1974 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season January 2024 January 2024 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship 1973 1975 The 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 29th 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 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 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 Sweden's own Anders Michanek scored a 15-point maximum to claim his only Individual world title in front of a capacity crowd at the Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg. Four time champion Ivan Mauger finished second on 11 points after winning a run-off with Swede Sören Sjösten who also scored 11. With the defending champion Jerzy Szczakiel not qualifying after finishing last in the 2nd Continental Semi-final, the only other World Champion in the field was Denmark's Ole Olsen who suffered a horror night, finishing second in his first ride before falling in his second and not being able to contest the rest of the meeting.1974 Individual Speedway World Championship Format changes The format of the Championship changed for the 1974 event. This time the Swedish riders were allowed five places in the World Final to be held in Sweden. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 11 riders for the World Final.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/World-Speedway-Championship-_-1974.htm 1974 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/74.htm#1974 1974 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 First round British/Commonwealth preliminaries Riders progress to British/Commonwealth qualifying DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 1 AprilQuibell Park Stadium, Scunthorpe Reg Luckhurst Russ Osborne Mike Hiftle 5 AprilDerwent Park, Workington Alan Cowland Dave Gatenby Brian Clark 21 AprilArlington Stadium, Eastbourne Phil Herne Mike Sampson Mike Cake 22 AprilEarle Street, Crewe Carl Glover Mike Broadbanks Richard Greer 23 AprilEllesmere Port Stadium, Ellesmere Port Barry Crowson Richard May Ken Eyre Second round Continental qualifying Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 1 MayFRG Hansa Stadium, Bremen CSK Jan Klokočka FRG Egon Müller NED Henny Kroeze 5 MayITA La Favorita, Sarego HUN Sandor Csatho FRG Christoph Betzl BUL Angel Eftimov British/Commonwealth qualifying DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 29 AprilCounty Ground Stadium, Exeter Ivan Mauger Barry Briggs Phil Herne 30 AprilLeicester Stadium, Leicester Terry Betts Malcolm Simmons Dave Jessup 1 MayWimborne Road, Poole Peter Collins Dave Jessup Eric Broadbelt 1 MayThe Boulevard, Hull John Boulger Nigel Boocock Jim McMillan 2 MayOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Bob Valentine Bob Paulson Ray Wilson 2 MayOxford Stadium, Oxford Bob Kilby Malcolm Simmons Eric Boocock 2 MayFoxhall Stadium, Ipswich John Louis Nigel Boocock Billy Sanders 4 MayKing's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Malcolm Simmons Ivan Mauger Tony Davey 4 MayThe Shay, Halifax Eric Boocock Kevin Holden Rick France 9 MayWimbledon Stadium, London Barry Briggs Neil Cameron Richard May 10 MayMonmore Green, Wolverhampton Billy Sanders Rick France George Hunter 10 MaySomerton Park, Newport Phil Crump Ray Wilson Geoff Mudge 10 May Hackney Wick Stadium, London John Louis Barry Thomas Bob Kilby 11 MayDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Billy Sanders Bruce Cribb John Boulger 11 MayBrandon Stadium, Coventry Bob Valentine Nigel Boocock Gordon Kennett 11 MayHyde Road, Manchester Chris Pusey Bob Kilby Barry Crowson 15 MayAbbey Stadium, Swindon John Louis Martin Ashby Eric Broadbelt Third round Norwegian qualifying 14 October 1973 NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien Top 8 to Nordic final 1974 Pos. Rider Points1 Dag Lovaas142 Edgar Stangeland123 Kjell Gimre124 Oyvind S. Berg115 Ulf Lovaas 106 Odd Fossengen 107 Jan Terje Gravningen 108 Svein Loken109 Nils Otto Haraldsen 810 Helge Langli 811 Jon Odegaard 512 Dagfinn Dahl 413 Hans Erik Fuglerud314 Per Hetland 215 Stein Roar Pedersen 116 Regnar Olaisen 1 Finnish qualifying FIN Turku Hippodrome, Turku) First (+2 seeded riders) to Nordic final 1975 Pos. Rider Points1 Matti Olin 152 Ilkka Teromaa 143 Reino Santala 124 Kari Vuoristo 115 Rauli Mäkinen 116 Pekka Paljakka 97 Markku Helminen 98 Ari Hiljanen 89 Timo Naskali 710 Esko Myllari 511 Pekka Kortelainen 412 Jouko Naskali 313 Jukka Ahonen 214 Jukka Hautamäki 215 Harry Paranko 116 Veli-Pekka Teromaa 12 (disq) Danish final Top 4 to Nordic final 1974 Danish speedway season Continental quarter-finals Top 32 riders to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 18 MayCSK Markéta Stadium, Prague USSR Mikhail Krasnov USSR Viktor Trofimov USSR Vladimir Zapleshny 19 MayYUG Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana POL Zenon Plech POL Edward Jancarz NED Henny Kroeze 19 MayFRG Breitenthal Stadium, Krumbach POL Henryk Glücklich POL Jerzy Szczakiel FRG Manfred Poschenreider 19 MayHUN Hajdú Volán Stadion, Debrecen USSR Grigory Khlinovsky POL Andrzej Jurczyński POL Marek Cieślak British/Commonwealth semi-finals 21 May ENG Leicester Stadium, Leicester Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points1 ENG John Louis 142 ENG Peter Collins133 ENG Reg Wilson 124 AUS Bob Valentine105 NZL Barry Briggs96 ENG Martin Ashby97 NZL Ivan Mauger98AUS Billy Sanders99 ENG Doug Wyer710 ENG Chris Pusey611 AUS Phil Herne 512 ENG Barry Crowson413 SCO George Hunter414 ENG Bob Kilby315 ENG Eric Broadbelt316 ENG Arnie Haley 230 May ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points1 ENG Dave Jessup152 ENG Ray Wilson 133 SCO Jim McMillan 124 ENG Malcolm Simmons115 AUS John Boulger106 ENG Terry Betts107 ENG Eric Boocock88SCO Bobby Beaton89 ENG Barry Thomas810 ENG Nigel Boocock811 ENG Rick France 612 ENG Kevin Holden413 ENG Tony Davey314 AUS Phil Crump315 NZL Bruce Cribb116 ENG Gordon Kennett0 Fourth round Continental semi-finals 2 June POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Edward Jancarz 142 USSR Vladimir Gordeev 143 USSR Michail Krasnov 134 POL Zbigniew Filipiak 115 POL Jan Mucha 96 POL Ryszard Fabiszewski 97 POL Zenon Plech 98USSR Vladimir Zaplechny 89 USSR Viktor Trofimov 610 TCH Miloslav Špinka 611 TCH Jiří Štancl 512 POL Paweł Waloszek 413 TCH Jan Hadek 414 USSR Vladimir Nesterov 315 NED Henny Kroeze 316 POL Boguslaw Nowak 22 June FRG Motodrom Halbemond, Norden Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Henryk Glücklich 122 USSR Michail Starostin 123 POL Marek Cieślak 114 USSR Valerij Gordeev 105 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 106 USSR Anatolij Kuzmin 107 POL Bernard Jąder 98USSR Alexander Pavlov 99 POL Andrzej Jurczyński 810 POL Zdzisław Dobrucki 711 FRG Manfred Poschenreider 612 TCH Václav Verner 613 FRG Josef Angermüller 