1966 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season January 2024 January 2024 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship 1965 1967 The 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 21st 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 9 July 2021https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 9 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 9 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 9 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX British Speedway 9 July 2021 In the final in Gothenburg New Zealander Barry Briggs equalled the record of Ove Fundin by winning his fourth World title. Norwegian Sverre Harrfeldt took silver and Pole Antoni Woryna took bronze. Miss oakley's title The Times 24 September 1966 https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS84372280/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=bookmark-GDCS&xid=e63cd07c Gale Primary Sources 9 July 2021 Ivan Mauger, a 26-year-old New Zealander who had won the European Final qualifier finished fourth. Format changes The format of the Championship changed for the 1966 event. With the final to be held in Sweden, six riders from Sweden would be eligible for the World Final by finishing in the top six of the Swedish finals. The remaining Scandinavian riders were pooled in with the British and Commonwealth riders and then the Continental riders, who ultimately would have only 10 places for the World Final. Two Swedish finals were held during 1966, the three race qualifying for the World Final and another held on 7 October that was separate from the World Championship.http://www.speedway.org/history/1966.htm#1966 Swedish season Speedway.org 9 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/66.htm#1966 World Championship qualifying Speedway.org 9 July 2021 First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/66_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1966.htm 1966 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/66.htm#1966 1966 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 British & Commonwealth qualifying Top 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 20 MaySomerton Park, Newport Nigel Boocock Jon Erskine Jack Biggs 20 MayWhite City, Glasgow Ron Mountford Charlie Monk Eric Boocock 21 MayOld Meadowbank, Edinburgh George Hunter Doug Templeton Norman Hunter 21 MayBrandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Jim Lightfoot Bill Andrew 21 MayHyde Road, Manchester Brian Brett Jon Erskine Cyril Maidment 21 MayWimbledon Stadium, London Reg Luckhurst Bob Dugard Bob Paulson 23 MayBrough Park, Newcastle Ivan Mauger Brian Brett Mike Broadbank 23 MayCounty Ground Stadium, Exeter Ron Mountford Martin Ashby Trevor Hedge 24 MayLong Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton Ray Wilson Eric Boothroyd Ivan Mauger 24 MayWest Ham Stadium, London Barry Briggs Norman Hunter Malcolm Simmons 25 MayKing's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn David Crane Cyril Maidment Peter Moore 25 MayWimborne Road, Poole Bill Andrew Geoff Mudge Doug Templeton 26 MayOxford Stadium, Oxford Eric Boocock Jimmy Gooch Jim Lightfoot 26 MayOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Billy Bales Barry Briggs Charlie Monk 27 MayHackney Wick Stadium, London Colin Pratt Mike Broadbank Ivan Mauger 27 MayMonmore Green, Wolverhampton Ken McKinlay