The Star Riders' Championship was the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship

Speedway World Championship

The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world. Today, it is organised as a series of Speedway Grand Prix events, where points are awarded according to performance in the event and tallied up at the end of each...

 and was inaugurated in 1929. The competition was sponsored by The Star, 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.

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 inaugurated in 1936, the Star Riders' Championship ceased.

Results

1929-1935

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
1929 1929 Star Riders' Championship The 1929 Star Riders' Championship was decided in two sections, British riders and overseas riders, due to the strength of the more experienced overseas riders...	(Overseas) Frank Arthur Frank Arthur Harold Frank Milton Arthur was a former international motorcycle speedway rider who won the first Star Riders' Championship the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship, in 1929.-Career:Arthur was one of the pioneers of speedway in the UK...  ( ) beat Vic Huxley Vic Huxley Victor Nelson "Vic" Huxley was a Speedway 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...  ( )
1929 1929 Star Riders' Championship The 1929 Star Riders' Championship was decided in two sections, British riders and overseas riders, due to the strength of the more experienced overseas riders...	(Britain) Roger Frogley Roger Frogley Roger Frogley was a pioneering British motorcycle speedway rider, who won several races at the start of the 20th century. His crowning triumph was beating the Australian star, Ben Unwin, at the International Match Race in front of a 40,000 strong crowd.Frogley rode for the Crystal Palace Glaziers...  ( ) beat Jack Parker Jack Parker (speedway rider) Jack Parker was an international speedway rider who made his debut at the Whitsun meeting at High Beech in 1928. He was born in Birmingham England.-Brief career summary:...  ( )
1930 1930 Star Riders' Championship The 1930 Star Riders' Championship was decided on a knockout basis over eight heats.- Final :*September 12, 1930 Wembley, England-Heat Details:Heat 1 : Arthur, Taylor, Stevenson Heat 2 : Taft, Frogley , Jackson...	Vic Huxley Vic Huxley Victor Nelson "Vic" Huxley was a Speedway 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...  ( ) beat Frank Arthur Frank Arthur Harold Frank Milton Arthur was a former international motorcycle speedway rider who won the first Star Riders' Championship the forerunner of the Speedway World Championship, in 1929.-Career:Arthur was one of the pioneers of speedway in the UK...  ( )
1931 1931 Star Riders' Championship The 1931 Star Riders' Championship was decided on a knockout basis over nine heats.- Final :*September 18, 1931 Wembley, England-Heat details:Heat 1 : Watson, Tauser, Shepherd, BishopHeat 2 : Parker, Rickman, Jackson, Stewart...	Ray Tauser ( )	Vic Huxley Vic Huxley Victor Nelson "Vic" Huxley was a Speedway 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...  ( )	Tommy Croombs ( )
1932 1932 Star Riders' Championship The 1932 Star Riders' Championship was decided on a knockout basis over nine heats.- Final :*September 22, 1932 Wembley, England-Heat details:Heat 1 : Byers, Dook, ArthurHeat 2 : Case, N Parker , Johnson...	Eric Langton Eric Langton Eric Langton was a motorcycle speedway who won the Star Riders' Championship in 1932, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship. He also finished runner-up in 1934...  ( )	Vic Huxley Vic Huxley Victor Nelson "Vic" Huxley was a Speedway 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...  ( )	Dicky Case Dicky Case Roy George Arthur 'Dicky' Case was an international speedway rider who finished sixth in the 1936 Speedway World Championship, the first ever final.-Career:...  ( )
1933 1933 Star Riders' Championship The 1933 Star Riders' Championship was decided on a knockout basis over nine heats.- Final :*September 14, 1933 Wembley, England-Heat Details:Heat 1 : Wotton, Case, Huxley, CroombsHeat 2 : Farndon, Moore, Varey, Parker...	Tom Farndon Tom Farndon Tom Farndon , was a Speedway rider who won the Star Riders' Championship in 1933 whilst with the Crystal Palace Glaziers....  ( )	Ron Johnson Ron Johnson (speedway rider) Ron Johnson was a speedway rider who won the London Riders' Championship in 1945 and in 1946 whilst with the New Cross Rangers....  ( )	Bluey Wilkinson Bluey Wilkinson Arther George "Bluey" Wilkinson 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...  ( )
1934 1934 Star Riders' Championship The 1934 Star Riders' Championship was decided on a knockout basis over nine heats.- Final :*August 23, 1934 Wembley, England-Heat Details:Heat 1 : Langton, Johnson, Parker, SharpHeat 2 : Jackson, Wilkinson, Arthur, Watson...	Jack Parker Jack Parker (speedway rider) Jack Parker was an international speedway rider who made his debut at the Whitsun meeting at High Beech in 1928. He was born in Birmingham England.-Brief career summary:...  ( )	Eric Langton Eric Langton Eric Langton was a motorcycle speedway who won the Star Riders' Championship in 1932, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship. He also finished runner-up in 1934...  ( )	Ginger Lees Ginger Lees Harry Riley Lees was a former international motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the first ever Speedway World Championship final in 1936. He was born in Bury, England.- Career summary :...  ( )
1935 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, an accident that cost Farndon his life the day after the final. Geoff Pymar and Norman...	Frank Charles Frank Charles (speedway rider) Frank Charles was a former international motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the first ever World Championship final in 1936.- Career summary :...  ( )	Jack Ormston Jack Ormston John Glaholme 'Jack' Ormston was a Speedway rider who finished runner-up in the Star Riders' Championship in 1935, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship...  ( )	Max Grosskreutz Max Grosskreutz Max Octavius Grosskreutz was a Speedway who finished third in the Star Riders' Championship in 1935, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship.... ( )
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