1977 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season January 2024 January 2024 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship 1976 1978 The 1977 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 32nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 20–21 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html World Championship 1936-1994 Edinburgh Speedway 10 July 2021https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 10 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021 History was made in the 1977 final when Ivan Mauger of New Zealand equalled Ove Fundin's title record of five World Championship wins. Mauger had gone close to equalling the record before and finally achieved it in Sweden, the home of Fundin.Mauger wins World title Belfast Telegraph 3 September 1977 10 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19770903/473/0014 British Newspaper Archive subscription In a decisive 18th heat re-run Mauger won from his nearest challenger Ole Olsen (the latter riding on his spare bike saw his title hopes end). In the original start Olsen was leading Mauger when he was forced to lay his bike down to avoid hitting John Boulger and damaged his jawa bike. Defending champion Peter Collins won his last ride to claim the silver medal despite riding with a broken left leg, but Olsen won the bronze medal run-off against young English rider Michael Lee.Sad Olsen faces cost of failure Telegraph 3 September 1977 10 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19770903/065/0005 British Newspaper Archive subscription Qualifying results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/World-Speedway-Championship-_-1977.htm 1977 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/77.htm#1977 1977 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 First round British Preliminary round Riders progress to British quarter-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 21 AprilOxford Stadium, Oxford Paul Tyrer Geoff Bouchard Martin Yeates 30 AprilLoomer Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme Robbie Gardner John Jackson Carl Glover 1 MayRye House Stadium, Hoddesdon Karl Fiala Les Collins Mike Lanham 5 MaySomerton Park, Newport Steve Weatherley Barney Kennett Steve Lomas New Zealand qualification DateVenueWinner2nd3rd North Island Final 12 JanuaryWestern Springs Stadium, Auckland John Goodall Mike Fullerton Jack Millen South Island Final 3 JanuaryRuapuna Speedway, Templeton Roger Wright Larry Ross Paul Fewings Second round New Zealand semi-final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 20 JanuaryRuapuna Speedway, Templeton Ivan Mauger Larry Ross Barry Briggs Australian qualification DateVenueWinner2nd3rd New South Wales Round 27 November Sydney Showground, Sydney Ricky Day Billy Sanders Mitch Shirra Queensland qualification 28 NovemberCarina Speedway, Bundaberg John Titman Neil Coddington Owen Hall Victorian qualification 8 JanuaryNorthern Park Raceway, Melbourne Phil Crump Danny Kennedy Rob Jones Southern qualification 17 JanuaryRowley Park, Adelaide John Boulger Tony Boyle Bob Maxfield 28 JanuaryRowley Park, Adelaide