1989 Speedway World Team Cup

30th edition of the annual motorcycle speedway World Cup competition December 2023 December 2023 1989 Speedway World Team Cup 1988 1990 The 1989 Speedway World Team Cup was the 30th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.http://motorsporttop20.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/11.-Speedway-World-Cup-Nations.pdf FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS Motor Sport Top 20 13 July 2021http://www.internationalspeedway.co.uk/wtc89.htm 1989 WORLD TEAM CUP International Speedway 15 July 2021 The final was staged at Odsal Stadium, Bradford, England. The English team dominated the meeting, following near tragedy for Denmark. Jeremy Doncaster, Kelvin Tatum, Paul Thorp and Simon Wigg defeated Denmark, Sweden and the USA in a single meeting final. The Danish run of sixth consecutive titles finally came to an end and England once more went top of the all-time list, with nine titles.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/world-team-cup-1960-1990.html World Team Cup 1960-1990 Edinburgh Speedway 13 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/2414/1989-world-team-cup-final Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 12 July 2021 The World Cup Final saw the end of the career of three time World Champion Erik Gundersen of Denmark. In the first race of the meeting, Gundersen won the start from gate 4 and headed the field into the first turn. As he pulled across the others and down t the white line (as he had done hundreds of times previously in his career) Lance King and Jimmy Nilsen were locked in their own private battle just behind him and didn't appreciate how close to Gundersen they were. As the American and Swede locked together they clipped Gundersen's rear wheel and he was thrown over the highside. As he lay on the race track he was hit in the head by Cradley teammate Simon Cross's rear wheel as Cross attempted to negotiate his way through the carnage. All 4 riders were rushed to Hospital but Gundersen had suffered life threatening injuries, indeed having been knocked unconscious and sustaining serious injuries Gundersen had swallowed his tongue and his life was saved on the track by the quick intervention of a St Johns Ambulance lady and the track doctor (attending his first ever speedway meeting) as fans and fellow riders watched on. After the accident he was not expected to live and he remained in coma for a period of time but he eventually regained consciousness.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Gundersen had to learn to walk again and raised a large amount of money for the Bradford Royal Infirmary which saved his life and he later became manager of the Danish Speedway Team. None of the riders involved in the accident - Gundersen, Simon Cross, Jimmy Nilsen and Lance King, took any further part in the final and Denmark were clearly affected by the accident. First round 30 April BUL Shumen Motopista, Shumen 17 May NOR Elgane Speedway, Varhaug 1st2nd3rd4thNorway 45+47=92Ingvar Skogland 24Lars Gunnestad 23Arne Svendsen 18Tor Einar Hielm 15Einar Kyllingstad 12Bulgaria 37+37=74Nikolaj Manev 25Georgi Petranov 19Zacharia Jordanov 17Vesselin Markov 7Orlin Janakiev 6Netherlands 22+16=38Ron Koppe 13Henk Bangma 9Rene Elzinga 8Bob Dolman 4Ron van Dam 4New ZealandQualified - not started Norway to second round Second round 11 June ITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo 29 June AUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt 1st2nd3rd4thItaly 47+30=77Armando Dal Chiele 22Valentino Furlanetto 21Giorgio Zaramella 13Armando Castagna 10Andrea Maida 9Fabrizio Vesprini 2Norway 31+40=71Lars Gunnestad 25Einar Kyllingstad 22Arnt Förland 10Arne Svendsen 8Ingvar Skogland 4Per Erga 2Finland 18+29=47Olli Tyrväinen 20Janne Moksunen 9Kai Niemi 7Aki Ala-Riihimäki 6Roy Malminheimo 4Ari Koponen 1Austria 24+21=45Walter Nebel 12Heinrich Schatzer 11Andreas Bössner 10Robert Funk 6Thomas Stadler 6Toni Pilotto 0 Italy to third round. Third round 2 July HUN Nyíregyháza Speedway, Nyíregyháza 15 July POL Stal Rzeszów Municipal Stadium, Rzeszów 1st2nd3rd4thAustralia 48+49=97Troy Butler 26Stephen Davies 24Mick Poole 21Craig Boyce 20Leigh Adams 6Hungary 44+17=61Zoltán Adorján 19Antal Kocso 15Sándor Tihanyi 13József Petrikovics 12Zoltan Hajdu 2Poland 9+38=47Ryszard Franczyszyn 14Roman Jankowski 13Piotr Świst 9Janusz Stachyra 8Sławomir Drabik 2Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 1Italy 19+15=34Armando Castagna 12Valentino Furlanetto 10Armando Dal Chiele 6Giorgio Zaramella 4Andrea Maida 1Mariano Castagna 1 Australia to fourth round. Fourth round 30 July FRG Rhein-Main Arena, Diedenbergen 28 August TCH Markéta Stadium, Prague 1st2nd3rd4thSweden 38+40=78Per Jonsson 23Jimmy Nilsen 21Erik Stenlund 18Tony Olsson 13Mikael Blixt 3West Germany 39+24=63Gerd Riss 19Klaus Lausch 18Karl Maier 16Klaus Freundorfer 4Alois Bachhuber 4Tommy Dunker 2Czechoslovakia 27+34=61Bohumil Brhel 17Antonín Kasper Jr. 16Roman Matoušek 12Zdeněk Tesař 9Zdeněk Schneiderwind 7Jan Holub II 0Australia 16+22=38Craig Boyce 12Stephen Davies 10Mick Poole 8Troy Butler 6Leigh Adams 2Craig Hodgson 0Todd Wiltshire 0 Sweden to World final. World final 17 September ENG Odsal Stadium, Bradford 1st2nd3rd4thENG England 48Jeremy Doncaster 13Kelvin Tatum 12Paul Thorp 12Simon Wigg 11Simon Cross 0DEN Denmark 34Hans Nielsen 11Gert Handberg 9John Jørgensen 7Brian Karger 7Erik Gundersen 0SWE Sweden 30Mikael Blixt 10Per Jonsson 8Tony Olsson 7Erik Stenlund 5Jimmy Nilsen 0USA USA 8Kelly Moran 6Greg Hancock 2Ronnie Correy 0Rick Miller 0Lance King 0 See also 1989 Individual Speedway World Championship 1989 Speedway World Pairs Championship References Category:Speedway World Team Cup Category:1989 in speedway