1975 Individual Speedway World Championship

1975 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1975 Individual Speedway World Championship.


British Qualification

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Preliminary Round
19 April United KingdomCanterbury Australia Bob Humphreys United Kingdom Les Rumsey United Kingdom Nigel Wasley
22 April United KingdomWeymouth United Kingdom Paul Gachet United Kingdom Trevor Geer United Kingdom Ian Cartwright
27 April United KingdomRye House Australia Phil Herne United Kingdom Joe Owen United Kingdom Alan Sage
30 April United KingdomBradford United Kingdom Terry Kelly United Kingdom Sid Sheldrick United Kingdom Geoff Bouchard
16 May WalesNewport United Kingdom Bob Kilby United Kingdom Tom Owen Australia John Boulger
16 May United KingdomWolverhampton Australia Ivan Mauger United Kingdom Arthur Price United Kingdom Chris Morton
17 May United KingdomHalifax United Kingdom Chris Pusey United Kingdom Dave Morton United Kingdom Charlie Monk
19 May United KingdomExeter Australia Ivan Mauger Australia Steve Reinke United Kingdom Martin Ashby
19 May United KingdomReading United Kingdom Terry Betts Australia Bob Humphreys Scotland Bobby Beaton
20 May United KingdomLeicester United Kingdom Ray Wilson Australia Billy Sanders United Kingdom Bob Valentine
21 May United KingdomPoole United Kingdom Malcolm Simmons United Kingdom Paul Tyrer Australia Neil Street
21 May United KingdomHull New Zealand Bruce Cribb Scotland Jim McMillan Australia John Boulger
24 May United KingdomKing's Lynn United Kingdom Ray Bales United Kingdom Mick Hines United Kingdom Terry Betts
24 May United KingdomCoventry United Kingdom Nigel Boocock Scotland George Hunter United Kingdom Malcolm Simmons
29 May United KingdomSheffield United Kingdom Ray Wilson United Kingdom Chris Morton United Kingdom Carl Glover
29 May United KingdomOxford Australia Phil Herne United Kingdom Dave Jessup United Kingdom Richard Greer
29 May United KingdomIpswich United Kingdom John Louis Australia Billy Sanders Scotland Jim McMillan
30 May United KingdomWimbledon United Kingdom Peter Collins United Kingdom Colin Gooddy United Kingdom Eric Broadbelt
30 May United KingdomHackney United Kingdom Dave Morton United Kingdom Ray Wilson Australia Billy Sanders
31 May United KingdomSwindon New Zealand Ivan Mauger United Kingdom Martin Ashby United Kingdom Barry Thomas
31 May United KingdomCradley Heath United Kingdom Arthur Price Scotland George Hunter Australia John Boulger
31 May United KingdomBelle Vue United Kingdom Alan Wilkinson United Kingdom Chris Morton United Kingdom Peter Collins
Semi-Finals
24 June United KingdomLeicester United Kingdom Martin Ashby United Kingdom Malcolm Simmons United Kingdom Bob Kilby
24 June United KingdomSheffield United Kingdom Ray Wilson United Kingdom Dave Jessup United Kingdom Peter Collins
Final
July 30 United KingdomCoventry United Kingdom John Louis United Kingdom Peter Collins United Kingdom Malcolm Simmons result

British Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos
1 United Kingdom (6) John Louis 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 United Kingdom (8) Peter Collins 13+3 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
3 United Kingdom (9) Malcolm Simmons 13+2 3 3 2 2 3 13 3
4 United Kingdom (12) Ray Wilson 11+3 F 3 3 3 2 11 4
5 United Kingdom (3) Martin Ashby 11+2 3 3 1 3 1 11 5
6 United Kingdom (10) Chris Pusey 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 6
7 United Kingdom (11) Tony Davey 9 2 2 1 1 3 9 7
8 United Kingdom (1) Gordon Kennett 6 2 1 2 1 0 6 8
9 United Kingdom (2) Dave Jessup 6 0 0 2 2 2 6 9
10 United Kingdom (4) Doug Wyer 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 10
11 Scotland (7) Jim McMillan 5 1 1 0 2 1 5 11
12 United Kingdom (13) Bob Kilby 5 2 2 1 0 0 5 12
13 United Kingdom (14) Chris Morton 5 3 1 0 0 1 5 13
14 United Kingdom (5) Dave Morton 3 0 E 1 0 2 3 14
15 United Kingdom (16) Alan Wilkinson 2 1 0 F 1 0 2 15
16 United Kingdom (15) Carl Glover 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
United Kingdom (17) Nigel Boocock 0 0
Scotland (18) Bobby Beaton 0 0
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Swedish Qualifications

