1971 British Speedway Championship
{{Short description|Speedway event}}
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|name = 1971 British Speedway Championship
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|date_start = 16 June 1971
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|venue = Brandon Stadium, Coventry
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|prev = 1970
|next = 1972
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The 1971 British Speedway Championship was the 11th 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 16 June at Brandon Stadium in Coventry, 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 Ian Turner.{{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=Tiny Ian is the Champ |work=Daily Mirror
|date=15 July 1971 |access-date=9 June 2024|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19710715/225/0026 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
British Final
- 16 June 1971, Brandon Stadium, Coventry
{{Speedway event 20heats| RIDERS=
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|1|7|NZL|Ivan Mauger| |3|3|3|3|2| pts=14 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|2|2|NZL|Barry Briggs| |3|2|2|3|3| pts=13 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|3|6|ENG|Tony Lomas| |0|3|3|3|3| pts=12 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|4|16|SCO|Bert Harkins| |2|2|2|3|0| pts=9 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|5|15|ENG|Ray Wilson| |3|1|3|1|0| pts=8 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|6|5|ENG|Martin Ashby| |2|2|1|1|2| pts=8 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|7|9|NZL|Ronnie Moore| |1|0|3|2|1| pts=7 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|8|13|ENG|Dave Younghusband| |0|3|1|2|1| pts=7 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|9|11|ENG|Bob Kilby| |2|2|1|1|1| pts=7 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|10|4|ENG|Eric Boocock| |0|3|0||3| |16i=T }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|11|12|AUS|Jim Airey| |3|1|0|2|0| pts=6 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|12|8|ENG|Nigel Boocock| |1||2|0|3| |8i=X }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|13|10|WAL|Howard Cole| |0|1|2|2|1| pts=6 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|14|1|AUS|Geoff Curtis| |2|1|0|1|2| pts=6 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|15|3|AUS|John Boulger| |1|0|1|0|2| pts=4 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/rider|16|14|ENG|Arnold Haley| |1|0|0|0|0| pts=1 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||17|NZL|Bill Andrew | |16h=w |16p=0 }}
{{Speedway event 20heats/reserve||18|AUS|Garry Middleton | pts=0 }}
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British Under 21 final
- 14 July 1971, Abbey Stadium, Swindon{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1971fixtures.pdf |title=1971 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 | 15 |
| 2
| Dave Jessup ||14 | |
| 3
|Peter Ingram ||11 | |
| 4
| Malcolm Shakespeare ||10 | |
| 5
| Tony Davey ||9 | |
| 6
| Malcolm Ballard ||8 | |
| 7
| Doug Wyer ||8 | |
| 8
| Jimmy Gallacher ||8 | |
| 9
| Geoff Bouchard ||7 | |
| 10
| Gordon Kennett ||7 | |
| 11
| John Jackson ||5 | |
| 12
| Peter Collins ||5 | |
| 13
| Alan Wilkinson ||4 | |
| 14
| Malcolm Mackay ||3 | |
| 15
| Paul Tyrer ||2 | |
| 16
| Graham Banks ||2 | |
| 17
| Richard Greer (res)||1 | |
| 18
| Alistair Brady (res) ||0 |