1991 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship season February 2024 February 2024 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship 1990 1992 The 1991 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 46th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.https://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 2021 Diminutive Danish rider Jan O. Pedersen won his first and only World Championship with a 15-point maximum from his five rides, the last time a rider would have a perfect score in the Final.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 10 July 2021 Local favourite Tony Rickardsson finished second with 12 points, with triple champion Hans Nielsen of Denmark finishing third on 11 points after defeating fellow Dane Tommy Knudsen in a run-off. Defending champion Per Jonsson finished in ninth place with 7 points.https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 10 July 2021 First round British qualifiers 1991 British Speedway Championship Top 32 to British-Semi finals Second round Australian qualification 1991 Australian Individual Speedway Championship DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd17 Nov '90Northern TerritoryTennant Creek Speedway Wayne Bridgeford Glen Baxter Trevor O'Brien1 Dec '90Queensland Mac's Speedway, Mackay Troy Butler Darren Winkler Alan Rivett 23 Dec '90VictorianOlympic Park, Mildura Leigh Adams Jason Lyons Phil Crump 26 Dec '90New South WalesNewcastle Motordrome, Tomago Craig Boyce Todd Wiltshire Stephen Davies 28 Dec '90Western AustralianClaremont Speedway, Perth Glenn Doyle David Cheshire Michael Carter 29 Dec '90South AustralianRiverview Speedway, Murray Bridge Shane Parker Damon Richardson Brett Tomkins 19 Jan 1991Last ChanceArunga Park Speedway, Alice Springs Shane Bowes Scott Norman Mark Lemon New Zealand qualification DateChampionshipVenueWinner2nd3rd ??South Island FinalRuapuna Speedway, Christchurch Mark Lyndon ?? ?? ??North Island FinalGisborne Speedway, Gisborne David Bargh ?? ?? British semi-finals 1991 British Speedway Championship Top 16 to British final Third round Continental preliminary round Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 4 MayPOL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław TCH Jan Holub II TCH Václav Verner USSR Oleg Kurguskin 5 MayAUT Stadion Wiener NeustadtPOL Dariusz Śledź TCH Zdeněk Schneiderwind AUT Andreas Bössner 5 MayGER Anton Treffer Stadion, Neustadt GER Karl Maier USSR Mikhail Starostin GER Robert Barth 5 MayYUG Ilirija Sports Park, Ljubljana YUG Gregor Pintaro ITA Fabrizzio Vesprini GER Markus Jans Swedish qualification Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final (3 May, Nässjö Motorstadion, Nässjö)PosRider Points 1 Mikael Blixt 132 Conny Ivarsson 113 Jimmy Nilsen 114 Erik Stenlund 105 Mikael Karlsson 106 Tony Olsson 97 Mikael Ritterwall 98 Mikael Löfqvist 89 Niklas Karlsson 710 Olli Tyrväinen 611 Magnus Oscarsson 612 Patrik Karlsson 613 Christer Rohlén 514 Kenneth Nyström 415 Mikael Olsson 416 Joakim Karlsson 1 (4 May, Tallhult Motorstadion, Hagfors)PosRider Points 1 Per Jonsson 132 Mikael Teurnberg 133 Tony Rickardsson 134 Henrik Gustafsson 115 Peter Karlsson 116 Claes Ivarsson 97 Peter Nahlin 88 Stefan Dannö 7+39 Dennis Löfqvist 7+210 Kenneth Lindby 7+111 Jörgen Johansson 612 Göran Flood 513 Robert Johansson 414 Anders Kling 115 Jimmy Engman 116 Lillebror Johansson 0 Australian Final 1991 Australian Individual Speedway Championship First 3 (+ *Leigh Adams seeded) to Commonwealth Final New Zealand Final 14 February 1991 NZL Awapuni Speedway, Gisborne First 2 to Commonwealth final Pos. Rider Total1 David Bargh 152 Chris Martin 143 Mark Thorpe 124 John Tuffley 115 Justin Monk 106 Michael Long 107 Greg Fisher 88 John Roberts 79 Nathan Murray 510 Ricky Bennett 511 Jacqui Mauger 512 Dean Sullivan 513 Nick Young 414 Michael Hollow 315 Gary Marsh 316 Steve Etches 0 British Final 1991 British Speedway Championship Top 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve Fourth round Danish Final 19 May 1991 DEN Fladbro Speedway, Randers First 6 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 Jan O. Pedersen 152 Tommy Knudsen 143 Hans Nielsen 12+34 John Jörgensen 12+25 Gert Handberg 106 Bo Petersen 97 Jan Jacobsen 88 Brian Karger 69 Jan Staechmann 610 Jens-Henry Nielsen 611 Allan Johansen 612 Tom P. Knudsen 513 Per Sorensen 414 Jan Pedersen 315 Lars Munkedal 316 Lars-Henrik Jörgensen 1 Finnish qualifying FIN Vesa Ylinen & Juha Moksunen seeded to Nordic final Norwegian Final NOR Elgane Speedway, Varhaug 19 Aug 1990, top 1 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1991 Pos. Rider Points1 Lars Gunnestad 152 Kjell Øyvind Sola133 Willy Tjessem124 Robert Langeland 115 Atle Knutsen 116 Odd Pettersen 117 Jorn Arve Arda 98 Gjermund Aas 99 Bjorn Ivar Fauske 510 Marten Tunheim 511 Ingvar Hvamstad 412 Rolf Netland 413 Arnt Førland 314 Nils Mellomstrand 115 Anders Bjorkqvist116 Per Erga 0 Swedish Final SWE 3 rounds, top 5 to Nordic final plus 1 reserve R1 (14 May, Kumla Motorstadion, Kumla) R2 (15 May, Ljungheden, Västervik) R3 (2 June, Gubbängens IP, Stockholm) Pos. Rider Scores Total1 Henrik Gustafsson 15+14+11 402 Per Jonsson 11+11+14 373 Tony Rickardsson 12+12+9 334 Jimmy Nilsen 13+12+8 335 Mikael Blixt 8+9+12 296 Erik Stenlund 11+6+10 277 Conny Ivarsson 3+11+12 268 Peter Karlsson 8+8+7 239 Stefan Dannö 10+5+4 1910 Claes Ivarsson 4+3+11 1811 Tony Olsson 2+7+6 1512 Mikael Karlsson 5+5+5 1513 Mikael Teurnberg 7+1+5 1314 Peter Nahlin 3+9+1 1315 Mikael Löfqvist 5+4+1 1016 Mikael Ritterwall 3+3+2 8 Continental quarter-finals Top 32 to Continental semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 1 JunePOL Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik POL Eugeniusz Skupień HUN Róbert Nagy POL Ryszard Dołomisiewicz 2 JuneGER Günter Harder Stadion, Neubrandenburg HUN Zoltán Adorján TCH Václav Milík Sr. HUN Antal Kocso 2 JuneHUN Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc HUN Zoltan Hajdu POL Tomasz Gollob ITA Armando Castagna 2 JuneGER Pfaffenhofen Speedway, Pfaffenhofen TCH Bohumil Brhel USSR Mikhail Starostin POL Jarosław Olszewski American Final 2 March 1991 USA Veterans Memorial Stadium, Long Beach First 5 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 Rick Miller 152 Sam Ermolenko 143 Ronnie Correy 134 Kelly Moran 115 Billy Hamill 10+36 Bobby Ott 10+27 Gary Hicks 98 Bobby Schwartz 79 Mike Faria 710 Greg Hancock 611 Lance King 512 Louis Kossuth 413 Steve Lucero 314 Brad Oxley 3 15 Andy Northrup 216 Josh Larsen (Res) 117 John Kehoe 0 Commonwealth Final 2 June 1991 ENG Norfolk Arena, King's Lynn First 11 to Overseas final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 142 AUS Leigh Adams 10+33 ENG Joe Screen 10+24 ENG Paul Thorp 10+15 ENG Kelvin Tatum 96 AUS Glenn Doyle 97 ENG Neil Collins 88 ENG Gary Havelock 89 AUS Todd Wiltshire* 710 ENG Andy Smith 711 NZL Mitch Shirra 712 ENG Chris Louis 613 ENG Sean Wilson 514 NZL Gary Allan 415 ENG Martin Dugard 416 AUS Craig Boyce 1 * Todd Wiltshire replaced Glyn Taylor Fifth round Continental semi-finals 22 June GER Ellermühle Speedway Stadium, Landshut Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points1 ITA Armando Castagna 152 TCH Roman Matoušek 143 GER Gerd Riss 11+34 USSR Mikhail Starostin 11+25 POL Wojciech Zaluski 106 TCH Vladimir Kalina 97 TCH Petr Vandírek 8+38GER Klaus Lausch 8+29 HUN Zoltan Hajdu 8+110 TCH Pavel Karnas 711 GER Robert Barth 612 TCH Bohumil Brhel 413 POL Tomasz Gollob 314 HUN Robert Csillik 315 HUN Csaba Hell 216 POL Jaroslaw Olszewski 123 June ITA Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo Top 7 to World semi-final Pos. Rider Points1 POL Ryszard Dolomisiewicz 122 HUN Zoltán Adorján 11+33 HUN Róbert Nagy 11+24 USSR Rif Saitgareev 11+15 POL Václav Milík Sr. 11+06 TCH Zdeněk Schneiderwind 107 HUN