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Semi-Finals
1 May SwedenMalilla Sweden Jan Simensen Sweden Christer Sjosten Sweden Bengt Jansson
1 May SwedenLindesberg Sweden Bernt Persson Sweden Tommy Johansson Sweden Soren Sjosten
1 May SwedenVisby Sweden Tommy Jansson Sweden Hans Holmqvist Sweden Soren Karlsson
Final
21 May SwedenNorrkoping Sweden Tommy Jansson Sweden Anders Michanek Sweden Bernt Persson

Swedish Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos
1 Sweden (1) Tommy Jansson 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 1
2 Sweden (5) Anders Michanek 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 2
3 Sweden (14) Bernt Persson 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 3
4 Sweden (4) Soren Karlsson 12 1 3 3 3 2 12 4
5 Sweden (2) Tommy Johansson 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 Sweden (7) Bengt Jansson 10 2 3 2 1 2 10 6
7 Sweden (8) Soren Sjosten 10 1 2 2 3 2 10 7
8 Sweden (10) Hasse Holmqvist 7 3 1 0 2 0 6 8
9 Sweden (16) Christer Sjosten 5+3 2 1 0 1 1 5 9
10 Sweden (3) Ake Andersson 5+2 0 1 1 0 3 5 10
11 Sweden (9) Bo Josefsson 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 11
12 Sweden (15) Eddie Davidsson 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 12
13 Sweden (13) Jan Simensen 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 13
14 Sweden (12) Stefan Salomonsson 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 14
15 Sweden (6) Leif Enecrona 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15
16 Sweden (11) Conny Samuelsson 0 0 0 - - - 0 16
Sweden (17) Peter Smithh 2 2 0 2
Sweden (18) Richard Hellsen 1 1 1
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Intercontinental Round

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Norwegian Final
? NorwaySkien Norway Reidar Eide Norway Dag Lovaas Norway Edgar Stangeland
Scandinavian Final
1 June NorwaySkien Denmark Ole Olsen Sweden Tommy Jansson Norway Dag Lovaas
Intercontinental Final
3 June SwedenGoteborg New Zealand Ivan Mauger Sweden Anders Michanek Sweden Bernt Persson

Norwegian Final

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Norway Reidar Eide 15
2 Norway Dag Lovaas
3 Norway Edgar Stangeland
4 Norway Helge Langli
5 Norway Tormod Langli

Scandinavian Final

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 Denmark Ole Olsen 3,2,3,3,314
2 Sweden Tommy Jansson 2,3,2,3,3 13
3 Norway Dag Lovaas 3,0,3,3,3 12+3
4 Sweden Bernt Persson 2,3,2,3,2 12+2
5 Norway Reidar Eide 3,3,1,2,1 10
6 Sweden Tommy Johansson 2,1,3,1,3 10
7 Sweden Hasse Holmqvist 1,2,2,1,2 8
8 Sweden Anders Michanek F,1,3,2,2 8
9 Sweden Bengt Jansson 0,3,0,2,2 7
10 Norway Edgar Stangeland 0,2,1,2,1 6
11 Finland Ila Teromaa 2,2,1,0,F 5
12 Denmark Finn Thomsen 3,F,0,0,1 4
13 Sweden Soren Sjosten 1,1,1,1,E 4
14 Sweden Soren Karlsson 1,0,2,0,0 3
15 Finland Kari Vuoristo 0,0,0,1,0 1
16 Denmark Bent Noregaard F,-,-,-,-0
R1 Norway Tormod Langli 1,0 1
R2 Norway Helge Langli 1,0,1 2

Intercontinental Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos
1 New Zealand (2) Ivan Mauger 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2 Sweden (11) Anders Michanek 12 2 3 3 1 3 12 2
3 Sweden (13) Bernt Persson 11+3 3 3 0 2 3 11 3
4 Denmark (1) Ole Olsen 11+2 3 1 2 2 3 11 4
5 United States (6) Scott Autrey 9 3 2 1 2 1 9 5
6 Sweden (9) Tommy Jansson 9 3 2 2 1 1 9 6
7 Norway (14) Reidar Eide 8+3 2 1 3 0 2 8 7
8 Australia (3) Phil Crump 8+2 1 2 1 2 2 8 8
9 Sweden (7) Tommy Johansson 8+1 1 0 2 3 2 8 9
10 Norway (4) Dag Lovaas 7 0 3 1 3 0 7 10
11 Australia (12) John Boulger 4 1 0 2 1 0 4 11
12 Australia (8) Billy Sanders 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 12
13 Sweden (16) Bengt Jansson 4 0 1 0 3 0 4 13
14 Sweden (5) Hasse Holmqvist 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 14
15 United States (10) Steven Gresham 3 0 0 3 0 F 3 15
16 New Zealand (15) Barry Briggs 1 1 - - - - 1 16
Sweden (17) Kenneth Selmonsson 0 0
Sweden (18) Jan Andersson 2 1 0 0 1 2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Continental Round

