earliest dirt-track races at High Beech, initially riding a stripped-down road bike, but later a specially adapted BSA. He joined the Coventry team in 1929 at the stadium at Lythalls Lane, Foleshill, becoming the team captain, and switching to a Douglas bike. His brother Norman also rode in the Coventry team in 1930. He joined Southampton in 1931, and successfully challenged Vic H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |