The 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship was the sixth edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
Australia's Jack Young won the World Championship. Young won a run-off for the title with British rider Split Waterman and fellow Australian Jack Biggs after all three riders had finished on 12 points.
The 1951 World Final was held before a reported crowd of 93,000 at Wembley Stadium.
First qualifying round The top 13 riders qualify for the second qualifying round.
DateVenueWinner 31 May Penarth Road Stadium Derek Tailby 2 June Aldershot Stadium Trevor Redmond 2 June Rayleigh Weir Stadium Tony Lewis 2 June Abbey Stadium Hugh Geddes 4 June County Ground Stadium Johnny Sargeant
Second qualifying round Top Qualifiers go forward to the Championship round. DateVenueWinner10 July Ashfield Stadium Eric Williams10 July Banister Court Stadium Tom Oakley10 July Yarmouth Stadium Fred Brand11 July Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood) Wilf Jay11 July White City Stadium, Glasgow Tommy Miller11 July The Shay Arthur Forrest12 July Oxford Stadium Jack Young13 July Leicester Stadium Geoff Mardon13 July The Stadium, Motherwell Gordon McGregor13 July Brough Park Stadium Dick Campbell16 July Dudley Wood Stadium Phil Clarke16 July Stanley Stadium Ken Sharples16 July Walthamstow Stadium Jim Boyd21 July Brandon Stadium Tommy Miller21 July Old Meadowbank Jack Young21 July Sun Street Stadium Bruce Abernethy21 July The Firs Stadium Bob Leverenz
Championship Round Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final DateVenueWinner13 August Wimbledon Stadium Split Waterman14 August West Ham Stadium Bruce Abernethy15 August New Cross Stadium Bob Leverenz16 August Wembley Stadium Freddie Williams18 August Hyde Road Stadium Bruce Semmens18 August Perry Barr Stadium Alan Hunt18 August Odsal Stadium Eddie Rigg31 August Knowle Stadium Norman Parker31 August Harringay Stadium Jack Biggs
Scores Top 16 qualify for World final, 17th & 18th reserves for World final Pos. Rider Total pts1 Jack Biggs 292 Split Waterman 273 Alan Hunt 264 Aub Lawson 255 Ronnie Moore 256 Freddie Williams 247 Louis Lawson 238 Bob Leverenz 239 Norman Parker 2310 Ernie Roccio 2311 Eric Williams 2312 Jack Young 2313 Cyril Brine 2214 Jeff Lloyd 2215 Jack Parker 2216 Eddie Rigg 2217 Dick Bradley 2118 Geoff Mardon 2119 Billy Hole 2120 Bill Kitchen 2021 Len Williams 2022 John Reason 1923 Bob Oakley 1924 Bruce Abernethy 1925 Eric Boothroyd 1826 Derick Close 1727 Graham Warren 1728 Tom Oakley 1729 Dennis Gray 1730 Eric Chitty 1731 Fred Curtis 1632 Bruce Semmens 1633 Vic Emms 1634 Arthur Forrest 1635 Eric French 1536 Olle Nygren 15Pos. Rider Total pts37 Ron Mountford 1538 Frank Lawrence 1539 Wally Green 1440 Malcolm Craven 1341 Henry Long 1342 Len Read 1343 Ken Adams 1344 Trevor Redmond 1245 Dent Oliver 1246 Peter Robinson 1247 Tommy Price 1248 Tommy Miller 1249 Jack Mountford 1250 Phil Clarke 1251 Ken Sharples 1152 Noel Watson 1053 Roy Craighead 1054 Wilf Jay 955 Bill Kemp 956 Cyril Roger 957 George Smith 958 Harry Saunders 959 Gordon McGregor 960 Chris Boss 961 Jimmy Squibb 662 Harry Edwards 663 Son Mitchell 664 Fred Brand 665 Bob Baker 666 Ron Peace 567 Eric Salmon 468 Geoff Pymar 469 Frank Hodgson 370 Junior Bainbridge 271 Jack Hodgson 172 Merv Harding 0
World final 20 September 1951 London, Wembley Stadium
Pos. Rider Points Heats1 Jack Young 12+3 (2,2,3,3,2)2 Split Waterman 12+2 (1,3,3,2,3)3 Jack Biggs 12+1 (3,3,3,3,0)4 Ronnie Moore 11 (2,2,2,2,3)5 Jack Parker 10 (0,1,3,3,3)6 Louis Lawson 10 (2,0,2,3,3)7 Eddie Rigg 8 (3,3,1,1,0)8 Bob Leverenz 7 (3,2,1,0,1)9 Freddie Williams 7 (3,1,0,2,1)10 Aub Lawson 7 (1,2,2,0,2)11 Jeff Lloyd 6 (1,3,1,0,1)12 Eric Williams 6 (0,1,1,2,2)13 Cyril Brine 3 (1,E,2,0,0)14 Norman Parker 3 (0,1,1,1,0)15 Ernie Roccio 2 (2,0,0,0,-)16 Alan Hunt 2 (F,F,0,1,1) Dick Bradley (res) 2 (2) Geoff Mardon (res) – –
Classification
Podium 1951 Podium: Jack Young (Australia) Split Waterman (Great Britain) Jack Biggs (Australia)
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