1988 British Speedway Championship

The 1988 British Speedway Championship was the 28th edition of the British Speedway Championship.[1] The Final took place on 2 May at Brandon in Coventry, England. The Championship was won by Simon Wigg, while Kelvin Tatum was second and Chris Morton beat Simon Cross in a run-off for third place.[2]

British Final

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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 22
1 England (6) Simon Wigg 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 England (14) Kelvin Tatum 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2
3 England (13) Chris Morton 11 2 2 3 3 1 11 3 3
4 England (3) Simon Cross 11 1 3 3 2 2 11 4 2
5 England (5) Neil Evitts 10 1 3 3 3 X 10 5
6 England (12) Richard Knight 10 3 2 2 3 0 10 6
7 England (16) John Davis 9 1 3 1 1 3 9 7
8 England (2) Marvyn Cox 8 3 1 1 1 2 8 8
9 England (1) Andy Smith 8 2 1 2 1 2 8 9
10 England (8) Steve Schofield 6 0 E 1 2 3 6 10
11 England (11) Andrew Silver 6 2 2 F 0 2 6 11
12 England (7) Neil Collins 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 12
13 England (4) Jeremy Doncaster 4 0 1 0 2 1 4 13
14 England (10) Andy Galvin 3 1 F 2 0 0 3 14
15 England (15) Sean Wilson 2 0 0 E 1 1 2 15
16 England (9) Gary Havelock 0 F - - - - 0 16
R1 England (R1) Andy Hackett 0 0 E 0 R1
R2 England (R2) David Clarke 0 0 0 0 R2
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 22

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

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Mark Loram won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship. The final was held at Arlington Stadium, Hailsham on 12 June.[4]

Pos. Rider Points
1 Mark Loram 15
2 Andy Phillips 14
3 Martin Dugard 13
4 Dean Standing 10
5 Chris Cobby 10
6 Alistair Stevens 10
7 Wayne Garratt 9
8 Paul Whittaker 7
9 Chris Louis 7
10 Kelvin Pitts 6
11 Rodney Payne 4
12 Gary Tagg 4
13 Darren Standing 4
14 Nathan Simpson 4
15 Adrian Stevens 3
16 Simon Wolstenholme 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA.
  2. ^ "1988". Speedway.org. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  3. ^ "1988 British Final Result". History of Speedway (In Polish).
  4. ^ "British Under-21 Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 7 May 2023.