1938 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1938 Individual Speedway World Championship was the third edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

The Championship was won by the 28 year-old Australian Arthur 'Bluey' Wilkinson, in front of a new record crowd for speedway of 95,000. The newspapers reported that despite extra police one of the worst traffic jams of the year resulted after the meeting was over and that the air was thick with petrol fumes.^[8]

• The top 28 riders over the 13 qualifying rounds would qualify for the Championship round.

The top 16 riders and 1 reserve, over the 7 Championship rounds would qualify for the World final.^[9]

Pos. Rider Qual Points c/f 1 Bluey Wilkinson 53 8 2 Wilbur Lamoreaux 52 7 3 Cordy Milne 50 7 4 Jack Milne 49 7 5 Lionel Van Praag 49 7 6 Bill Kitchen 40 6 7 Eric Langton 37 5 8 Alec Statham 37 5 9 Benny Kaufman 36 5 10 Geoff Pymar 35 5 11 Arthur Atkinson 34 5 12 George Newton 34 5 13 Jack Parker 31 4 14 Tommy Croombs 29 4 15 Frank Varey 29 4 16 Tommy Price 27 4

Pos. Rider Qual Points c/f 17 Jack Ormston 26 4 18 Vic Duggan 25 19 Ron Johnson 25 20 Jimmie Gibb 24 21 Les Wotton 17 22 Wally Lloyd 16 23 Eric Gregory 16 24 Morian Hansen 13 25 Clem Mitchell 12 26 George Wilks 12 27 Bert Spencer 7 28 Charlie Spinks 4

• 1 September 1938
• Wembley Stadium, London
• Attendance: 95,000 (all-time Wembley speedway attendance record)

Pos.	Rider	c/f	Final Points	Final Heats	Total Points
1	Bluey Wilkinson	8	14	(3,3,3,3,2)	22
2	Jack Milne	7	14	(3,3,2,3,3)	21
3	Wilbur Lamoreaux	7	13	(3,1,3,3,3)	20
4	Lionel Van Praag	7	11	(3,2,2,1,3)	18
5	Bill Kitchen	6	9	2,2,1,2,2)	15
6	Cordy Milne	7	8	(1,3,3,0,1)	15
7	Alec Statham	5	8	(2,3,0,0,3)	13
8	Eric Langton	5	8	(1,2,2,3,0)	13
9	Benny Kaufman	5	7	(2,1,0,2,2)	12
10	Jack Parker	4	6	(2,2,2,0,0)	10
11	Arthur Atkinson	5	5	(1,0,2,1,1)	10
12	Jack Ormston (res)	4	5	(3,2)	9
13	Tommy Price	4	4	(1,0,1,2,0)	8
14	Tommy Croombs	4	4	(0,1,1,1,1)	8
15	George Newton	5	2	(0,1,0,1,0)	7
16	Geoff Pymar	5	2	(0,0,1,0,1)	7
17	Frank Varey	4	0	(0,0,0,-,-)	4