The British Riders Championship was an individual motorcycle speedway competition held in the United Kingdom for three years from 1946 until 1948.
[1] The first winner was Tommy Price, who won the final held at Empire Stadium on 12 September 1946, in front of 85,000 spectators.
[2][3] There were no less than 23 qualifying rounds, where riders from National and Northern League tracks respectively, competed in six meetings each.
Parker won the title after a run off and also broke the halfway (2 laps) track record (37.6 secs) in heat 2.
[4] Vic Duggan won the 1948 Championship final held again at Empire Stadium on 16 September, in front of nearly 90,000 spectators.