2022 British Speedway Championship

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The 2022 British Speedway Championship was the 62nd edition of the British Speedway Championship. [1]

Summary

The final was held at the National Speedway Stadium and was won by Dan Bewley. [2]

The original date for the competition had been 1 August but bad weather forced the cancellation of the event after 12 heats. Three riders had been leading at the time with 8 points each, they were Bewley, Tom Brennan and Chris Harris. [3]

Results

The Final

PlacingRiderTotal1234567891011121314151617181920PtsPos2122
Gold medal icon.svg (6) Dan Bewley 15333331513
Silver medal icon.svg (16) Tom Brennan 101322210532
Bronze medal icon.svg (8) Craig Cook 12123331221
4(13) Danny King 112332111320
5(5) Kyle Howarth 10211331041
6(15) Adam Ellis 931302960
7(11) Richard Lawson 83300287
8(1) Connor Mountain 81213188
9(9) Charles Wright 72002379
10(4) Steve Worrall 731111710
11(2) Leon Flint 722210711
12(3) Chris Harris 602202612
13(7) Paul Starke 300201313
14(14) Scott Nicholls 301110314
15(12) Richie Worrall 200020215
16(10) Simon Lambert 210010216
17(17) Jordan Jenkins (res)0017
18(18) Jack Shimelt (res)0018
PlacingRiderTotal12345678910111213141516171819 20 PtsPos2122

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 - insidegate Bgate Cgate D - outside

Under 21 final

Leon Flint won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship held at Perry Barr Stadium on 31 August. [5]

Pos.RiderPointsSFFinal
1 Leon Flint 15x3
2 Dan Thompson 1132
3 Connor Bailey 1021
4 Tom Brennan 13x0
5 Joe Thompson 121
6 Nathan Ablitt 90
7 Jason Edwards 8
8 Henry Atkins 8
9 Drew Kemp 7
10Ace Pijper6
11 Sam Hagon 5
12 Max Perry 5
13 Harry McGurk 5
14 Jody Scott 3
15 Sam McGurk 3
16 Vinnie Foord 1
17 Jack Shimelt 1

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References

  1. "British Final Roll of Honour". Speedway GB. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  2. "Bewley Crowned Champion". Speedway GB. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. "A wild, wild night". Speedway Star pages 23-25. 6 August 2022.
  4. "British Final Result" (PDF). Speedway GB. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  5. "British Under-21 Final at Birmingham". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 May 2023.