1970 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season January 2024 January 2024 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship 1969 1971 The 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 25th 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 Ivan Mauger became the first rider to win the title in three consecutive years, his five ride 15 point maximum took him to third in the all-time list behind Ove Fundin and Barry Briggs. The Poles Paweł Waloszek and Antoni Woryna took silver and bronze respectively in their home nation at the Olympic Stadium.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19700907/148/0012 Champion Ivan makes History 7 September 1970 Newcastle Journal 9 July 2021 12 The British Newspaper Archive Format changes The format of the Championship changed again for the 1970 event. This time the Polish riders were allowed six places in the World Final to be held in Poland. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 10 riders for the World Final. First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/70_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1970.htm 1970 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/70.htm#1970 1970 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 Swedish qualifying Top 8 in each heat to Swedish semi-finals 26 April, Gamla Motorstadion, MålillaPosRider Points 1 Bengt Jansson 152 Conny Samuelsson 123 Therje Henriksson 114 Tommy Johansson 105 Lennart Michanek 106 Åke Andersson 107 Bengt Brannefors 98 Bengt Svensson 89 Hasse Holmqvist 710 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 611 Inge Gustafsson 512 Lars-Åke Andersson 513 Anders Jansson 314 Yngve Nilsson 315 Kenneth Selmosson 316 Börje Olsson 1 1 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby PosRider Points1 Leif Enecrona 142 Göte Nordin 143 Olle Nygren 134 Christer Löfqvist 125 Lars Jansson 106 Tommy Bergqvist 97 Bo Magnusson 98 Rolf Johansson 79 Hans Hallberg 610 Dirk van der Voet 611 Benny Lundström 512 Håkan Karlsson 413 Torbjörn Karlsson314 Börje Melin 315 Sune Stark 316 Roger Gullbrandsgård 2 3 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, VetlandaPosRider Points 1 Anders Michanek 152 Bo Josefsson 143 Sven-Inge Svensson 124 Sven Sigurd 105 Bengt Larsson 106 Bengt Andersson 97 Karl-Erik Claesson98 Leif Johansson 89 Gunnar Malmqvist 810 Sigvard Johansson 711 Egon Stengarn 512 Per Sjöholm 313 Nils Ringström 314 Curt Nyqvist 315 Sonny Widergren 216 Torbjörn Runesson 117 Lars-Göran Däldebring 0 22 May, Ryd Motorstadion, LinköpingPosRider Points 1 Sören Sjösten 152 Bernt Persson 143 Ove Fundin 134 Per-Olof Söderman 125 Jan Simensen 106 Hans Johansson97 Runo Wedin 98 Käll Haage 89 Göran Jansson810 Anders Jansson811 Leif Söderberg 512 Lars Jennefors 413 Lars Åhnström114 Benny Ekberg 115 Olle Åhnström 0 British/Commonwealth qualifying Top 32 to British semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 25 AprilBrandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Bruce Cribb Peter Vandenberg 25 AprilKing's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Ronnie Moore Wayne Briggs Terry Betts 25 AprilHyde Road, Manchester Chris Pusey Tommy Roper Cyril Maidment 27 AprilBrough Park, Newcastle Barry Briggs Jim Airey Rick Timmo 27 April County Ground Stadium, Exeter Ivan Mauger Bob Kilby Martin Ashby 28 AprilWest Ham Stadium, London Ivan Mauger Bob Kilby Charlie Monk 28 AprilLeicester Stadium, Leicester Ray Wilson John Boulger Graham Plant 29 April Wimborne Road, Poole Trevor Hedge Pete Smith Gordon Guasco 30 AprilWimbledon Stadium, London Eric Boocock Ronnie Moore Trevor Hedge 30 AprilOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Jim Airey Les Sharpe Nigel Boocock 30 AprilOxford Stadium, Oxford Jim McMillan John Boulger Tony Clarke 1 MayMonmore Green, Wolverhampton Nigel Boocock Martin Ashby Norman Hunter 1 MayHackney Wick Stadium, London Barry Briggs Ronnie Moore Jimmy Gooch 1 May Hampden Park, Glasgow Charlie Monk Colin McKee Jim McMillan 1 MaySomerton Park, Newport Bill Andrew Norman Strachan Jim Airey 2 MayAbbey Stadium, Swindon Barry Briggs Bob Kilby Ray Wilson 2 MayThe Shay, Halifax Arnold Haley Les Sharpe Eric Boocock 2 MayDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Colin Pratt Bob Andrews Jack Biggs 13 MayBrandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Ken McKinlay Rick France Second round Norwegian qualifying 15 October 1969 NOR Krohnsminde Stadion, Bergen Top 2 (+2 seeded) to Nordic final 1970 Pos. Rider Points1 Reidar Eide 152 Oyvind S. Berg 143 Edgar Stangeland 124 Per Aulie 125 Dag Lövaas 116 Einar Egedius 87 Nils Otto Haraldsen 78 Jon Hovind 79 Hans Olav Schia610 Kjell Ttomas Skjäveland 5 Finnish qualifying (top 7) (2 rounds) 1 Aug & ?? 1969 FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere & Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti First to Nordic final 1970 Pos. Rider Points Total1 Kalevi Lahtinen 8+8162 Matti Olin 6+6123 Timo Laine 4+154 Jorma Taipale 0+445 Olavi Turunen 1+346 Reima Lohkovuori 2+247 Jouko Naskali 3+03 Swedish semi-finals 25 May, Ryavallen, Borås Top 4 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Sören Sjösten 142 Anders Michanek 143 Olle Nygren 144 Bengt Larsson125 Per-Olof Söderman 106 Käll Haage 107 Lars Jansson108 Leif Enecrona 99 Conny Samuelsson 910 Sven-Inge Svensson511 Karl-Erik Claesson 512 Rolf Johansson 413 Sigvard Johansson 414 Hans Johansson 315 Åke Andersson 116 Bo Magnusson 017 Egon Stengarn (res)028 May, Ullevi, Gothenburg Top 4 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Ove Fundin 142 Göte Nordin 143 Bengt Brannefors 134 Bengt Jansson 125 Bo Josefsson 106 Therje Henriksson97 Bernt Persson 98 Jan Simensen99 Bengt Svensson610 Christer Löfqvist611 Tommy Bergqvist 512 Runo Wedin513 Sven Sigurd 314 Tommy Johansson 315 Per-Åke Gerhardsson (res) 2 16 Lennart Michanek 117 Bengt Andersson 1 Continental qualifying Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 9 MayDDR Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen CSK Jan Holub I USSR Valery Gordeev DDR Peter Liebing 10 MayHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc CSK Václav Verner CSK Jaroslav Volf USSR Viktor Trofimov 10 MayAUT Liebenauer Stadium, Graz USSR Vladimir Gordeev CSK Zdenek Majstr DDR Jochen Dinse 10 MayYUG Igralište na Kajzerici, Zagreb CSK Pavel Mares USSR Boris Cehanovich DDR Jürgen Hehlert British/Commonwealth semi-finals 19 May ENG Leicester Stadium, Leicester Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points1 NZL Ivan Mauger 152 NZL Ronnie Moore 143 WAL Howard Cole 124 ENG Nigel Boocock105 ENG Trevor Hedge106 ENG Terry Betts107 AUS Jim Airey 98ENG Arnie Haley99 ENG Bob Kilby810 ENG Reg Luckhurst511 SCO George Hunter 412 NZL Bill Andrew (res)413 NZL Wayne Briggs314 ENG Cyril Maidment215 ENG John Dews216 NZL Rick Timmo 217 AUS Jack Biggs118 AUS Gordon Guasco 221 May ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points1 NZL Barry Briggs 132 SCO Jim McMillan 113 ENG Ray Wilson114 ENG Roy Trigg105 AUS Charlie Monk106 ENG Chris Pusey107 AUS John Boulger98ENG Martin Ashby99 ENG Bob Andrews810 ENG Tommy Roper811 AUS Les Sharpe 712 SCO Ken McKinlay413 ENG Eric Boocock314 ENG Tony Clarke315 ENG Colin MCKee216 ENG Colin Pratt2 Third round Continental semi-finals 6 June TCH Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 USSR Valerij Klementiev 152 USSR Vladimir Smirnov 113 USSR Yury Dubinin 104 USSR Viktor Trofimov 105 TCH Jiří Štancl 106 GDR Hans Jürgen Fritz 97 USSR Nikołaj Aksenov 98USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 99 TCH Antonín Šváb Sr. 810 TCH Václav Verner 811 TCH Jaroslav Volf 512 USSR Viktor Pavlov 513 TCH Jan Holub I 514 GDR Hans Martens 215 GDR Peter Liebing 116 HUN Pal Perenyi 07 June POL Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 USSR Gennadij Kurilenko 142 USSR Valerij Gordeev 123 USSR Vladimir Kononovich 114 USSR Viktor Kalmykov 115 TCH Zdeněk Majstr 106 GDR Jürgen Hehlert 107 GDR Dieter Tetzlaff 108USSR Boris Cehanovich 99 USSR Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 710 GDR Gerhard Uhlenbrock 611 AUT Josef Bössner 512 GDR Jochen Dinse 413 TCH Miloslav Verner 414 USSR Jurij Lambotskij 115 TCH Pavel Mareš dns16 TCH Frantisek Ledecky dns British/Commonwealth Final 9 June 1970 ENG West Ham Stadium, London First 8 to British-Nordic Final 1 13 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 4 NZL Ronnie Moore 3 3 2 2 3 13 3 3 NZL Roy Trigg 1 3 3 3 2 12+3 4 2 ENG Arnold Haley 2 3 3 2 2 12+2 5 6 NZL Barry Briggs 3 0 3 3 1 10 6 16 ENG Trevor Hedge 3 1 2 2 1 9 7 7 AUS Jim Airey 0 1 1 3 3 8 8 14 AUS John Boulger 1 2 1 2 2 8 9 11 ENG Nigel Boocock 3 2 0 1 1 7 10 12 ENG Chris Pusey 2 2 2 0 0 6 11 1 AUS Charlie Monk 0 2 1 1 1 5 12 8 ENG Martin Ashby 1 0 2 0 2 5 13 10 ENG Ray Wilson 0 1 0 1 3 5 14 5 WAL Howard Cole 2 0 0 0 0 2 15 9 ENG Terry Betts 1 1 0 0 X 2 16 15 SCO Jim McMillan 0 0 1 1 0 2 17 ENG Bob Kilby 0 18 ENG Tommy Roper 0 Nordic Final 4 June 1970 SWE Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna First 8 to British-Nordic Final x P1 7 SWE Göte Nordin 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 2 SWE Sören Sjösten 3 3 3 1 2 x P3 12 SWE Anders Michanek 3 1 2 2 3 x 4 13 SWE Bengt Larsson 1 3 2 3 1 x 5 3 NOR Reidar Eide 2 2 3 1 2 x 6 5 SWE Ove Fundin 2 1 3 3 x E 7 16 DEN Ole Olsen 3 3 2 1 x T 8 11 SWE Bengt Jansson 2 1 2 2 2 x 9 8 NOR Øyvind Berg 1 2 2 0 3 x 10 4 NOR Odd Fossengen 1 3 1 1 1 x 11 6 SWE Bengt Brannefors 0 2 1 3 0 x 12 15 DEN Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 2 0 0 2 2 x 13 1 DEN Niels Weis Sorensen 2 0 1 0 x F 14 9 NOR Dag Lovaas 1 1 1 0 0 x 15 14 SWE Olle Nygren 0 1 0 0 0 x 16 10 FIN Matti Olin 0 0 0 0 1 x Fourth round British Nordic Final 1 July 1970 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry First 8 to European Final P1 2 SWE Sören Sjösten 3 3 2 3 3 P2 13 DEN Ole Olsen 2 3 3 2 3 P3 14 NZL Barry Briggs 3 2 1 3 3 4 11 NZL Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 0 2 5 3 NZL Ivan Mauger 0 2 3 3 2 6 5 AUS Jim Airey 3 1 3 2 1 7 1 SWE Bengt Jansson 2 2 2 1 3 8 4 SWE Anders Michanek 1 3 2 3 0 9 9 SWE Ove Fundin 1 0 2 2 2 10 7 ENG Trevor Hedge 1 1 1 2 1 11 12 AUS John Boulger 2 0 1 0 1 12 16 ENG Arnold Haley 0 2 1 1 0 13 8 SWE Göte Nordin 2 1 0 1 E 14 10 NOR Reidar Eide 1 0 0 2 F 15 15 ENG Roy Trigg 1 0 0 0 1 16 6 SWE Bengt Larsson 0 0 0 1 0 R1 R1 ENG Nigel Boocock R2 R2 NOR Øyvind Berg Continental Final 2 June 1970 FRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg First 8 to European Final P1 9 DDR Hans Jürgen Fritz 2 3 3 2 P2 10 USSR Valeri Klementiev 3 2 1 3 P3 7 CSK Zdenek Majstr 2 3 3 0 4 15 USSR Yury Dubinin 3 0 2 3 5 1 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 2 1 3 2 6 2 USSR Vladimir Kononovich 3 1 0 3 7 12 USSR Vladimir Gordeev 0 0 3 3 8 16 USSR Viktor Kalmykov 0 3 1 2 9 5 CSK Jiri Stancl 3 2 1 0 10 11 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 1 2 2 1 11 14 DDR Dieter Tetzlaff 2 3 0 1 12 8 DDR Jürgen Hehlert 0 1 2 2 13 13 USSR Boris Cehanovich 1 0 2 1 14 6 USSR Nikolay Aksenov 1 0 0 0 15 4 USSR Nikolay Smirnov F - - - 16 3 USSR Viktor Trofimov F - - - R1 R1 CSK Antonín Šváb Sr. w 1 y 1 w 1 b 1 R2 R2 USSR Gabdrakhman Kadyrov y 0 r 2 b 0 w 1 Fifth round European Final 20 July 1970 USSR Leningrad Speedway Stadium, Leningrad First 10 to World Final P1 4 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 3 3 3 3 P2 1 USSR Vladimir Gordeev 3 0 3 2 3 P3 10 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 1 3 2 3 2 4 12 SWE Sören Sjösten 2 2 3 3 1 5 5 DEN Ole Olsen 2 3 2 2 2 6 11 NZL Barry Briggs 3 3 1 3 0 7 3 SWE Anders Michanek 0 2 3 1 3 8 2 USSR Valeri Klementiev 1 2 1 1 3 9 15 ENG Trevor Hedge 3 0 0 2 1 10 13 USSR Yury Dubinin 2 2 0 2 0 11 7 NZL Ronnie Moore 3 1 1 F - 12 6 DDR Hans Jürgen Fritz 0 1 2 0 2 13 14 USSR Vladimir Kononovich 1 0 2 1 1 14 9 USSR Viktor Kalmykov 0 1 1 1 2 15 8 AUS Jim Airey 1 1 0 0 0 16 16 CSK Zdenek Majstr 0 0 0 0 1 R1 R1 SWE Bengt Jansson R2 R2 USSR Yury Lombockiy w 0 Polish qualifying 6 seeded to World Final 1 Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno, 14 Jun; 2 Hasiok, Świętochłowice, 16 June; 3 Rybnik Municipal Stadium, 26 Jun; 4 Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, 3 Jul; 5 Stadion żużlowy Gorzów, 10 Jul; 6 Stadion Kolejarz, Opole, 31 Jul; 7 Olympic Stadium, Wrocław, 7 Aug; 8 Stadion Wybrzeże, Gdańsk, 9 Aug Pos. Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total1 POL Jan Mucha 6141213128613722 POL Pawel Waloszek 91211612111213713 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 812914145109684 POL Antoni Woryna951410812105635 POL Henryk Glucklich 1293996127 586 POL Jerzy Szczakiel 1112811673 ns 587 POL Zygfryd Friedek 7797101211ns 568 POL Jozef Jarmula 61110866ns13 549 POL Stanislaw Kasa 104898776 4910 POL Edmund Migoś 745979111 4811 POL Zygmunt Pytko 7383ns710+0 3812 POL Stanislaw Skowron 64530116ns 3513 POL Henryk Żyto 8845ns504 3414 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 07705nsns12 3115 POL Piotr Bruzda 72217535 2916 POL Stanisław Tkocz 54593nsnsns 2617 POL Zbigniew Podlecki nsnsnsnsns25111818 POL Jerzy Gryt nsnsnsnsns65ns1119 POL Wiktor Waloszek nsnsnsnsnsns371020 POL Jerzy Padewski nsnsnsns8nsnsns821 POL Leszek Marsz nsnsnsnsnsnsns88 World Final 6 September 1970 POL Olympic Stadium, WrocławBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 P1 10 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 3 P2 16 POL Paweł Waloszek 3 3 3 2 3 P3 1 POL Antoni Woryna 3 3 2 3 2 4 15 SWE Sören Sjösten 2 3 1 3 0 5 2 POL Henryk Glücklich 2 2 3 2 0 6 13 USSR Valeri Klementiev 0 1 1 3 3 7 11 NZL Barry Briggs 2 1 0 1 3 8 14 POL Andrzej Wyglenda 1 0 3 2 1 9 4 SWE Anders Michanek 0 1 2 2 2 10 7 DEN Ole Olsen 3 2 0 1 E 11 9 POL Jan Mucha 1 2 0 1 2 12 3 GDR Hans Jürgen Fritz 1 0 1 1 2 13 6 USSR Vladimir Gordeev 2 1 1 0 1 14 12 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 2 F F - - 15 8 POL Zygfryd Friedek 0 2 F F - 16 5 ENG Trevor Hedge E E F R - R1 R1 POL Edmund Migoś r 2 b 1 b 1 b F r 0 R2 R2 POL Jerzy Szczakiel References 1970 World Individual World Category:Speedway competitions in Poland