Phil Crump John Boulger Tony Boyle New South Wales qualification 11 FebruaryJerilderie Park, Tomago Phil Crump Phil Herne Billy Sanders West Australian qualification 21 FebruaryClaremont Speedway, Perth Glyn Taylor Neil Webb Les Leisk Northern Zone Final 23 FebruaryExhibition Ground, Brisbane Neil Coddington Steve Koppe Mike Farrell Continental Preliminary round Riders progress to Continental semi-finals. Josef Angermüller was killed during the first preliminary round at the San Savino Speedway Park after falling and colliding with a concrete post.http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ms&n=5422 Josef Angermüller Motorsport Memorial 17 March 2024 DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 24 AprilITA San Savino, Civitanova Marche ITA Paolo Noro CSK Jan Hadek CSK Jiří Štancl 25 AprilFRG Breitwangbahn, Bopfingen DDR Georg Hack CSK Jiri Jirout DDR Hans Ziegl British quarter-finals Top 32 progress to British semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 14 MayThe Shay, Halifax Chris Pusey Doug Wyer John Louis 16 MayDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Gordon Kennett George Hunter Bob Kilby 18 MayKing's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Michael Lee Paul Tyrer Chris Morton 20 MayHackney Wick Stadium, London Malcolm Simmons Martin Yeates Dave Jessup Third round British semi-finals 27 June ENG Birchfield Ladbroke Stadium, Birmingham Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Terry Betts132 Michael Lee113 Alan Wilkinson10+34 Martin Ashby10+25 Neil Middleditch10+16 Barry Thomas97 Gordon Kennett98 David Gagen99 Bobby Beaton810 Trevor Geer811 Chris Pusey812 Ray Wilson713 Bobby McNeil414 Graham Drury315 Steve Finch116 Paul Tyrer 029 June ENG Wimborne Road, Poole Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 Dave Jessup152 Doug Wyer143 Malcolm Simmons134 John Davis125 Bob Kilby106 Keith White97 Chris Morton98 John Louis89 Martin Yeates710 Ian Turner611 Reg Wilson512 Jim McMillan413 Dave Gooderham414 Bernie Leigh315 George Hunter116 John Jackson0 New Zealand Final 12 February 1977 NZL Western Springs Stadium, Auckland First 8 to Australasian final Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 Larry Ross 3,2,3,3,3142 Ivan Mauger X,3,3,3,3123 Robin Adlington 2,3,2,2,3124 Barry Briggs 1,1,3,3,3115 John Goodall 3,3,1,3,1116 Roger Wright 1,3,2,2,2107 Colin Farquharson 2,2,3,2,1108 Mike Fullerton 3,1,2,1,299 Colin Tucker 3,0,1,2,2810 Paul Fewings 2,1,0,1,1 511 Max Brown 1,0,2,0,1 412 Allan Brown 0,2,1,1,F 413 James Moore 0,F,X,1,2 314 Malcolm Chambers 2,F,0,-,- 215 Bruce Spargo 0,1,0,0,0 116 John Bargh 0,-,0,0,00R1 Merv Hodgson 1,1,0 2R2 Bruce Mitchell 2,0 2 Australian Final 25 February 1977 AUS Jerilderie Park Speedway, Tomago First 8 to Australasian final Pos. Rider Total1 Phil Crump 152 Phil Herne 133 Billy Sanders 134 John Boulger 115 Mike Farrell 106 John Titman 97 Ricky Day 98 Mitch Shirra 89 Stuart Mountford 710 Danny Kennedy 711 Tony Boyle 712 Paul O'Neil 413 Robin Amundson 314 Mick McKeon 215 John Williams 216 Robert Maxfield 0 Finland Final 29 August '76 FIN Turku Hippodrome, Turku 4 selected for Nordic Final Pos. Rider Total1 Ilkka Teromaa 132 Veli Pekka Teromaa 12+33 Markku Helminen 12+24 Kai Niemi 115 Rauli Mäkinen 116 Seppo Palomäki 117 Esko Mylläri 108 Ari Koponen 9 Esa Mattila 710 Pekka Hautamäki 511 Ismo Kivelä 512 Pentti Mattila 513Olli Turkia 414 Keijo Mylläri 315 Veli Pekka Kunelius 216 Veikko Haapamäki 017 Veijo Tuoriniemi (res) 0 Norwegian Final 17 April 1977 NOR Sandnes Stadion, Sandnes First 5 to Nordic Final Pos. Rider Total1 Tormod Langli 152 Rolf Gramstad 123 Stein R.Pedersen 124 Jan Gravningen 115 Edgar Stangeland 116 Tom Godal 7 Ingve Madland 8 Trond Helge Skretting 9 Geir Aasland Danish Final 19 May 1977 DEN Speedway Center, Fredericia First 5 to Nordic Final (Ole Olsen seeded to Nordic final) Pos. Rider Total1 Finn Thomsen 132 Erling Rasmussen 12+33 Bo Petersen 12+24 Gunnar Svendsen 115 Finn Rune Jensen 9+36 Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 9+27 Bent Rasmussen 88 Frank Mastrup 89 Kaj Kristiansen 710 Knud Ellegaard 711 Jens Erik Krause Kjaer 712 Kurt Bøgh 613 Frank Hansen 514 Jorgen Walther Johansen 515 Otto Larsen 116 Preben Rosenkilde 0 Continental quarter-finals Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 1 MayFRG Hansa Stadium, Bremen POL Edward Jancarz POL Marek Cieślak FRG Egon Muller 8 MayAUT Stadion Wiener Neustadt CSK Jiří Štancl AUT Siegfried Eder POL Jerzy Szczakiel 7 MayCSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný USSR Sergey Dyuzhev POL Zenon Plech POL Jerzy Rembas 8 MayHUN Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen AUT Walter Grubmuller USSR Sergey Uchov CSK Václav Verner Fourth Round Swedish qualification Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final (6 May, Avestavallen, Avesta)PosRider Points 1 Sören Karlsson 152 Jan Andersson 143 Jan Simensen 134 Karl-Erik Claesson 115 Eddie Davidsson 106 Lars-Åke Andersson 97 Lars Hedlund 98 Roger Björkman 89 Lars Ericsson 810 Jan Holmqvist 511 Åke Dovhed] 12 Leif Johansson 413 Björn Persson 314 Harald Sandberg (res)315 Bo Wirebrand 216 Bernt Johansson 017 Tommy Karlsson 0 0 (7 May, Motala Arena, Motala)PosRider Points 1 Hasse Holmqvist 142 Richard Hellsén133 Christer Sjösten 124 Bengt Jansson 125 Börje Klingberg 116 Conny Samuelsson 97 Olle Nygren 88 Stephan Johansson 79 Therje Henriksson 610 Kenneth Selmosson 611 Fredrik Lindqvist 512 Dirk van der Voet 513 Bo Jansson 414 Jan Davidsson 415 Göran Waltersson 316 Per-Olov Dovhjort 1 (8 May, Ljungheden, Västervik)PosRider Points 1 Bernt Persson 142 Sören Sjösten 143 Tommy Johansson 134 Tommy Nilsson 135 Åke Fridell 9+36 Stefan Salmonsson 9+27 Willy Karlsson 88 Sven Nilsson 89 Tomas Pettersson 710 Bengt Larsson 711 Karl-Fredrik Lindgren 612 Börje Ohlsson 413 Kjell Bergström 314 Nils Eriksson (res) 215 Roy Dantanus 216 Stefan Hjort 117 Per-Åke Gerhardsson (res)018 Göran Hedberg 0 American Final 29 July 1977 USA Costa Mesa Speedway, Los Angeles First 2 to Intercontinental final Pos. Rider Total1 Mike Bast 142 Bruce Penhall 13+33 Scott Autrey 13+2 4 Steve Bast 115 Rick Woods 106 Alan Christian 97 Mike Curoso 98 Dennis Sigalos 89 Steve Gresham 810 Duane Yarrow 711 Larry Shaw 612 Rich McMurray 513 Dennis Robinson 514 Ron