1975 Intercontinental final

1975 Intercontinental Final none 1976 thumb|Anders Michanek during the 1975 Intercontinental Final The 1975 Intercontinental Final was the inaugural Intercontinental Final, introduced for Motorcycle speedway riders as part of the qualification for the 1975 Speedway World Championship.http://www.speedway.org/history/index.htm HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 4 July 2021Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 22 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5 Four time World Champion Ivan Mauger became the first Intercontinental Final winner, defeating reigning World Champion Anders Michanek by two points at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg. Another Swede Bernt Persson defeated Ole Olsen in a runoff for third place. Later in the year Olsen would go on to win his second World title at London's Wembley Stadium.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/02/intercontinental-final.html Intercontinental Final Edinburgh Speedway 4 July 2021 1975 Intercontinental Final 3 June SWE Gothenburg, Ullevi Qualification: Top 8 plus 1 reserve to the European Final in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Pos. Rider Total1 NZL Ivan Mauger 142 SWE Anders Michanek 123 SWE Bernt Persson 11+34 DEN Ole Olsen 11+25 USA Scott Autrey 96 SWE Tommy Jansson 97 NOR Reidar Eide 8+38 AUS Phil Crump 8+29 SWE Tommy Johansson 8+110 NOR Dag Lovaas 711 AUS John Boulger 412 AUS Billy Sanders 413 SWE Bengt Jansson 414 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 415 USA Steven Gresham 316 SWE Jan Andersson (Res) 217 NZL Barry Briggs 118 SWE Kenneth Selmonsson (Res) 0 Classification 1 2 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 11 SWE Anders Michanek 2 3 3 1 3 12 3 13 SWE Bernt Persson 3 3 0 2 3 11+3 4 1 DEN Ole Olsen 3 1 2 2 3 11+2 5 6 USA Scott Autrey 3 2 1 2 1 9 6 9 SWE Tommy Jansson 3 2 2 1 1 9 7 14 NOR Reidar Eide 2 1 3 0 2 8+3 8 3 AUS Phil Crump 1 2 1 2 2 8+2 9 7 SWE Tommy Johansson 1 0 2 3 2 8+1 10 4 NOR Dag Lovaas 0 3 1 3 0 7 11 12 AUS John Boulger 1 0 2 1 0 4 12 8 AUS Billy Sanders 0 2 0 0 2 4 13 16 SWE Bengt Jansson 0 1 0 3 0 4 14 5 SWE Hasse Holmqvist 2 0 1 0 1 4 15 10 USA Steven Gresham 0 0 3 0 F 3 16 15 NZL Barry Briggs 1 - - - - 1 17 SWE Kenneth Selmonsson 0 18 SWE Jan Andersson b 1 w 0 y 0 w 1 References See also Sport in Sweden Motorcycle Speedway 1975 World Individual Category:International sports competitions hosted by Sweden