1960 Individual Speedway World Championship

Motorcycle speedway world championship June 2022 April 2013 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship 1959 1961 The 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 15th 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 7 July 2021https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/worldchamps1936to94.pdf WORLD FINALS 1936-1994 Speedway Researcher 7 July 2021http://www.speedway.org/history/ HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK Speedway.org 7 July 2021https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/board/89/world Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 7 July 2021https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/worldfinalindex WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX British Speedway 7 July 2021 The final was held on 17 September, in front of a 70,000 crowd at Wembley Stadium. In an extremely competitive final three riders tied for first place on 14 points before Ove Fundin won the ride off to claim his second world title. In the ride off Fundin defeated defending champion Ronnie Moore and former champion Peter Craven. Craven had earlier set a track record of 68.8 seconds in his first race.Ove Fundin Wins The 1960 World Speedway Title Birmingham Daily Post 19 September 1960 7 July 2021 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19490923/078/0005 British Newspaper Archive subscription First Round Qualification results.https://dlprezes.pl.tl/60_World-Speedway-Championship-_-1960.htm 1960 World Championship Metal Speedway 19 January 2024http://www.speedway.org/history/60.htm#1960 1960 World Championship Speedway.org 19 January 2024 Norwegian qualifying 25 June 1959 NOR Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien Top 7 to Nordic qualification 1960 Pos. Rider Points1 Aage Hansen 152 Rolf Westerberg143 Thorbjorn Nygaard124 Reidar Kristoffersen105 Roger Steen106 Oddvar Kristiansen97 Arne Kristiansen98 Oystein Mellerud89 Tore Melbye 610 Roger Hansen 511 Sverre Harrfeldt512 Egil H. Kruke413 Gunnar Skjetne414 Egil Bratvold 215 Per Aulie 216 Svein Johnsen2 Finnish qualifying 27 July 1959 FIN Eteläpuisto, Tampere First 2 (+seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1960 Pos. Rider Points1 Pertti Mikkola 152 Kalevi Lahtinen 133 Olavi Turunen 134 Timo Laine 95 Raimo Orastie 96 Aulis Lehtonen 97 Antti Mattila 88 Esko Koponen 79 Yrjo Vuori 710 Antero Salasto 711 Pertti Petersohn 612 Valle Seliverstov 513 Martti Assinen 414 Heikki Sorri 315 Nils Staaf 316 Martti Koivuoja 2 Swedish qualifying 1 May 1960 Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Top 8 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Rune Sörmander 142 Olle Nygren 123 Alf Jonsson 114 Curt Eldh 115 Sören Sjösten 106 Åke Andersson 107 Evert Andersson 108 Björn Knutson 99 Joel Jansson 910 Bert Lindarw 511 Bengt Brannefors 512 Inge Gustafsson 413 Thorvald Karlsson 414 Olle Andersson 415 Per-Tage Svensson 116 Per-Åke Lundgren 117 Bengt Fransson 018 Jan Ekeroth 05 May 1960 Hammarby IP, Stockholm Top 7 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points1 Göran Norlén 152 Göte Nordin 133 Bertil Strid 114 Curt Nyqvist 105 Kjell Wårenius 106 Bernt Nilsson 107 Hans Hallberg 98 Bengt Eriksson 79 Birger Forsberg 710 Agnar Stenlund 611 Kjell Lutteman 612 Leif Larsson 413 Olle Segerström 414 Göran Carlsson 415 Thore Kindstrand 316 Per-Åke Lundgren 117 Åke Östblom 018 Jan Ekeroth 0 Continental quarter-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 22 MayYUG Kajzerica, Zagreb Florian Kapała Jan Malinowski Joachim Maj 22 MayTCH Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec František Richter