1971 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season January 2024 January 2024 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship 1970 1972 The 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 26th 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 Ole Olsen became the first Danish winner of the Championship. His 15-point maximum denied Ivan Mauger from winning a fourth consecutive title. Mauger won the silver medal run-off against Bengt Jansson.Ole Olsen wins world speedway title Birmingham Daily Post 11 September 1971 9 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19710911/712/0029 British Newspaper Archive subscription Format changes The format of the Championship changed again for the 1971 event. This time the Swedish riders were allowed six 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 10 riders for the World Final. First round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/70_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1970.htm 1971 World Championship Metal Speedway 20 January 2024https://dlprezes.pl.tl/World-Speedway-Championship-_-1971.htm 1971 World Championship Speedway.org 20 January 2024 British/Commonwealth qualifying Top 32 to British/Commonwealth semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 17 AprilThe Shay, Halifax Dave Younghusband Ronnie Moore Bill Andrew 17 AprilAbbey Stadium, Swindon Barry Briggs Martin Ashby George Hunter 19 AprilReading Stadium, Reading Ivan Mauger Jim Airey Howard Cole 19 AprilCounty Ground Stadium, Exeter Eric Boocock Bob Kilby Dave Younghusband 20 AprilWest Ham Stadium, London Reg Luckhurst Nigel Boocock Greg Kentwell 20 AprilLeicester Stadium, Leicester Ray Wilson Tommy Roper John Boulger 21 AprilWimborne Road, Poole Barry Briggs Tony Lomas Martin Ashby 22 AprilWimbledon Stadium, London Garry Middleton John Boulger Ronnie Moore 22 AprilOwlerton Stadium, Sheffield Eric Boocock Brian Leonard Jim Airey 22 AprilOxford Stadium, Oxford Martin Ashby Colin Gooddy Charlie Monk 23 AprilMonmore Green, Wolverhampton Terry Betts Bob Andrews Ivan Mauger 23 AprilHampden Park, Glasgow Howard Cole Eric Broadbelt Norman Hunter 24 AprilHyde Road, Manchester Ivan Mauger George Hunter Sándor Lévai 24 AprilBrandon Stadium, Coventry Tony Lomas Alan Cowland Col Cottrell 24 AprilKing's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Malcolm Simmons Ray Wilson Terry Betts 26 AprilDudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Roy Trigg Garry Middleton Peter Jarman 28 AprilBrandon Stadium, Coventry Tony Lomas Bruce Cribb Ken McKinlay 30 AprilHackney Wick Stadium, London Barry Thomas Garry Middleton Bob Kilby 30 AprilSomerton Park, Newport Sándor Lévai Nigel Boocock Bill Andrew Second round Norwegian qualifying 20 September 1970 NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien Top 1 (+6 seeded) to Nordic final 1971 Pos. Rider Points1 Reidar Eide152 Ulf Lovaas123 Svein Kaasa114 Einar Egedius115 Odd Fossengen 106 Jan Terje Gravningen107 Jon Odegaard 108 Jorn Flatha 99 Dag Lovaas610 Dagfinn Dahl611 Johnny Larsen512 Kjell Todnem513 Nils O. Haraldsen314 Thorbjorn Nygaard315 Ragnar Olaisen 216 Leif O. Jorgensen2 Finnish qualifying (top 8) (2 rounds) 11 Aug & 25 Aug 1970 FIN Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti & Eteläpuisto, Tampere Top 2 to Nordic final 1971 Pos. Rider Points Total1 Kalevi Lahtinen 8+8162 Matti Olin 6+6123 Jouko Naskali 2+354 Erkki Hannula 4+045 Pekka Kulmala 0+446 Reima Lohkovuori 3+147 Timo Sinkkonen 0+228 Olavi Turunen 1+01 Continental qualifying Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 8 MayITA Stadio Moretti, Udine USSR Aleksandr Pavlov POL Jerzy Szczakiel USSR Viktor Trofimov 9 MayCSK Markéta Stadium, Prague DDR Hans Jürgen Fritz CSK Jiří Štancl DDR Peter Liebing 9 MayHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc CSK Jan Holub I USSR Vladimir Smirnov POL Henryk Glucklich 9 MayFRG Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg POL Jan Mucha POL Andrzej Wyglenda POL Antoni Woryna British/Commonwealth semi-finals 18 May ENG West Ham Stadium, London Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points1 NZL Ronnie Moore 152 AUS John Boulger 133 NZL Barry Briggs 124 ENG Bob Kilby105 ENG Arnie Haley96 ENG Martin Ashby97 AUS Geoff Curtis88AUS Garry Middleton79 ENG Tommy Roper710 NZL Bruce Cribb611 ENG Roy Trigg 512 SCO Ken McKinlay313 SCO George Hunter214 ENG Colin Gooddy215 ENG Ian Turner116 ENG Stan Stevens (res) 017 ENG Alan Sage (res) 020 May ENG Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Top 8 to British/Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Points1 NZL Ivan Mauger 142 ENG Ray Wilson 143 ENG Nigel Boocock 134 ENG Eric Boocock135 WAL Howard Cole106 SCO Bert Harkins97 ENG Tony Lomas98ENG Dave Younghusband89 ENG Bob Andrews810 ENG Malcom Simmons711 ENG Terry Betts 412 ENG Norman Storer413 HUN Sándor Lévai314 ENG Alan Cowland215 AUS Charlie Monk116 ENG Tony Clarke Third round British/Commonwealth Final 16 June 1971 ENG Brandon Stadium, Coventry First 12 to British-Nordic Final 1 7 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 2 14 2 2 NZL Barry Briggs 3 2 2 3 3 13 3 6 ENG Tony Lomas 0 3 3 3 3 12 4 16 SCO Bert Harkins 2 2 2 3 0 9 5 15 ENG Ray Wilson 3 1 3 1 0 8 6 5 ENG Martin Ashby 2 2 1 1 2 8 7 9 NZL Ronnie Moore 1 0 3 2 1 7 8 13 ENG Dave Younghusband 0 3 1 2 1 7 9 11 ENG Bob Kilby 2 2 1 1 1 7 10 4 ENG Eric Boocock 0 3 0 3 T 11 12 AUS Jim Airey 3 1 0 2 0 6 12 8 ENG Nigel Boocock 1 2 0 3 X 13 10 WAL Howard Cole 0 1 2 2 1 6 14 1 AUS Geoff Curtis 2 1 0 1 2 6 15 3 AUS John Boulger 1 0 1 0 2 4 16 14 ENG Arnold Haley 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 NZL Bill Andrew w 0 18 AUS Garry Middleton 0 Nordic Final 6 June 1971 DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød First 4 to British/Commonwealth-Nordic Final x P1 5 DEN Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 2 x P2 1 NOR Reidar Eide 3 2 2 3 2 x P3 11 DEN Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 2 3 3 3 x T 4 12 DEN Kurt Bøgh 3 3 2 1 2 x 5 4 NOR Odd Fossengen 2 2 3 3 x F 6 7 DEN Niels Weiss Sorensen 1 2 2 2 3 x 7 6 NOR Øyvind S. Berg 2 2 1 2 3 x 8 3 DEN Jorn Morgensen 0 3 3 2 1 x 9 2 DEN Bjarne Nyegaard 1 3 1 2 1 x 10 10 DEN Preben Rosenkilde 1 0 1 1 3 x 11 9 NOR Svein Kaasa 0 1 2 1 2 x 12 14 FIN Kalevi Lahtinen 3 1 0 0 1 x 13 8 NOR Edgar Stangeland 0 1 1 1 1 x 14 13 NOR Dag Lovaas 2 0 0 0 0 x 15 16 FIN Matti Olin 1 0 0 0 0 x 16 15 NOR Jan Terje Gravningen 0 1 x F - - R1 R1 DEN Flemming Larsen y 0 w 0 Continental semi-finals 5 June GDR Güstrow Speedway Stadium, Güstrow Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 GDR Hans Jürgen Fritz 142 POL Henryk Glücklich 113 TCH Jan Holub I 114 POL Piotr Bruzda 10.55 POL Stanislaw Kasa 106 GDR Dieter Tetzlaff 107 GDR Horst Krüger 98TCH Jiří Štancl 89 USSR Vladimir Smirnov 7.510 USSR Viktor Kalmykov 611 HUN Janos Szöke 612 GDR Peter Liebing 613 GDR Clemens Bever 614 POL Zbigniew Podlecki 315 TCH Zbynek Novotny 216 HUN Ferenc Radacsi 06 June POL Stadion żużlowy, Gorzów Wielkopolski Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 USSR Gennadij Kurilenko 112 POL Jerzy Szczakiel 113 USSR Vladimir Gordeev 114 USSR Grigorij Khlynovski 115 USSR Anatolij Kuzmin 106 USSR Viktor Trofimov 107 POL Jan Mucha 108POL Paweł Waloszek 9+39 USSR Alexander Pavlov 9+210 POL Andrzej Wyglenda711 TCH Pavel Mares 612 TCH Miroslav Verner 513 POL Antoni Woryna 414 TCH Václav Verner 315 POL Jerzy Trzeszkowski 316 TCH Milan Špinka 0 Fourth round Swedish qualifying Top 4 in each heat to Swedish final (1 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby)PosRider Points 1 Bengt Jansson 152 Leif Enecrona 143 Bo Wirebrand 124 Tommy Jansson 115 Börje Ohlsson 116 Therje Henriksson 107 Kenneth Selmosson 78 Bengt Olsson 79 Bengt Svensson 510 Lars-Åke Andersson 511 Tommy Johansson 512 Bertil Andersson 413 Åke Andersson 314 Casimir Nilsson 215 Egon Stengarn 116 Roger Gullbrandsgård 0 (1 May, Gislaved Motorbana, Gislaved)PosRider Points 1 Göte Nordin 152 Bernt Persson 133 Hasse Holmqvist 114 Rolf Johansson 105 Käll Haage 96 Claes Löfstrand 97 Christer Sjösten88 Leif Johansson 79 Bo Magnusson 710 Karl-Erik Claesson 711 Göran Jansso 612 Torbjörn Karlsson 513 Nils Eriksson 514 Börje Meli 515 Torbjörn Runesson 216 Hans Engzell 1 (2 May, Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla)PosRider Points 1 Sören Sjösten 152 Anders Michanek 113 Runo Wedin 114 Sven-Inge Svensson 105 Christer Löfqvist 106 Jan Simensen 107 Hans Johansson 108 Sune Stark 99 Inge Gustavsson 810 Tommy Bergqvist 811 Ingemar Thillander 612 Anders Jansson 513 Lennart Johansson 314 Ove Helander 215 Anders Lövgre 116 Börje Klingberg 1 (3 May, Malmö Stadion, Malmö)PosRider Points 1 Per-Olof Söderman 142 Olle Nygren 133 Bo Josefsson 134 Lars Jansson 135 Bengt Larsson 116 Willy Karlsson 107 Berndt Johansson 98 Sigvard Johansson 89 Håkan Karlsson 710 Jan-Inge Karlsson 511 Tommy Wedén 512 Harald Andersson 413 Lars Jennefors 314 Roland Karlsson 215 Arne Hansson (res) 216 Ragnar Holm117 Sven-Olov Lindh 0 British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final 30 July 1971 SCO Hampden Park, Glasgow First 8 to European Final P1 2 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 2 P2 6 ENG Ray Wilson 3 2 3 2 3 P3 9 DEN Ole Olsen 2 3 2 3 1 4 12 ENG Nigel Boocock 3 3 2 2 1 5 1 AUS Jim Airey 2 2 0 3 2 6 16 ENG Eric Boocock 1 1 2 2 3 7 4 ENG Tony Lomas 1 2 3 1 2 8 11 NZL Ronnie Moore 0 3 1 2 3 9 10 NZL Barry Briggs 1 0 3 3 F 10 8 ENG Dave Younghusband 2 0 3 1 1 11 13 DEN Kurt Bøgh 2 0 2 0 2 12 14 NOR Reidar Eide 3 1 0 0 - 13 15 ENG Martin Ashby 0 2 1 0 0 14 3 SCO Bert Harkins 0 1 1 1 0 15 5 ENG Bob Kilby 1 1 0 0 - 16 7 DEN Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 0 0 1 0 0 R1 R1 NOR Odd Fossengen w 1 R2 R2 AUS John Boulger r 1 Continental Final 26 June 1971 TCH Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný First 8 to European Final plus 1 reserve x P1 14 POL Henryk Glucklich 1 3 3 3 0 x 3 P2 12 POL Jan Mucha 0 3 3 2 2 x 2 P3 7 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 1 3 2 1 3 x 1 4 15 POL Jerzy Szczakiel 2 1 1 3 3 x 0 5 11 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 3 0 0 3 3 x 6 3 USSR Viktor Trofimov 0 2 1 3 3 x 7 1 CSK Jiří Štancl 3 1 3 0 2 x 8 13 USSR Valery Gordeev 3 2 3 1 x X 9 4 POL Pawel Waloszek 2 2 1 2 2 x 10 5 USSR Anatoly Kuzmin 2 3 2 1 x F 11 2 CSK Jan Holub I 1 2 0 2 2 x 12 6 DDR Horst Krüger 3 0 2 1 x F 13 8 DDR Dieter Tetzlaff 0 1 2 0 1 x 14 10 POL Stanislaw Kasa 2 1 x F - - 15 16 DDR Hans Jürgen Fritz 0 0 1 x F - 16 9 POL Piotr Bruzda 1 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 CSK Miloslav Verner w 2 y 0 y 1 x Fifth round Swedish Finals Three races held on R1, 1 June at Snälltorpet, Eskilstuna R2, 2 June at Norrköping Motorstadion, Norrköping R3, 3 June in Gubbängens IP, Stockholm Top 6 to World Final & 1 reserve Pos. RiderR1 R2R3Total1 Anders Michanek141512412 Bengt Jansson111114363 Bernt Persson11149344 Leif Enecrona12811315 Tommy Jansson 101010306 Sören Sjösten8714297 Göte Nordin31213288 Hasse Holmqvist8108269 Lars Jansson 97723Pos. RiderR1 R2R3Total10 Olle Nygren8561911 Bo Wirebrand4471512 Runo Wedin4741513 Bo Josefsson5421114 Sven-Inge Svensson5231015 Per Olof Söderman531916 Herje Henriksson-10117 Rolf Johansson00-0 European Final 21 August 1971 ENG Wembley Stadium, London First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 13 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 2 3 3 3 x P2 7 ENG Ray Wilson 3 3 3 3 x 3 X P3 9 DEN Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 x 2 E 4 16 ENG Nigel Boocock 2 3 3 2 2 x X 5 3 ENG Eric Boocock 2 2 2 3 1 x 6 12 AUS Jim Airey 2 2 3 2 x T 7 4 POL Jerzy Szczakiel 3 1 2 1 0 x 8 14 NZL Ronnie Moore 1 3 1 1 1 x 9 5 USSR Vladimir Gordeev 2 0 0 1 3 x 3 10 2 CSK Jiří Štancl 0 2 1 2 1 x 2 11 11 ENG Tony Lomas 1 0 2 1 2 x 1 12 8 POL Henryk Glucklich 1 0 0 3 x X 13 6 USSR Grigory Khlinovsky 0 1 1 2 0 x 14 1 USSR Viktor Trofimov 1 1 0 0 2 x 15 15 POL Jan Mucha 1 2 1 x F F 16 10 USSR Gennady Kurilenko 0 0 1 0 0 x R1 R1 NZL Barry Briggs b 2 R2 R2 POL Pawel Waloszek x World Final 10 September 1971 SWE Ullevi, GothenburgBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Referee: FRG Georg Traunspurger 1 14 DEN Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 15 2 7 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 1 3 2 3 12+3 3 13 SWE Bengt Jansson 2 3 1 3 3 12+3 4 3 ENG Ray Wilson 3 3 1 3 1 11 5 4 SWE Anders Michanek 2 2 2 3 2 11 6 12 SWE Bernt Persson 3 1 2 1 2 9 7 5 AUS Jim Airey 2 1 3 2 0 8 8 11 SWE Sören Sjösten 2 2 2 1 1 8 9 1 ENG Nigel Boocock 1 2 1 0 2 6 10 10 NZL Ronnie Moore 1 2 0 1 1 5 11 6 ENG Eric Boocock 0 0 3 1 0 4 12 9 SWE Leif Enecrona 0 0 0 2 2 4 13 2 CZE Jiří Štancl 0 1 1 0 1 3 14 16 SWE Tommy Jansson 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 15 POL Jerzy Szczakiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 SUN Vladimir Gordeev 1 3 2 2 3 Dsq 17 SWE Göte Nordin 0 18 ENG Tony Lomas 0 Note : Vladimir Gordeev was disqualified after illegal additives were found in his fuel. References 1971 World Individual World Category:Speedway competitions in Poland