1970 British Speedway Championship
{{Short description|Speedway event}}
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{{infobox sport event
|name = 1970 British Speedway Championship
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|date_start = 9 June 1970
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|venue = West Ham Stadium, London
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|prev = 1969
|next = 1971
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The 1970 British Speedway Championship was the 10th edition of the British Speedway Championship.
{{cite web|url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/british-final-roll-of-honour/ |title=British Final Roll of Honour|publisher=BSPA |access-date=13 June 2024}} The final took place on 9 June at West Ham Stadium in London, England. The Championship was won by Ivan Mauger.{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=13 June 2024}}{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=1981 Speedway Yearbook |year=1981 |page=21 |publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd |isbn=0-86215-017-5}}
The British Under 21 Championship was won by Barry Thomas.{{cite book|last=Bott|first=Richard|title=The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4|year=1980 |publisher=Stanley Paul & Co Ltd|isbn=0-09-141751-1}}{{cite news |title=Shakespeare disappoints |work=Derby Daily Telegraph
|date=3 September 1970 |access-date=9 June 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000521/19700903/020/0020 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
British Final
- 9 June 1970, West Ham Stadium, London
{{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS=
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|13|NZL|Ivan Mauger| |2|3|3|3|3| pts=14 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|4|NZL|Ronnie Moore| |3|3|2|2|3| pts=13 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|3|NZL|Roy Trigg| |1|3|3|3|2| pts=12+3 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|2|ENG|Arnold Haley| |2|3|3|2|2| pts=12+2 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|6|NZL|Barry Briggs| |3|0|3|3|1| pts=10 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|16|ENG|Trevor Hedge| |3|1|2|2|1| pts=9 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|7|AUS|Jim Airey| |0|1|1|3|3| pts=8 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|14|AUS|John Boulger| |1|2|1|2|2| pts=8 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|11|ENG|Nigel Boocock| |3|2|0|1|1| pts=7 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|12|ENG|Chris Pusey| |2|2|2|0|0| pts=6 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|1|AUS|Charlie Monk| |0|2|1|1|1| pts=5 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|ENG|Martin Ashby| |1|0|2|0|2| pts=5 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|ENG|Ray Wilson| |0|1|0|1|3| pts=5 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|5|WAL|Howard Cole| |2|0|0|0|0| pts=2 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|9|ENG|Terry Betts| |1|1|0|0||18i=X | pts=2 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|15|SCO|Jim McMillan| |0|0|1|1|0| pts=2 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|ENG|Bob Kilby | pts=0 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|ENG|Tommy Roper | pts=0 }}
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British Under 21 final
- 19 August 1970, Abbey Stadium, Swindon{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1970fixtures.pdf |title=1970 fixtures and results | website=Speedway Researcher |access-date=13 June 2024}}
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!width=200|Rider !width=30|Pts | |
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!1 | 14+3 |
| 2
| Dave Jessup ||14+2 | |
| 3
|Mick Bell ||13 | |
| 4
| John Jackson ||11 | |
| 5
| Bobby Beaton ||11 | |
| 6
| Malcolm Shakespeare ||10 | |
| 7
| Graham Miles ||8 | |
| 8
| Ian Turner||7 | |
| 9
| Graham Banks ||7 | |
| 10
| Gordon Kennett ||6 | |
| 11
| Paul Tyrer ||4 | |
| 12
|Alan Bridgett ||3 | |
| 13
| Sid Sheldrick ||3 | |
| 14
| Malcolm Mackay (res) ||3 | |
| 15
| George Devonport ||2 | |
| 16
| Shawn Murtough (res) ||2 | |
| 17
| Mac Woolford (res)||1 | |
| 18
| Steve Waplington ||0 | |
| 19
| Barry Duke ||0 |