1990 Individual Speedway World Championship

World motorcycle speedway competition November 2023 November 2023 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship 1989 1991 The 1990 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 45th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/world-speedway-championships.html World Championship 1936-1994 Edinburgh Speedway 10 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 10 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX British Speedway 10 July 2021Loader Tony Loader's International Speedway Annual 1991 Tony Loader 1991 8–18 1036-4404 The final was held at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England. It was the 28th and last time the world final would be held in England under the traditional single meeting format.https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 10 July 2021 Sweden's Per Jonsson won his only World Individual Championshiphttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004974/19900903/023/0023 Speedway Western Daily Press 3 September 1990 British Newspaper Archive subscription 7 September 2024 to become the first Swedish World Champion since Anders Michanek in 1974 and became the first rider to win both the Under-21 and Senior World Championships, having previously won the 1985 Under-21 World Championship. Jonsson defeated Shawn Moran from the United States in a run-off after both finished the meeting on 13 points. Moran was later disqualified by the FIM for failing a drug test taken at the Overseas Final. After Moran's disqualification, the FIM did not adjust the rankings, leaving the second-place position vacant in official records for the 1990 World Final. Australian youngster Todd Wiltshire, believed by many judges to be one who would be making up the numbers in his first World Final, finished third with 12 points after winning his first two rides.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 After having won each World Final since 1984, including five 1-2 finishes and taking all podium places in 1988, the 1990 World Final saw no Danish riders finishing on the podium for the first time since 1983. Defending champion Hans Nielsen, the only Danish rider in the field after Jan O. Pedersen was sidelined due to injury, finished fourth with 11 points.1990 Individual Speedway World Championship First round British qualifiers 1990 British Speedway Championship Top 32 to British-Semi finals Second round New Zealand qualification First 16 to New Zealand final DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd JanSouth Island FinalRuapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Thorpe+Speedway Newcastle Journal 9 January 1990 11 February 2024 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19900109/246/0014 British Newspaper Archive subscription Larry Ross David Bargh ??North Island FinalMeeanee Speedway, Napier Craig Wilkie Gary Allan ?? +Thorpe awarded title after Ross refused to ride in the race-off Australian qualification Top 16 to Australian final DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd ??Northern Territory Northline Speedway, Darwin Glen Baxter ?? ?? ??Victorian Myrtleford Speedway, Myrtleford Leigh Adams Phil Crump ?? ??New South WalesNewcastle Motordrome, Tomago Todd Wiltshire Craig Boyce Stephen