Stefan Kepa Stanislav Svoboda 22 MayPOL Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno Bernard Kacperak Konstanty Pociejkewicz Pawel Waloszek 30 MayAUT ASKÖ-X-Platz, Vienna Josef Bössner Henryk Żyto Antonín Kasper Sr. Second round British & Commonwealth qualifying Top 64 riders to British second round DateVenueWinner2nd3rd 2 JuneOwlerton Stadium Dennis Newton Eric Hockaday Tink Maynard 4 JuneSun Street Stadium Reg Fearman Reg Luckhurst Alan Smith 4 June Old Meadowbank Guy Allott Gil Goldfinch Tony Robinson 6 JuneStanley Stadium Peter Vandenberg Ken Adams Nick Nicholls 10 JuneRayleigh Weir Stadium Reg Reeves Alan Smith Stan Stevens 10 JuneKnowle Stadium Ernie Baker Johnny Hole Maury Mattingley 11 JuneDudley Wood Stadium Maury Mattingley Reg Reeves Gil Goldfinch 11 JuneOdsal Stadium Charlie Barsby Danny Dunton Ken Adams 15 JuneWimborne Road Dennis Newton Ron Taylor Alan Kidd Nordic Qualification 26 May 1960 DEN Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Alf Jonsson 142 Björn Knutson 123 Aage Hansen 134 Rune Sörmander 115 Sverre Harrfeldt 106 Joel Jansson 97 Arne Pander 98 Evert Andersson 99 Erik Kastebo 710 Nils Paulsen 611 Kurt W. Petersen612 Arne Kristiansen413 Åke Andersson 314 Hans Peter Boisen 315 Odvar Kristiansen 116 Öystein Mellerud 017 Curt Eldh dns26 May 1960 FIN Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points1 Olle Nygren `32 Göte Nordin 123 Curt Nyqvist 124 Kjell Wårenius 105 Bernt Nilsson 106 Bertil Strid 7 Rolf Westerberg 98 Göran Norlén 99 Hans Hallberg 710 Antti Pajari 611 Kalevi Lahtinen 612 Thorbjörn Nygaar 513 Timo Laine 514 Aluis Tuominen 415 Valle Seliverstov 216 Pertti Mikkola 0 Continental semi-final 26 June 1960 TCH Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Stanislav Svoboda 142 Jaroslav Volf 123 Frantisek Richter 114 Mieczyslaw Polukard 115 Pawel Waloszek 106 Bedrich Slany 97 Marian Kaiser 98 Stefan Rurarz 99 Bronislaw Rogal 810 Kazimierz Bentke 711 Bohumil Rendek 612 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 513 Bernard Kasperak 514 Bohumír Bartoněk 215 Stefan Kępa 216 Edmund Migoś 226 June FRG BBM Stadium, Munich Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points1 Josef Hofmeister 152 Jan Malinowski 133 Florian Kapala 134 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 125 Stefan Kwoczala 106 Henryk Zyto 97 Joachim Maj 98 Josef Seidl 99 Antonín Kasper Sr. 710 Marian Philipp 611 Josef Bössner 512 Józef Wieczorek413 Karel Prusa314 Alois Frach 315 Zdenek Rott 216 Fred Aberl 117 Edward Luther 0 Third round Ove Fundin – seeded to European Final British & Commonwealth Second round To 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals DateVenueWinner2nd3rd2 July Hyde Road Peter Craven Dick Fisher Ronnie Genz2 July Abbey StadiumChum Taylor Ray Cresp Mike Broadbank4 July Wimbledon Stadium Ron How Jack Young Alf Hagon5 July Banister Court Stadium Neil Street Jack Biggs Bryan Elliott6 July New Cross Stadium Barry Briggs Neil Street Ron Johnston7 July Foxhall Stadium Peter Craven Nigel Boocock Jim Lightfoot7 July Oxford Stadium Mike Broadbank Ronnie Genz Les McGillivray8 July Leicester Stadium Barry Briggs Ken McKinlay Jack Geran9 July Brandon Stadium Ken McKinlay Jack Young Les Owen9 July The Firs Stadium Ron How Billy Bales Aub Lawson Nordic Final 16 June 1960 NOR Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo First 7 to European Final plus 1 reserve Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 SWE Olle Nygren 14+32 SWE Göte Nordin 14+23 NOR Aage Hansen 134 SWE Rune Sörmander 125 SWE Curt Nyqvist 106 SWE Björn Knutson 107 SWE Göran Norlén 98 SWE Alf Jonsson 99 DEN Arne Pander 610 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 