Terry Betts Peter Jarman 28 MayDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Ivor Brown Peter Vandenberg Colin Gooddy 28 MayThe Shay, Halifax Eric Boocock Eric Boothroyd Colin Pratt 28 MayAbbey Stadium, Swindon Barry Briggs Martin Ashby Arne Pander Second round British & Commonwealth semi-finals 13 June ENG Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 ENG Trevor Hedge 12+32 ENG Colin Pratt12+23 ENG Mike Broadbank11+34 ENG Norman Hunter 11+25 ENG Eric Boocock11+16 ENG Dave Younghusband11+07 ENG Nigel Boocock108SCO Ken McKinlay 109 ENG Martin Ashby910 ENG Cyril Maidment611 AUS Geoff Mudge 512 ENG Reg Luckhurst413 NZL Bill Andrew314 ENG Bob Paulson315 ENG Eric Boothroyd216 ENG Ray Wilson 017 ENG Ronnie Genz (res)015 June ENG The Shay, Halifax Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points1 NZL Barry Briggs152 ENG Ron Mountford123 AUS Peter Moore10+34 ENG Roy Trigg10+25 ENG Jimmy Gooch 10+16 ENG Brian Brett10+07 SCO George Hunter 98NZL Ivan Mauger99 ENG Terry Betts710 AUS Peter Vandenberg611 DEN Arne Pander 512 ENG Jim Lightfoot513 ENG Jon Erskine 414 AUS Charlie Monk415 SCO Doug Templeton216 ENG Colin Gooddy2 Continental qualifying Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 8 MayFRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg POL Joachim Maj POL Andrzej Wyglenda POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 8 MayDDR Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen POL Jan Mucha POL Edmund Migoś POL Marian Rose 8 MayHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski POL Zbigniew Podlecki USSR Farid Szajnurov 8 MayYUG Gradski stadion, Osijek USSR Gennady Kurilenko POL Stanisław Tkocz POL Antoni Woryna Norwegian qualifying 28 October 1965 NOR Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo Top 5 to Nordic Final 1966 Pos. Rider Points1 Sverre Harrfeldt 152 Per Aulie 143 Johnny Faafeng134 Thorbjorn Nygaard125 Rolf Westerberg106 Thorbjorn Aulie 107 Svein Johnsen 88 Ivar Arne Hoffgaard 89 Hans R. Gaarder610 Olav Aaen611 Einar Egedius612 Svein Svensrud413 Arne Thorbjornsen 214 Jan Terje Gravningen215 Svein Tollefsen 216 Lars Skjellfoss1 Finnish qualifying 30 July 1965 FIN Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Top 3 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1966 Pos. Rider Points1 Kalevi Lahtinen 152 Matti Olin 143 Heikki Kaprali 124 Esko Koponen 125 Antero Salasto 106 Jouko Naskali 97 Timo Sinkkonene 88 Reima Lohkovuori 89 Veikko Vesa 710 Eero Mantila 611 Reijo Tolviander 612 Juhani Taipale 513 Toivo Skytta 314 Teijo Naskali 315 Teuvo Morjavaara 216 Martti Myllyntausta 0 Third round British & Commonwealth Final 27 June 1966 ENG Wimbledon Stadium, London First 8 to British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final plus 1 reserve x P1 3 NZL Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 x F P2 8 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 1 2 3 2 x P3 7 ENG Colin Pratt 0 2 3 2 3 x 4 9 ENG Mike Broadbank 3 3 0 1 2 x 5 1 SCO George Hunter 0 2 3 3 1 x 6 6 ENG Nigel Boocock 2 0 2 2 3 x 7 15 ENG Brian Brett 0 1 1 3 3 x 3 8 4 SCO Ken McKinlay 2 3 0 0 3 x 2 9 16 ENG Eric Boocock 3 2 1 1 1 x 1 10 2 ENG Trevor Hedge 1 2 3 2 x 0 F 11 5 ENG Ron Mountford 1 0 2 2 2 x 12 13 ENG Roy Trigg 2 1 1 1 2 x 13 14 ENG Norman Hunter 1 3 1 0 1 x 14 10 ENG Jimmy Gooch 2 1 2 0 0 x 15 12 ENG Dave Younghusband 0 1 1 x E E 16 11 AUS Peter Moore 1 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 ENG Martin Ashby x R2 R2 ENG Terry Betts x Nordic Final 19 May 1966 DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød First 7 to British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Points1 FIN Kalevi Lahtinen 142 DEN Ole Olsen 133 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 124 DEN Paul Wissing 125 FIN Matti Olin 126 NOR Nils Paulsen 87 NOR Jonny Faafeng 88 NOR Torbjörn Nygaard 79 NOR Per Aulie 710 DEN Börge Christiansen 711 DEN Jan Holm-Nielsen 412 DEN Preben Andreasen 413 FIN Heikki Kaprali 414 DEN Jörgen Mogensen 315 DEN Kurt Bøgh 216 FIN Jouko Naskali 117 DEN Erik Kastebo 1 Continental Semi-finals 22 May USSR Trud Stadium, Balakovo Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 USSR Gennady Kurilenko132 POL Antoni Woryna113 POL Marian Rose104 POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz 105 POL Stanislaw Tkocz 106 POL Edmund Migos 107 USSR Viktor Trofimov 108USSR Boris Samorodov 99 POL Marian Kaiser 810 USSR Vladimir Sokolov 711 POL Jan Mucha 612 GDR Peter Leibing 413 TCH Antonín Šváb Sr. 414 TCH Luboš Tomíček Sr. 315 TCH Jan Holub I 316 GDR Hans Jürgen Fritz 022 May POL Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 142 POL Joachim Maj 123 CSK Pavel Mareš 124 POL Pawel Waloszek 105 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 106 TCH Stanislav Kubíček 97 TCH Jaroslav Volf 88USSR Igor Plechanov 89 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 10 POL Zbigniew Podlecki11 USSR Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 12 USSR Farid Szajnurov 13 CZE Bohumír Bartoněk 14 FRG Manfred Poschenreider 15 CZE Václav Průša 16 USSR Vladimir Kornev Fourth round Swedish Qualifying 24 April, Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla Top 8 to Swedish final Pos. Rider Points1 Per Olof Söderman 152 Karl-Erik Andersson 133 Olle Nygren 134 Bengt Brannefors 105 Bo Josefsson 106 Gunnar Malmqvist 87 Willy Friberg 78 Bengt Larsson 9 Bo Magnusson 610 Therje Henriksson 611 Sune Stark 512 Jan Simensen 513 Bengt Svensson 514 Conny Samuelsson 415 Arne Hansson 316 Sven Sigurd 11 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Top 8 to Swedish final Pos. Rider Points1 Leif Enecrona 142 Göte Nordin 153 Leif Larsson 114 Torbjörn Harrysson 105 Arne Carlsson 106 Björn Knutson 97 Bengt Jansson 98 Kurt Westlund 89 Bernt Persson 710 Anders Michanek 711 Nils Ringström 512 Hasse Holmqvist 413 Yngve Nilsson 314 Ryno Westergren 315 Sture Lindblom 216 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 217 Leif Söderberg 118 Lars Jansson 1 Continental Final 25 June 1966 CSK Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný First 9 to European Final plus 1 reserve x P1 14 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 3 3 1 2 3 x P2 12 POL Antoni Woryna 2 3 2 3 1 x P3 13 POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz 2 2 3 2 2 x 4 11 POL Marian Kaiser 0 3 2 3 2 x 5 2 POL Edmund Migoś 3 2 3 0 2 x 6 1 USSR Igor Plechanov 2 3 1 1 3 x 7 9 POL Pawel Waloszek 3 1 2 3 1 x 8 7 POL Stanisław Tkocz 3 1 2 0 3 x 3 9 6 CSK Pavel Mareš 2 1 3 3 x 2 X 10 8 POL Marian Rose 1 2 3 1 2 x 11 3 USSR Viktor Trofimov 1 2 0 2 0 x 12 16 POL Joachim Maj 0 1 0 3 0 x 13 10 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 1 1 1 0 x F 14 4 CSK Stanislav Kubíček 0 0 0 2 0 x 15 5 USSR Boris Samorodov 0 0 1 0 1 x 16 15 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 