Davies ??South Australian North Arm Speedway, Gillman Scott Norman Shane Parker ?? ??Queensland Townsville Speedway, Townsville Troy Butler ?? ?? ?? Western Australian Claremont Speedway, Perth Glenn Doyle Glyn Taylor David Cheshire British semi-finals 1990 British Speedway Championship Top 16 to British final Third round Continental preliminary round Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 5 MayPOL Arena Częstochowa, Częstochowa POL Jacek Woźniak FRG Tommy Dunker POL Jacek Rempała 6 MayFRG Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt FRG Alois Bachhuber TCH Lubomir Jedek TCH Jan Schinagl 6 MayUSSR Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne USSR Igor Marko POL Piotr Świst HUN Laszlo Bodi 6 MayYUG Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana ITA Valentino Furlanetto TCH Vladimir Kalina POL Maciej Jaworek Swedish qualification Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final (29 April, Målilla Motorstadion, Målilla)PosRider Points 1 Per Jonsson 132 Henrik Gustafsson 133 Dennis Löfqvist 124 Claes Ivarsson 125 Erik Stenlund 96 Tony Rickardsson 97 Mikael Teurnberg 88 Stefan Dannö 89 Kenneth Nyström 910 Jörgen Johansson 711 Christer Jonsson 612 Mikael Löfqvist 513 Tomas Karlsson 414 John Jensen 315 Jan Bergqvist 316 Pierre Carlsson 1 (29 April, Gamla Galgberget, Visby)PosRider Points 1 Jimmy Nilsen 142 Tony Olsson 133 Niklas Karlsson 114 Mikael Ritterwall 115 Conny Ivarsson 106 Peter Nahlin 107 Kenneth Lindby 108 Christer Rohlén 99 Patrik Karlsson 810 Jimmy Engman 711 Tommy Nilsson 412 Tony Samuelsson 413 Raymond Smedh 414 Kent Rickardsson 215 Kari Virta 216 Joakim Messing 0 British final 1990 British Speedway Championship Top 10 to Commonwealth final New Zealand final NZL Ruapuna Speedway, Christchurch 3 February, top 2 to Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Pts1 Larry Ross 14+3 2 Mark Thorpe 14+2 3 Craig Wilkie 14+1 4 James Martin 115 Justin Monk 106 Michael Long 9 7 Stephen Rose 8 8 Darrin Wilson 8 9 Mark Jamieson 810 Max Brown 5 11 Philip Barakat 412 Kenny Webley 313 Alan Mason 2 14 Rhys Hamburger 3 15 Greg Fisher 2 16 Gary Marsh017 Trevor Chapman018 John Tuffley0 Australian final AUS Brisbane Exhibition Ground 13 January, top 3 (+1 other seeded) to Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Pts1 Glenn Doyle 14+32 Leigh Adams 14+23 Stephen Davies 134 Phil Crump 125 Shane Bowes 106 Mick Poole 9 7 Jamie Fagg 8 8 Glen Baxter 7 9 Steve Regeling 610 Steve Langdon 5 11 Shane Parker 512 Sean Willmott 413 Scott Norman 414 Troy Butler 4 15 Chris Watson 2 16 Glyn Taylor 117 Darren Winkler (res) 1 Fourth round Continental quarter-finals Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 3 JunePOL Municipal Stadium, Rzeszów POL Ryszard Dołomisiewicz HUN Jozsef Petrikovics POL Jan Krzystyniak 3 JuneAUT Speedway Natschbach Loipersbach HUN Antal Kocso TCH Zdenek Tesar AUT Heinrich Schatzer 3 JuneHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc HUN Zoltan Hajdu POL Piotr Świst USSR Rif Saitgareev 4 JuneFRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg HUN Zoltan Adorjan HUN Sandor Tihanyi FRG Klaus Lausch Danish Final 1990 Danish speedway season Top 6 to the Nordic final Norway Final NOR Frogner Speedway, Oslo 15 Sep 1989, top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1990 Pos. Rider