1939 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1939 Individual Speedway World Championship was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II. It would have been the fourth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

The final, due to be held at Wembley on 7 September was cancelled, just four days after the declaration of war by Britain on Germany.[8][9]

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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  7. ^ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990. Front Page Books. p. 13. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  8. ^ "Speedway Racing". West London Observer. 1 September 1939. Retrieved 22 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Speedway Final". Cambridge Daily News. 6 September 1939. Retrieved 22 April 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.