McGill 115 Dave Faria 1 Nordic Final 29 May 1977 FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere First 4 to Intercontinental final Pos. Rider Total1 DEN Ole Olsen 152 FIN Ila Teromaa 143 DEN Finn Thomsen 124 FIN Kai Niemi 125 DEN Bo Petersen 106 NOR Tom Godal 107 DEN Finn Jensen 98 NOR Tormod Langli 89 DEN Gunnar Svendsen 710 FIN Markku Helminen 511 DEN Erling Rasmussen 512 NOR Trond Helge Skretting 413 FIN Esa Mattila (Res) 314 FIN Rauli Mäkinen (Res) 215 NOR Geir Aasland 116 FIN Pentti Mattila (Res) 117 NOR Ingve Madland 018 FIN Ari Koponen 019 NOR Stein R Pedersen 0 Australasian Final 19 February 1977 AUS Sydney Showground Speedway, Sydney First 4 to Intercontinental final x P1 5 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 2 3 x 3 P2 1 AUS Phil Crump 3 2 3 3 3 x 2 P3 16 AUS John Boulger 3 3 2 3 3 x 1 4 9 AUS Billy Sanders 3 1 3 3 2 x 5 12 AUS Phil Herne 2 2 2 2 3 x 6 4 NZL Barry Briggs 1 1 3 2 2 x 7 3 AUS Ricky Day 2 3 2 1 1 x 8 13 AUS Mitch Shirra 1 0 2 3 2 x 9 6 AUS Mike Farrell 2 3 1 1 0 x 10 14 AUS John Titman 2 2 1 1 1 x 11 7 NZL Colin Farquharson 1 2 0 0 1 x 12 10 NZL Larry Ross 1 1 1 0 1 x 13 15 NZL Robin Adlington 0 0 1 0 2 x 14 11 NZL Mike Fullerton 0 1 0 2 x E 15 8 NZL Roger Wright 0 0 1 0 x E 16 2 NZL John Goodall 0 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 AUS Stuart Mountford R2 R2 AUS Paul O'Neil British Final 13 July 1977 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry First 5 plus Peter Collins (seeded) to Intercontinental final. x P1 6 ENG Michael Lee 3 2 3 3 3 x P2 8 ENG Dave Jessup 1 3 3 3 3 x P3 16 ENG Doug Wyer 3 2 2 3 2 x 4 2 ENG John Davis 3 0 2 2 3 x 5 5 ENG Keith White 2 2 3 1 2 x 6 3 ENG Chris Morton 3 2 2 2 x X 7 14 ENG Bob Kilby 2 3 0 3 1 x 8 11 ENG Gordon Kennett 3 1 0 1 3 x 9 1 ENG Terry Betts 2 3 1 1 1 x 10 9 ENG Alan Wilkinson 2 1 1 2 1 x 11 15 ENG John Louis 1 2 0 1 2 x 12 10 ENG Martin Ashby 1 1 3 0 0 x 13 7 ENG Barry Thomas 0 0 2 0 x T 14 12 ENG David Gagen 0 1 1 0 0 x 15 4 ENG Neil Middleditch 1 0 1 0 0 x 16 13 ENG Malcolm Simmons x F - - - - R1 R1 ENG Mick Bell b 0 r 2 w 1 R2 R2 ENG Frank Smith r F b 0 Continental semi-finals 29 May POL Stadion żużlowy, Gorzów Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Jerzy Rembas 13+32 POL Boguslaw Nowak 13+23 POL Jan Mucha 11+34 TCH Václav Verner 11+25 TCH Jan Verner 11+16 USSR Alexander Juchov 11+07 USSR Vladimir Rozhanchuck 88USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 89 POL Andrzej Jurczynski 710 POL Zenon Plech 611 HUN Istvan Sziraczki 512 POL Mieczyslaw Wozniak 513 POL Ryszard Fabiszewski (res) 514 HUN Laszlo Meszaros 315 USSR Sergej Djuchev 116 TCH Jindrich Dominik 117 USSR Pavel Khlynovski 029 May FRG Motodrom Halbemond, Norden Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Marek Cieslak 152 FRG Egon Müller 133 POL Edward Jancarz 134 TCH Jiří Štancl 135 USSR Gregorij Ivanov 106 BUL Angel Eftimov 97 NED Henny Kroeze 98TCH Jan Hadek 99 AUT Hubert Fischbacher 610 POL Zdzislaw Dobrucki 511 USSR Nikolaj Kornev 512 AUT Siegfried Eder 413 NED Frits Koning 314 POL Henryk Glücklich 315 USSR Alexander Rachimov 216 POL Andrzej Tkocz 2 Fifth round Swedish Final