Points1 Arnt Førland 12+32 Lars Gunnestad 12+23 Robert Langeland 12+14 Ingvar Skogland 12+05 Per Jörgensen 116 Arne Svensen 97 Jan Arid Slatta 98 Atle Knutsen 79 Einar Kyllingstad610 Tor Einar Hielm 611 Odd Pettersen 512 Stag Bergersen 413 Jorn Arve Ardal 414 Jorn Vidar Aasen 415 Kjell Oyvind Sola 316 Gjermund Aas 217 Rolf Netland (res) 1 Finland Final FIN Kaanaa Speedway, Tampere 27 Aug 1989, top 2 to Nordic final 1990 Pos. Rider Total1 Juha Moksunen 142 Olli Tyrvainen 13+33 Kai Niemi 13+24 Vesa Ylinen 11+35 Janne Moksunen 11+26 Ari Koponen 107 Jari Kortelainen 88 Seppo Keskinen 79 Tomi Havu 710 Aarre Soivuori 711 Roy Malminheimo 712 Petri Kokko 513 Pekka Eerikainen 214 Jarmo Makinen 215 Petri Nurmesniemi (res) 116 Mika Pellinen (res) 117 Janne Koivula (res) 118 Esa Reijo 019 Nicklas Finne 0 Swedish Final R1 (15 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda) R2 (16 May, Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping) R3 (17 May, Avesta Motorstadion, Avesta) Top 6 to Nordic Final Pos. Rider Scores Total1 Per Jonsson 12+13+1338 2 Jimmy Nilsen 12+12+10343 Dennis Löfqvist 9+12+13344 Conny Ivarsson 3+9+1133 5 Henka Gustafsson 9+11+13336 Peter Nahlin 14+8+1032 7 Niklas Karlsson 8+9+8258 Tony Rickardsson 6+5+10219 Peter Karlsson 8+6+62010 Erik Stenlund 4+6+71711 Claes Ivarsson 9+6+ns1512 Mikael Teurnberg 4+4+71513 Mikael Ritterwall 6+6+214 1414 Tony Olsson 5+5+ns1015 Kenneth Lindby 1+4+3816 Stefan Dannö 0+2+4617 Christer Rohlén (res) ns+1+01 Commonwealth Final Top 12 plus 1 reserve to the Overseas final 1990 Commonwealth Final North American Final 2 June 1990 USA Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach Top 4 to the Overseas final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 Shawn Moran 18+3 2 Billy Hamill 18+2 3 Rick Miller 18+1 4 Greg Hancock 18+0 5 Ronnie Correy 16+3 6 Kelly Moran 16+2 7 Bobby Schwartz 14 8 Mike Faria 12 9 Robert Pfetzing 12 10 Lance King 11 11 Steve Lucero 8 12 Jim Sisemore 8 13 Josh Larsen 7 14 Brad Oxley 5 15 Tony Bienert 5 16 Charles Ermolenko 3 17 Eddie Castro 3 18 Shawn McConnell (res) 3 19 Sam Ermolenko 2 20 Don Odom (res) 2 21 John Kehoe 1 22 Fred Legault 0 Fifth round Continental semi-finals 23 June POL Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, Bydgoszcz Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 TCH Antonín Kasper Jr. 142 POL Jan Krzystyniak 133 POL Tomasz Gollob 12+34 TCH Zdeněk Tesař 12+25 HUN Antal Kocso 96 HUN József Petrikovics 87 POL Wojciech Zaluski 7+38AUT Heinrich Schatzer 7+29 USSR Igor Marko 7+110 TCH Lubomir Jedek 611 HUN Róbert Nagy 612 HUN Laszlo Bodi 613 POL Ryszard Dolomisiewicz 514 USSR Vladimir Trofimov 515 AUT Walter Nebel 216 USSR Viktor Gajdym 124 June TCH Speedway Žarnovica, Žarnovica Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 HUN Zoltán Adorján 152 FRG Klaus Lausch 11+33 ITA Armando Castagna 11+24 FRG Gerd Riss 11+15 HUN Sandor Tihanyi 106 TCH Roman Matoušek 97 TCH Bohumil Brhel 98TCH Vladimir Kalina 99 TCH Petr Vandírek 810 FRG Andre Pollehn 711 USSR Rif Saitgareev 712 HUN Zoltan Hajdu 613 TCH Pavel Karnas 314 HUN Sandor Ujhelyi 215 AUT Robert Funk 116 HUN Zsolt Böszermenyi 1 Overseas Final Top 9 to the Intercontinental final 1990 Overseas Final Nordic Final 9 June 1990 SWE Motorstadium, Linköping Top 7 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 14 2 SWE Per Jonsson 12 3 SWE Henrik Gustafsson 11+3 4 SWE Conny Ivarsson 11+2 5 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 11+1 6 DEN Hans Nielsen 11+0 7 SWE Dennis Löfqvist 9+3 8 DEN Brian Karger 9+2 9 FIN Kai Niemi 6 10 DEN Bo Petersen 6 11 SWE Peter Nahlin 5 12 NOR Einar Kyllingstad 5 13 DEN Jens Henry Nielsen 3 14 FIN Olli Tyrväinen 2 15 NOR Arnt Førland 2 16 DEN Jan Pedersen 2 17 FIN Vesa Ylinen (res) 1 Sixth round Intercontinental Final Top 11 plus 1 reserve to World final 1990 Intercontinental Final Continental Final 12 August 1990 FRG Motodrom Halbemond, Norden Top 5 to the World final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 FRG Gerd Riss (3,2,2,3,3) 13 2 HUN Zoltán Adorján (2,3,1,3,3) 12+3 3 ITA Armando Castagna (3,3,x,3,3) 12+2 4 TCH Roman Matoušek (3,1,3,2,2) 11 5 TCH Zdeněk Tesař (3,0,2,3,2) 10+3 6 TCH Antonín Kasper Jr. (1,3,3,2,1) 10+2 7 HUN Sándor Tihanyi (0,3,2,2,2) 9 8 POL Wojciech Załuski (2,1,F,1,3) 7 9 HUN Antal Kocso (2,2,2,0,1) 7 10 FRG Klaus Lausch (2,1,3,R,ns) 6 11 TCH Bohumil Brhel (1,2,EF,2,0) 5 12 TCH Vladimir Kalina (1,1,1,0,2) 5 13 HUN József Petrikovics (0,2,1,1,1) 5 14 POL Tomasz Gollob (0,0,3,1,0) 4 15 AUT Heinrich Schatzer (1,0,0,1,1) 3 16 POL Jan Krzystyniak (0,0,1,0,0) 1 World final 1 September 1990 ENG Odsal Stadium, BradfordBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Classification 1 9 SWE Per Jonsson 3 3 2 2 3 13+3 2 15 USA Shawn Moran 1 3 3 3 3 13+2 3 6 AUS Todd Wiltshire 3 3 2 1 3 12 4 1 DEN Hans Nielsen 3 1 3 2 2 11 5 12 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 2 1 2 3 2 10 6 13 SWE Henrik Gustafsson 3 2 3 0 1 9 7 16 ENG Kelvin Tatum 2 3 0 3 1 9 8 2 ITA Armando Castagna 0 2 1 3 2 8 9 8 USA Rick Miller 2 2 3 1 - 8 10 11 ENG Richard Knight 1 2 1 2 1 7 11 4 ENG Martin Dugard 2 0 1 0 3 6 12 5 TCH Roman Matoušek 1 - 0 2 2 5 13 10 TCH Zdeněk Tesař 0 0 2 0 0 2 14 7 USA Ronnie Correy 0 1 0 1 0 2 15 14 TCH Antonín Kasper Jr. 0 1 1 0 0 2 16 3 HUN Zoltán Adorján 1 - 0 1 0 2 17 HUN Sándor Tihanyi 0 18 SWE Dennis Löfqvist 0 Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 SWE Per Jonsson (3,3,2,2,3) 13+3 2 USA Shawn Morana(1,3,3,3,3) 13+2 3 AUS Todd Wiltshire (3,3,2,1,3) 12 4 DEN Hans Nielsen (3,1,3,2,2) 11 5 SWE Jimmy Nilsen (2,1,2,3,2) 10 6 SWE Henrik Gustafsson* (3,2,3,0,1) 9 7 ENG Kelvin Tatum (2,3,0,3,1) 9 8 ITA Armando Castagna (F,2,1,3,2) 8 9 USA Rick Miller (2,2,3,1,x) 8 10 ENG Richard Knight (1,2,1,2,1) 7 11 ENG Martin Dugard (2,0,1,0,3) 6 12 TCH Roman Matoušek (1,R,0,2,2) 5 13 TCH Zdeněk Tesař (0,0,2,0,R) 2 14 USA Ronnie Correy (1,0,x,1,0) 2 15 HUN Zoltán Adorján (1,R,0,1,0) 2 16 TCH Antonín Kasper Jr.* (0,1,1,0,0) 2 Res HUN Sándor Tihanyi did not ride - Res SWE Dennis Löfqvist did not ride - * Henrik Gustafsson and Antonín Kasper Jr. replaced injured qualifiers Jan O. Pedersen and Gerd Riss Notes: a. Shawn Moran scored 13 points and lost the run-off to Per Jonsson. However, Moran had failed a random drug and alcohol test taken three months earlier at the Overseas Final, and was subsequently disqualified from second place. The FIM did not upgrade the standings and the official records show no second place rider. References 1990 Individual Speedway Individual Speedway Category:1990 in British motorsport Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom