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The table below is a chronological list of first time World Champions
(i.e. a list of when each driver won their first World Championship).
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| 39 DIFFERENT DRIVERS |
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|
COUNT |
NAME |
NO |
YEAR |
DATE |
TRACK |
|
NO OF WINS |
| 1 | Mac McDonnell | 35 | 1955 | Fri, 24th Jun | Harringay | | 1 | |
| 2 | Jerzy Wojtowicz | 99 | 1955 | Wed, 31st Aug | Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | | 1 | |
| 3 | Johnnie Brise | 103 | 1956 | Mon, 6th Aug | Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | | 3 | |
| 4 | Aubrey Leighton | 42 | 1957 | Sat, 31st Aug | Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | | 1 | |
| 5 | Bob Reeve | 0 | 1958 | Sat, 23rd Aug | Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | | 1 | |
| 6 | Jock Lloyd | 131 | 1961 | Sat, 16th Sep | West Ham | | 1 | |
| 7 | Fred Mitchell | 38 | 1962 | Sat, 8th Sep | Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | | 2 | |
| 8 | Doug Wardropper | 5 | 1963 | Sat, 31st Aug | Harringay | | 1 | |
| 9 | Trevor Frost | 68 | 1964 | Sat, 5th Sep | Coventry | | 1 | |
| 10 | Ellis Ford | 3 | 1965 | Sat, 25th Sep | West Ham | | 1 | |
| 11 | George Ansell | 375 | 1967 | Sat, 23rd Sep | Harringay | | 1 | |
| 12 | Tony Neal | 100 | 1968 | Sat, 7th Sep | Coventry | | 1 | |
| 13 | Stuart Smith | 391 | 1969 | Sat, 13th Sep | Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | | 6 | |
| 14 | Jim Esau | 244 | 1970 | Sat, 26th Sep | Harringay | | 1 | |
| 15 | Doug Cronshaw | 396 | 1971 | Sat, 4th Sep | Coventry | | 1 | |
| 16 | Dave Chisholm | 252 | 1973 | Sat, 22nd Sep | Harringay | | 3 | |
| 17 | Stuart Bamforth | 3 | 1976 | Sat, 11th Sep | White City, Manchester | | 1 | |
| 18 | Mike Close | 199 | 1977 | Sat, 3rd Sep | Coventry | | 1 | |
| 19 | Dave Mellor | 304 | 1978 | Sat, 23rd Sep | Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | | 1 | |
| 20 | Frankie Wainman | 212 | 1979 | Sat, 29th Sep | White City, Manchester | | 1 | |
| 21 | Len Wolfenden | 190 | 1981 | Sat, 12th Sep | Bradford | | 1 | |
| 22 | Willie Harrison | 2 | 1982 | Sat, 25th Sep | Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | | 1 | |
| 23 | Peter Falding | 33 | 1986 | Sat, 6th Sep | Coventry | | 4 | |
| 24 | John Lund | 53 | 1987 | Sat, 26th Sep | Belle Vue (Hyde Road) | | 8 | |
| 25 | Ray Tyldesley | 85 | 1989 | Sat, 2nd Sep | Coventry | | 1 | |
| 26 | Bert Finnikin | 55 | 1990 | Sat, 22nd Sep | Bradford | | 1 | |
| 27 | Andy Smith | 391 | 1994 | Sat, 24th Sep | Bradford | | 5 | |
| 28 | Keith Chambers | 250 | 1995 | Sun, 10th Sep | Hednesford | | 1 | |
| 29 | Frankie Wainman Jnr | 515 | 1998 | Sat, 19th Sep | Coventry | | 3 | |
| 30 | Murray Harrison | 97 | 1999 | Sat, 18th Sep | Coventry | | 1 | |
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COUNT |
NAME |
NO |
YEAR |
DATE |
TRACK |
|
NO OF WINS |
| 31 | Rob Speak | 318 | 2001 | Sat, 15th Sep | Hednesford | | 2 | |
| 32 | Stuart Smith Jnr | 390 | 2007 | Sat, 22nd Sep | Kings Lynn | | 2 | |
| 33 | Paul Harrison | 2 | 2011 | Sat, 10th Sep | Brafield / Northampton | | 1 | |
| 34 | Lee Fairhurst | 217 | 2012 | Sat, 15th Sep | Skegness | | 1 | |
| 35 | Tom Harris | 84 | 2013 | Sat, 21st Sep | Kings Lynn | | 5 | |
| 36 | Craig Finnikin | 55 | 2014 | Sat, 20th Sep | Coventry | | 1 | |
| 37 | Nigel Green | 445 | 2017 | Sat, 16th Sep | Ipswich | | 1 | |
| 38 | Not Run | 994 | 2020 | Sat, 19th Sep | Corona Virus | | 1 | |
| 39 | Charlie Sworder | 5 | 2022 | Sat, 10th Sep | Ipswich | | 1 | |
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