SWE First 4 over three meetings to World final plus 1 reserve R1 (24 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda) R2 (25 May, Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping) R3 (26 May, Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna) Pos. Rider R1 R2 R3 Total1 Anders Michanek 151514 442 Bengt Jansson 131114 383 Bernt Persson 12146 324 Tommy Nilsson 10812 305 Sören Karlsson 81110 296 Jan Andersson 6912 277 Richard Hellsén 1197 278 Christer Sjösten 969 249 Sören Sjösten 687 2110 Tommy Johansson 775 1911 Hasse Holmqvist 753 1512 Jan Simensen 366 1513 Åke Fridell 464 1414 Karl-Erik Claesson 436 1315 Börje Klingberg 403 716 Eddie Davidsson 122 517 Lars-Åke Andersson 0-- 018 Conny Samuelsson -0- 0 Continental Final 25 July 1977 USSR Anatoly Stepanov Stadium, Tolyatti First 5 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 9 CSK Jan Verner 1 3 3 3 3 x 3 P2 4 FRG Egon Muller 3 3 3 1 3 x 2 P3 6 CSK Jiří Štancl 3 3 3 2 2 x 1 4 12 POL Edward Jancarz 3 2 2 3 1 x 5 13 POL Jan Mucha 2 2 2 2 3 x 6 10 USSR Vladimir Rozhanchuk 2 2 0 3 3 x 7 11 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 0 2 2 3 2 x 8 14 POL Bogusław Nowak 3 1 2 1 x T 9 7 POL Jerzy Rembas 0 3 1 2 x F 10 2 CSK Jan Hadek 2 0 1 1 1 x 11 8 BUL Angel Jeftimov 2 1 x F - - 12 15 NED Henny Kroeze 1 1 x F - - 13 16 POL Marek Cieślak 0 1 x F E E 14 5 USSR Georgy Ivanov 1 x F - - - 15 3 POL Andrzej Jurczyński 0 x F F F - 16 1 CSK Václav Verner x F - - - - R1 R1 USSR Nikolay Kornev w E b 3 y 2 R2 R2 USSR Nikolay Dubrovin b 1 Intercontinental Final 21 August 1977 ENG White City Stadium, London First 7 to World Final x P1 1 ENG Peter Collins 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 15 DEN Ole Olsen 3 2 3 3 2 x P3 12 AUS Billy Sanders 2 3 2 2 3 x 3 4 11 ENG Michael Lee 1 3 2 3 3 x 2 5 4 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 0 3 2 2 x 6 16 AUS John Boulger 2 2 1 1 3 x 7 3 DEN Finn Thomsen 0 3 3 2 x E 8 9 ENG John Davis 3 2 0 2 x 3 X 9 5 ENG Dave Jessup 3 1 1 2 x F F 10 8 FIN Ila Teromaa 1 1 1 2 1 x 11 7 ENG Doug Wyer 2 1 2 0 1 x 12 14 FIN Kai Niemi 1 0 2 1 1 x 13 6 ENG Keith White 0 3 0 1 0 x 14 13 USA Bruce Penhall 0 0 1 1 1 x 15 10 AUS Phil Crump 0 2 0 0 x E 16 2 USA Mike Bast 1 0 0 0 x T R1 R1 ENG Trevor Geer b 1 World Final 2 September 1977 SWE Ullevi, GothenburgBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Referee: (NOR) Torrie Kittelsen P1 7 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 2 3 3 3 14 P2 14 ENG Peter Collins 3 3 2 2 3 13 P3 9 DEN Ole Olsen 2 3 3 3 1 12+3 4 16 ENG Michael Lee 2 3 3 2 2 12+2 5 3 DEN Finn Thomsen 2 3 1 1 3 10 6 13 SWE Bengt Jansson 1 1 2 3 2 8 7 1 FRG Egon Müller 3 2 0 3 8 F 8 5 SWE Anders Michanek 2 3 3 8 E E 9 11 AUS Billy Sanders 3 1 2 0 7 E 10 4 SWE Tommy Nilsson 0 2 2 2 6 E 11 12 SWE Bernt Persson 1 1 2 1 1 6 12 2 AUS John Boulger 1 2 2 5 E F 13 6 POL Edward Jancarz 1 1 1 1 0 4 14 15 CZE Jiří Štancl 0 0 1 0 2 3 15 8 CZE Jan Verner 0 0 0 1 1 X 16 10 POL Jan Mucha 0 0 1 0 E X R1 R1 SWE Sören Karlsson 0 R2 R2 POL Bogusław Nowak 0 References 1977 World Individual Category:1977 in Swedish motorsport Category:Speedway competitions in Sweden