414 HUN Pal Perenyi 415 HUN Sándor Domokos 216 POL Jerzy Szczakiel 017 FRG Rudolf Weindl018 FRG Kazimierz Bentke0 British/Commonwealth Final 12 June 1974 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry First 10 to British-Nordic Final plus 1 reserve x P1 14 ENG Eric Boocock 3 3 2 2 3 x P2 11 ENG Terry Betts 3 3 2 2 2 x P3 8 ENG Dave Jessup 3 1 3 1 3 x 4 5 AUS John Boulger 2 3 3 2 0 x 5 13 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 3 3 1 x E 6 1 ENG Nigel Boocock 2 2 0 3 1 x 7 7 SCO Jim McMillan 1 2 1 1 3 x 8 12 ENG Peter Collins 0 3 2 0 3 x 9 16 ENG John Louis 0 0 3 3 2 x 10 4 ENG Ray Wilson 1 2 3 1 x T 11 6 NZL Barry Briggs 0 1 1 2 2 x 12 10 AUS Billy Sanders 1 2 1 1 0 x 13 15 ENG Malcolm Simmons 1 1 1 2 x E 14 9 ENG Reg Wilson 2 1 1 x X F 15 2 AUS Bob Valentine 3 x X F E - 16 3 ENG Martin Ashby 0 1 1 0 0 x R1 R1 ENG Frank Smith b 0 R2 R2 ENG Roger Hill b 0 Nordic Final 9 June 1974 FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere First 6 to British-Nordic Final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 DEN Ole Olsen 3,3,3,3,3152 NOR Dag Lövaas 3,3,3,3,2 143 FIN Matti Olin 2,2,2,2,3 114 DEN Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 3,1,2,2,2 105 NOR Reidar Eide ef,2,3,3,196 FIN Kari Vuoristo 0,2,2,2,3 97 NOR Øyvind S. Berg 2,1,3,1,188 NOR Edgar Stangeland 2,3,0,1,2 89 DEN Preben Rosenkilde 1,1,0,3,2 710 NOR Jan Terje Gravningen 1,3,2,0,ef 611 NOR Ulf Lovaas 1,ef,-,2,3 612 DEN Kaj Kristensen 3,0,1,0,1 513 FIN Pekka Paljakka 1,0,1,1,1414 NOR Svein Lokken 2,1,1,0,0415 NOR Kjell Gimre 0,2,1,0,0 316 DEN Nils Nilsen ef,-,-,-,-0R1 FIN Antti Eklund f,0,0,1,0 1 Fifth round Swedish qualification Top 5 in each heat to Swedish final (1 May, Gamla Galgberget Visby)PosRider Points 1 Christer Löfqvist 152 Bengt Jansson 123 Tomas Pettersson 124 Sven Nilsson115 Hasse Holmqvist 116 Tommy Nilsson 9+37 Bengt Larsson 9+28 Lars-Åke Andersson 89 Roy Dantanus 810 Jan Johansson 711 Sven-Olov Lindh412 Benny Ekberg 413 Willy Karlsson 414 Rolf Johansson 215 Åke Andersson 216 Claes-Ingvar Svensson 117 Kjell Bergström 1 (1 May, Målilla (Motorbana)Målilla)PosRider Points 1 Tommy Johansson 152 Bo Wirebrand 123 Christer Sjösten 114 Tommy Jansson 105 Sören Karlsson 106 Käll Haage 97 Olle Nygren 78 Berndt Johansson 79 Leif Johansson 710 Richard Hellsén 611 Eddie Davidsson612 Tommy Wedén 613 Hans Johansson 614 Karl-Fredrik Lindgren 415 Ragnar Holm 216 Kenneth Selmosson 117 Stefan Hjort 1 (1 May, Gislaved MotorbanaGislaved)PosRider Points 1 Sören Sjösten 152 Bernt Persson 143 Therje Henriksson 124 Leif Enecrona115 Karl-Erik Claesson 116 Stephan Johansson 107 Lars Jansson 98 Stefan Salmonsson 89 Lars Larsson 610 Börje Klingberg 511 Peter Smith 512 Lars-Inge Hultberg 513 Conny Samuelsson 414 Leif Mellberg 215 Åke Dovhed 216 Anders Lövgren 117 Sven-Erik Andersson 018 Håkan Karlsson 0 Continental Final 23 June 1974 USSR Anatoly Stepanov Stadium, Tolyatti First 8 to European Final x P1 10 USSR Vladimir Gordeev 3 3 1 3 2 x P2 1 USSR Mikhail Starostin 3 3 0 2 3 x P3 4 POL Zenon Plech 3 3 3 2 x F 4 11 USSR Mikhail Krasnov 2 3 2 3 0 x 5 3 USSR Anatoly Kuzmin 2 2 3 0 3 x 6 7 POL Jan Mucha 2 1 3 3 x E 7 13 POL Edward Jancarz 3 2 2 2 x X 8 14 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 1 1 2 1 3 x 9 5 POL Ryszard Fabiszewski 3 2 1 1 1 x 10 15 USSR Valery Gordeev 2 0 3 2 x E 11 6 USSR Vladimir Zapleshny 1 0 3 1 1 x 12 16 POL Marek Cieślak 0 1 1 2 1 