1983 British Speedway Championship

1983 British Speedway Championship

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The 1983 British Speedway Championship was the 23rd edition of the British Speedway Championship. ^[1] The Final took place on 1 June at Brandon in Coventry, England. The Championship was won by Chris Morton, with Michael Lee second and Andy Grahame winning a run-off against Kenny Carter, Peter Collins and John Davis for third. ^[2]

British Final

• 1 June 1983
• Brandon Stadium, Coventry ^[3]

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(4) Chris Morton	12	2							2				3				2				3	12	1
	(12) Michael Lee	11			0					3		2			3						3		11	2
	(9) Andy Grahame	10			2		0						2					3		3			10	3	3
4	(5) Kenny Carter	10		2			3					0					3					2	10	4	2
5	(1) Peter Collins	10	1				1				3				2				3				10	5	1
6	(13) John Davis	10				2	2							2		2					2		10	6	0
7	(2) Phil Collins	9	0					3				1				3				2			9	7
8	(15) Les Collins	8				0			2			3						1	2				8	8
9	(3) Paul Woods	7	3						1				1				1				1		7	9
10	(11) Dave Jessup	6			3				3		F					M						M	6	10
11	(14) Simon Wigg	6				3		0					3		0							E	6	11
12	(6) Gordon Kennett	6		3				1			2							0			0		6	12
13	(16) Colin Richardson	6				1				1	1						2			1			6	13
14	(10) Malcolm Simmons	5			1			2						1			0		1				5	14
15	(7) Sean Willmott	2		1					0					0	1					0			2	15
16	(8) Neil Collins	1		0						0			E			1			0				1	16
R1	(R1) Kevin Hawkins	1														0						1	1	R1
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside

gate B

gate C

gate D - outside

British Under 21 final

Keith Millard won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship. The final was held at Kingsmead Stadium on 30 July. ^[4]

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Keith Millard	13+3
2	Simon Cross	13+2
3	Kenny McKinna	12
4	Paul Stead	11
5	Marvyn Cox	9
6	Kelvin Tatum	9
7	Paul Clarke	7
8	Alun Rossiter	7
9	Jamie Luckhurst	7
10	Kevin Price	7
11	Carl Baldwin	6
12	Carl Blackbird	6
13	Andy Smith	5
14	Julian Parr	3
15	Jeremy Luckhurst (res)	3
16	John Frankland	0
17	Gary O'Hare	0
18	Jay Pleece (res)	0

See also

• British Speedway Championship
• 1983 Individual Speedway World Championship

References

1. "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA.
2. "1983". Speedway.org. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
3. "1983 British Final Result". History of Speedway (In Polish).
4. "British Under-21 Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 7 May 2023.