József Petrikovics 108TCH Antonín Kasper Jr. 99 HUN Antal Kocso 810 POL Piotr Swist 811 USSR Oleg Kurguskin 512 AUT Franz Leitner 313 HUN Zoltan Kovacs 314 TCH Lubomir Jedek 315 POL Eugeniusz Skupien 216 GER Tommy Dunker 117 POL Miroslaw Kowalik (res)1 Nordic Final 23 June 1991 DEN Nordjylland Speedway Center, Brovst First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 DEN Hans Nielsen 132 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 123 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 114 SWE Henrik Gustafsson 105 SWE Per Jonsson 96 NOR Lars Gunnestad 97 DEN Gert Handberg 88 DEN Tommy Knudsen 89 SWE Mikael Blixt 810 SWE Tony Rickardsson 7+311 NOR Einar Kyllingstad 7+212 FIN Vesa Ylinen 7+113 DEN Bo Petersen 414 DEN John Jörgensen 415 FIN Juha Moksunen 116 NOR Tor Einar Hielm 1 Overseas Final 23 June 1991 ENG Odsal Stadium, Bradford First 9 to World Semi-final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Total1 ENG Kelvin Tatum 132 USA Sam Ermolenko 12+33 USA Billy Hamill 12+24 ENG Andy Smith 115 ENG Paul Thorp 106 USA Ronnie Correy 97 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 78 NZL Mitch Shirra 79 USA Kelly Moran 710 AUS Todd Wiltshire 6+311 AUS Glenn Doyle 6+212 ENG Joe Screen 513 USA Rick Miller 414 ENG Gary Havelock 415 AUS Leigh Adams 416 ENG Neil Collins 3 Sixth round World Semi-Finals 11 August 1991 USSR Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Points1 USA Billy Hamill 122 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 113 SWE Per Jonsson 10+34 ENG Paul Thorp 10+25 TCH Roman Matoušek 96 ITA Armando Castagna 97 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 98 NZL Mitch Shirra 99 SWE Mikael Blixt 8+310 SWE Henrik Gustafsson 8+211 TCH Vladimír Kalina 712 NOR Lars Gunnestad 613 HUN Zoltán Adorján 414 TCH Petr Vandírek 415 TCH Antonín Kasper, Jr. (Res) 216 HUN Róbert Nagy 117 USSR Rif Saitgareev 118 August 1991 GER Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Points1 DEN Hans Nielsen 152 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 143 DEN Tommy Knudsen 124 USA Sam Ermolenko 115 SWE Tony Rickardsson* 106 USA Ronnie Correy 87 ENG Kelvin Tatum 88 GER Gerd Riss 89 DEN Gert Handberg 7+310 HUN József Petrikovics 7+211 USA Kelly Moran 612 POL Wojciech Załuski 513 TCH Václav Milík, Sr. 314 TCH Zdeněk Schneiderwind 315 GER Klaus Lausch 216 USSR Mikhail Starostin 1 * First reserve Tony Rickardsson replaced injured qualifier Andy Smith World final 31 August 1991 SWE Ullevi, GothenburgBamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 Classification 1 15 DEN Jan O. Pedersen 3 3 3 3 3 15 2 6 SWE Tony Rickardsson 2 3 3 2 2 12 3 1 DEN Hans Nielsen 2 3 1 3 2 11+3 4 2 DEN Tommy Knudsen 3 1 1 3 3 11+2 5 3 SWE Jimmy Nilsen 0 2 2 3 3 10 6 10 ENG Paul Thorp 3 2 2 2 1 10 7 16 USA Sam Ermolenko 2 3 2 0 2 9 8 13 ENG Kelvin Tatum 1 2 3 2 0 8 9 4 SWE Per Jonsson 1 2 0 1 3 7 10 5 USA Ronnie Correy 3 0 0 1 2 6 11 8 ITA Armando Castagna 1 1 3 1 0 6 12 12 USA Billy Hamill 2 - 2 1 1 6 13 7 NZL Mitch Shirra 0 0 1 2 1 4 14 11 ENG Jeremy Doncaster 1 1 0 0 0 2 15 9 CZE Roman Matoušek 0 1 1 0 0 2 16 14 GER Gerd Riss 0 0 0 0 1 1 17 SWE Mikael Blixt w 0 0 18 DEN Gert Handberg 0 Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 DEN Jan O. Pedersen (3,3,3,3,3) 152 SWE Tony Rickardsson (2,3,3,2,2) 123 DEN Hans Nielsen (2,3,1,3,2) 11+34 DEN Tommy Knudsen (3,1,1,3,3) 11+25 SWE Jimmy Nilsen (0,2,2,3,3) 106 ENG Paul Thorp (3,2,2,2,1) 107 USA Sam Ermolenko (2,3,2,0,2) 98 ENG Kelvin Tatum (1,2,3,2,0) 89 SWE Per Jonsson (1,2,0,1,3) 710 USA Ronnie Correy (3,0,0,1,2) 611 ITA Armando Castagna (1,1,3,1,0) 612 USA Billy Hamill (2,X,2,1,1) 613 NZL Mitch Shirra (0,0,1,2,1) 414 CZE Roman Matoušek (0,1,1,0,0) 215 ENG Jeremy Doncaster (1,1,0,0,0) 216 GER Gerd Riss (0,0,0,0,1) 1R1 SWE Mikael Blixt (-,0,-,-,-)0R2 DEN Gert Handberg (-,-,-,-,-)- References External links 1991 World Individual Individual Speedway