511 SWE Kjell Warenius 512 SWE Evert Andersson 413 SWE Bernt Nilsson 314 SWE Hans Hallberg 215 NOR Rolf Westerberg 216 SWE Joel Jansson 2R1 SWE Bertil Strid 0 Continental Final 3 July 1960 AUT Stadion Wien, Vienna First 8 to European Final x P1 10 FRG Josef Hofmeister 1 3 3 3 3 x P2 1 POL Henryk Żyto 3 3 2 2 1 x 3 P3 9 POL Marian Kaiser 3 1 2 2 3 x 2 4 6 CSK František Richter 3 1 1 3 3 x 1 5 2 POL Stefan Kwoczała 2 2 2 2 2 x 6 5 POL Mieczysław Połukard 1 2 3 1 3 x 7 7 POL Jan Malinowski 2 2 1 3 1 x 8 3 CSK Stanislav Svoboda 0 3 3 2 1 x 9 13 CSK Luboš Tomíček 3 0 2 3 0 x 10 16 POL Stanislaw Rurarz 2 2 3 0 0 x 11 12 CSK Jaroslaw Volf 2 1 0 1 2 x 12 15 POL Pawel Waloszek 1 0 1 1 2 x 13 11 POL Florian Kapała 0 1 0 1 2 x 14 4 FRG Josef Seidl 1 3 0 0 0 x 15 14 CSK Bedřich Slaný 0 0 1 x F - 16 8 POL Joachim Maj 0 0 0 0 0 x R1 R1 AUT Ernest Luttenberger b 1 Fourth round Ronnie Moore – seeded to World Final British & Commonwealth semi finals Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress to world final DateVenueWinner2nd3rd8 August Wimbledon Stadium Peter Craven Barry Briggs Eric Williams13 August Brandon Stadium Ron How Peter Moore Aub Lawson13 August The Firs Stadium Peter Craven Ken McKinlay Bob Andrews16 August Banister Court Stadium Ken McKinlay Jack Young] Ron How Pos. Rider Points1 ENG Peter Craven 302 ENG Ron How 283 SCO Ken McKinlay 284 NZL Barry Briggs 245 AUS Peter Moore 246 AUS Jack Young 247 NZL Ron Johnston 238 WAL Eric Williams 239 AUS Aub Lawson 2310 ENG Bryan Elliott 2211 AUS Chum Taylor 2012 ENG Bob Andrews 1913 AUS Jack Biggs 1714 GBR Tadeusz Teodorowicz 1515 ENG Mike Broadbank 1516 ENG Nigel Boocock 15Pos. Rider Points17 ENG Les McGillivray 1418 ENG Split Waterman 1319 ENG George White 1320 WAL Ian Williams 1221 ENG Jack Unstead 1122 ENG Les Owen 1023 AUS Ray Cresp 824 ENG Billy Bales 825 ENG Alf Hagon 726 AUS Jack Geran 727 AUS Neil Street 728 ENG Ronnie Genz 529 ENG Gerry Jackson 530 ENG Dick Fisher 431 ENG Ron Mountford 432 SCO Gordon McGregor 3 European Final 14 August 1960 POL Olympic Stadium, Wrocław First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve x P1 6 POL Marian Kaiser 3 3 3 3 2 x P2 14 SWE Ove Fundin 2 2 3 3 3 x P3 3 POL Stefan Kwoczała 3 3 1 3 1 x 4 2 FRG Josef Hofmeister 0 1 3 3 3 x 5 12 POL Henryk Żyto 2 2 2 1 3 x 6 1 SWE Rune Sörmander 2 2 2 2 2 x 7 10 POL Mieczysław Połukard 3 0 3 2 1 x 3 8 8 CSK Stanislav Svoboda 1 3 2 0 3 x 2 9 15 NOR Aage Hansen 3 2 1 2 0 x 10 4 SWE Olle Nygren 1 1 2 1 1 x 11 5 SWE Curt Nyqvist 2 1 0 0 2 x 12 16 POL Jan Malinowski 0 0 1 1 2 x 13 9 CSK František Richter 1 3 0 0 0 x 14 13 SWE Göte Nordin 1 0 1 2 0 x 15 7 SWE Björn Knutson 0 1 0 0 1 x 16 11 SWE Göran Norlén 0 0 0 1 0 x R1 R1 SWE Alf Jonsson World Final 17 September 1960 ENG Wembley Stadium, London,Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. 0-7524-2402-5 x P1 2 SWE Ove Fundin 3 3 2 3 3 x 3 P2 12 NZL Ronnie Moore 3 3 3 2 3 x 2 P3 7 ENG Peter Craven 3 3 3 3 2 x 1 4 11 AUS Peter Moore 2 2 3 2 3 x 5 13 NZL Ron Johnston 3 2 2 1 2 x 6 5 NZL Barry Briggs 2 1 1 3 2 x 7 14 POL Stefan Kwoczała 1 2 3 1 1 x 8 6 FRG Josef Hofmeister 0 0 2 3 1 x 9 9 SCO Ken McKinlay 0 3 2 1 0 x 10 4 AUS Jack Young 1 2 1 2 x F 11 1 AUS Chum Taylor 2 0 0 0 3 x 12 16 SWE Rune Sörmander 2 0 1 1 1 x 13 10 POL Henryk Żyto 1 1 0 2 0 x 14 8 AUS Aub Lawson 1 1 1 0 1 x 15 3 POL Marian Kaiser 0 1 0 0 0 x 16 15 ENG Bryan Elliott 0 0 x E E - R1 R1 ENG Bob Andrews w 2 x R2 R2 POL Mieczysław Połukard x See also motorcycle speedway 1960 Speedway World Team Cup References 1960 World Individual Individual Speedway World Championship Individual Speedway World Championship Category:Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom