1946 Speedway National League

[1][2] The league had been abandoned seven years previously due to the outbreak of World War II.

[3] From the abandoned 1939 season, Southampton Saints and Harringay Tigers were no longer racing whilst Odsal Boomerangs brought National League speedway to Bradford for the first time.

[10] Teams from the lower 1946 Speedway Northern League competed in the event.

Tommy Price won the British Riders' Championship final held at Empire Stadium on 12 September, in front of 85,000 spectators.

[12][13] There were no less than 23 qualifying rounds, where riders from National and Northern League tracks respectively, competed in six meetings each.