x 13 8 POL Henryk Glücklich 0 2 1 x X X 14 9 USSR Aleksandr Pavlov 0 1 0 2 x E 15 12 POL Bernard Jąder 1 0 2 0 0 x 16 2 POL Zbigniew Filipiak 2 0 0 0 x E R1 R1 FRG Josef Angermüller British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final 4 August 1974 DEN Speedway Center, Fredericia First 8 to European Final x P1 8 DEN Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 2 x P2 5 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 2 3 3 3 x P3 16 ENG John Louis 3 0 3 2 2 x 4 2 ENG Terry Betts 3 3 1 2 1 x 5 12 ENG Peter Collins 3 1 2 3 1 x 6 9 ENG Dave Jessup 2 2 3 3 x E 7 4 USA Scott Autrey 2 2 1 2 2 x 8 7 NOR Dag Lovaas 1 3 3 2 x E 9 1 AUS John Boulger 1 3 1 3 x E 10 6 SCO Jim McMillan 0 2 2 1 3 x 11 13 NOR Reidar Eide 1 1 2 1 2 x 12 14 DEN Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 2 1 1 1 1 x 13 15 ENG Nigel Boocock 0 1 0 1 x E 14 11 FIN Matti Olin 1 0 0 0 0 x 15 3 ENG Eric Boocock x F - - - - 16 10 FIN Kari Vuoristo 0 0 0 0 x - R1 R1 ENG Ray Wilson y 2 b 1 R2 R2 NOR Øyvind S. Berg w 0 r 0 Sixth round Swedish Finals Top 5 from 3 meetings progress to World final R1 (28 May, Gubbängens IP, Stockholm) R2 (29 May, Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping) R3 (30 May, Ullevi, Gothenburg) Pos. RiderR1R2 R3 Total1Anders Michanek121515422Sören Sjösten151412413Christer Löfqvist121211354Bengt Jansson11814335Tommy Johansson 111210336Tommy Jansson10913327Sören Karlsson5117238Hasse Holmqvist896239Tommy Pettersson 79622 10Bernt Persson95620Pos. RiderR1R2 R3 Total11Bo Wirebrand7451512Christer Sjösten4551413Karl-Erik Claesson125814Sven Nilsson422815Stephan Johansson122516Tommy Nilsson32-517Käll Haage--2118Therje Henriksson000019Leif Enecrona0--0 European Final Top 11 to World final 31 August 1974 ENG Wembley Stadium, London x P1 15 ENG Peter Collins 3 2 3 3 2 x 3 P2 2 DEN Ole Olsen 3 3 2 3 2 x 2 P3 4 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 3 3 2 3 x 1 4 8 USSR Vladimir Gordeev 2 2 3 1 3 x 5 12 ENG John Louis 3 0 1 3 3 x 6 14 POL Zenon Plech 2 2 2 2 2 x 7 11 ENG Dave Jessup 3 3 2 0 x E 8 7 NOR Dag Lovaas 3 1 0 3 x E 9 16 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 1 2 3 1 x F 10 5 ENG Terry Betts 0 3 0 2 1 x 11 13 USSR Mikhail Krasnov 1 1 2 0 2 x 12 10 POL Edward Jancarz 2 1 1 1 0 x 13 6 USA Scott Autrey 1 0 1 0 1 x 14 9 USSR Mikhail Starostin 1 0 0 1 0 x 15 3 USSR Anatoly Kuzmin 0 0 1 0 0 x 16 1 POL Jan Mucha x - - - - - R1 R1 SCO Jim McMillan r 1 w 0 r 1 R2 R2 AUS John Boulger b 2 y 1 World Final 6 September 1974 SWE Ullevi, Gothenburg.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 x P1 10 SWE Anders Michanek 3 3 3 3 3 x P2 1 NZL Ivan Mauger 2 2 3 2 2 x 3 P3 13 SWE Sören Sjösten 3 3 1 1 3 x 2 4 16 GBR John Louis 1 3 0 2 3 x 5 8 SWE Bengt Jansson 2 1 3 3 x R 6 15 GBR Peter Collins 2 2 2 2 1 x 7 7 SWE Tommy Johansson 3 0 0 3 2 x 8 11 POL Zenon Plech 0 3 1 2 2 x 9 4 SWE Christer Löfqvist 3 2 2 1 x R 10 6 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 1 0 2 3 x F 11 12 NOR Dag Lövaas 1 0 3 1 1 x 12 5 GBR Terry Betts 0 1 1 1 3 x 13 14 GBR Dave Jessup 0 2 2 0 1 x 14 2 USSR Mikhail Krasnov 1 1 0 1 x R 15 9 DEN Ole Olsen 2 x F - - - 16 3 USSR Vladimir Gordeev 0 x F - - - R1 R1 SWE Tommy Jansson y 1 b 0 b 0 r 2 x R2 R2 POL Edward Jancarz b 1 r 0 r 0 x References External links The event at SVT's open archive sv 1974 World Individual Category:Speedway competitions in Sweden Category:1974 in Swedish motorsport