1 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 CSK Jaroslav Volf x British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final 14 July 1966 ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield First 7 to European Final plus 1 reserve x P1 14 NZL Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 11 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 1 x P3 8 ENG Nigel Boocock 3 3 2 1 3 x 4 13 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 3 2 2 3 x E 5 12 SCO George Hunter 2 2 3 1 2 x 6 7 SCO Ken McKinlay 1 1 3 2 3 x 7 15 ENG Colin Pratt 2 2 2 3 1 x 8 5 ENG Mike Broadbank 2 1 1 3 2 x 9 6 ENG Brian Brett 0 2 1 2 1 x 10 4 FIN Kalevi Lahtinen 2 1 1 1 1 x 11 3 DEN Ole Olsen 3 0 2 0 x F 12 2 NOR Torbjörn Nygaard 1 1 0 1 0 x 13 16 DEN Nils Paulsen 1 0 0 2 x E 14 9 NOR Jonny Faafeng 1 0 1 0 0 x 15 10 DEN Paul Wissing 0 0 0 1 x E 16 1 DEN Börge Christiansen x F - - - - R1 R1 ENG Eric Boocock b 2 w 2 y 0 r 2 R2 R2 AUS Gordon Guasco x Fifth round Swedish Final Top 6 to World final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd31 May Ryavallen, Borås Bengt Brannefors Björn KnutsonKarl-Erik Andersson 1 June Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping Björn Knutson Per-Olof Söderman Torbjörn Harrysson2 June Ullevi, Gothenburg Björn KnutsonTorbjörn Harrysson Leif Larsson Pos. Rider Points1 Björn Knutson412 Torbjörn Harrysson353 Leif Enecrona334 Leif Larsson335 Per Olof Söderman 326 Göte Nordin317 Bengt Brannefors278 Olle Nygren269 Gunnar Malmqvist25Pos. Rider Points10 Bernt Persson1811 Karl-Erik Andersson1412 Bengt Larsson1313 Therje Henriksson714 Bo Josefsson515 Bengt Jansson416 Willy Friberg417 Kurt Westlund418 Arne Carlsson3 European Final 3 September 1966 ENG Wembley Stadium, London First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 14 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 3 3 3 3 x P2 16 NZL Barry Briggs 3 2 3 3 2 x P3 12 POL Antoni Woryna 1 3 3 2 2 x 4 11 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 2 3 1 3 1 x 5 1 ENG Nigel Boocock 2 2 2 1 3 x 6 5 USSR Igor Plechanov 1 3 2 2 2 x 7 10 ENG Mike Broadbank 3 2 2 1 1 x 8 13 POL Stanisław Tkocz 1 3 1 3 x F 9 15 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 1 2 1 2 2 x 10 8 POL Marian Kaiser 3 2 2 0 x E 11 6 SCO Ken McKinlay 2 1 0 3 0 x 12 3 POL Konstanty Pociejkewicz 3 1 0 1 x F 13 2 POL Edmund Migoś 1 0 0 0 3 x 14 7 ENG Brian Brett 0 1 1 0 1 x 15 4 SCO George Hunter 0 1 0 1 x E 16 9 ENG Colin Pratt 0 0 0 0 x E R1 R1 POL Pawel Waloszek x World Final 23 September 1966 SWE Ullevi, GothenburgBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 P1 16 NZL Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 P2 11 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 3 3 2 3 3 P3 1 POL Antoni Woryna 3 3 1 3 3 4 9 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 1 3 3 2 5 4 SWE Torbjörn Harrysson 2 2 2 2 2 6 7 SWE Göte Nordin 3 2 3 1 F 7 14 SWE Leif Enecrona 2 1 2 2 1 8 13 USSR Igor Plechanov 1 2 1 2 2 9 2 POL Stanisław Tkocz 1 3 2 1 0 10 3 SWE Björn Knutson 1 1 3 E E 11 12 POL Marian Kaiser 0 0 3 1 1 12 6 POL Andrzej Pogorzelski 2 2 0 1 0 13 8 ENG Mike Broadbank 1 1 0 0 2 14 10 SWE Leif Larsson 1 0 0 2 0 15 15 ENG Nigel Boocock 0 0 1 0 1 16 5 SWE Per Olof Söderman 0 0 1 0 X R1 R1 SCO Ken McKinlay R2 R2 SWE Bengt Brannefors References 1966 Speedway World Category:Speedway competitions in Poland