Date Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
Quarter-Finals
18 May West GermanyKrumbach Czechoslovakia Jan Hadek Poland Marek Cieślak Soviet Union Valery Gordeev
18 May Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaKrsko Poland Henryk Glucklich Czechoslovakia Josef Minarik Soviet Union Vladimir Nesterov
18 May CzechoslovakiaOstrava Czechoslovakia Jiří Štancl Soviet Union Vladimir Gordeev Poland Pawel Waloszek
18 May HungaryMiskolc Poland Edward Jancarz Hungary Isztvan Sziracki Soviet Union Viktor Trofimov
Semi-Finals
29 May West GermanyOlching Soviet Union Valery Gordeev Poland Edward Jancarz Poland Zenon Plech
31 May CzechoslovakiaPrague Poland Piotr Bruzda Czechoslovakia Jan Verner Soviet Union Vladimir Gordeev
Continental Final
22 June Soviet UnionLeningrad Poland Edward Jancarz Soviet Union Valery Gordeev Soviet Union Viktor Kalmykov
European Final
24 August PolandBydgoszcz New Zealand Ivan Mauger Denmark Ole Olsen Australia Phil Crump

Continental Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos
1 Poland (6) Edward Jancarz 12 3 1 3 2 3 12 1
2 Soviet Union (4) Valery Gordeev 11 3 0 2 3 3 11 2
3 Soviet Union (15) Viktor Kalmykov 11 3 3 3 0 2 11 3
4 Soviet Union (10) Vladimir Gordeev 10 3 3 1 0 3 10 4
5 Poland (13) Marek Cieslak 10 0 2 3 3 2 10 5
6 Poland (8) Henryk Glucklich 10 1 3 1 2 3 10 6
7 Soviet Union (2) Viktor Trofimov 10 2 2 2 1 3 10 7
8 Poland (1) Zenon Plech 7+3 1 1 1 3 1 7 8
9 Soviet Union (16) Nikolay Kornev 7+2 1 2 2 1 2 8 9
10 Poland (5) Piotr Bruzda 7+1 2 0 1 2 2 7 10
11 Czechoslovakia (9) Jiri Stancl 7+0 0 3 3 1 0 7 11
12 Soviet Union (12) Mikhail Starostin 6 1 2 0 2 1 6 12
13 Czechoslovakia (14) Jan Verner 5 2 0 2 1 0 5 13
14 Poland (11) Boguslaw Nowak 5 2 2 0 0 1 5 14
15 Poland (3) Pawel Waloszek 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 East Germany (7) Manfred Poschenrieder 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
Poland (17) Andrzej Jurczynski 0 0
Poland (18) Franciszek Stach 0 0
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

European Final

Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21
New Zealand (12) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 3
Denmark (3) Ole Olsen 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
Australia (9) Phil Crump 11 2 3 1 2 3 11 3
4 Sweden (6) Anders Michanek 10 3 0 3 3 1 10 4
5 Poland (2) Henryk Glucklich 9 3 1 1 2 2 9 5
6 Sweden (13) Tommy Jansson 8 2 1 2 3 0 8 6
7 Soviet Union (14) Valery Gordeev 8 0 3 2 1 2 8 7
8 Soviet Union (10) Viktor Trofimov 8 X 2 3 1 2 8 8
9 Sweden (16) Bernt Persson 7 3 2 0 2 E 7 9
10 Poland (1) Edward Jancarz 7 1 2 2 2 0 7 10
11 Poland (7) Zenon Plech 6 2 2 1 0 1 6 11
12 Poland (15) Marek Cieślak 6 1 1 2 1 1 6 12
13 Soviet Union (8) Vladimir Gordeev 5 0 1 0 1 3 5 13
14 United States (4) Scott Autrey 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 14
15 Norway (11) Reidar Eide 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 15
16 Soviet Union (5) Viktor Kalmykov 1 1 0 - 0 0 1 16
R1 Sweden (R1) Tommy Johansson 0 0 R1
R2 Soviet Union (R2) Nikolay Kornev 0 0 R2
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos 21

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

World Final



Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos
1 Denmark (14) Ole Olsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 Sweden (16) Anders Michanek 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 2
3 United Kingdom (10) John Louis 12+3 2 2 3 2 3 12 3
4 New Zealand (6) Ivan Mauger 12+2 3 1 2 3 3 12 4
5 United Kingdom (11) Peter Collins 10 3 3 0 3 1 10 5
6 Australia (1) Phil Crump 10 3 3 1 1 2 10 6
7 United Kingdom (5) Malcolm Simmons 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 7
8 Soviet Union (15) Viktor Trofimov 8 2 1 2 2 1 8 8
9 Sweden (8) Tommy Jansson 8 1 2 2 2 0 7 9
10 Sweden (3) Bernt Persson 5 0 2 1 0 2 5 10
11 United Kingdom (7) Ray Wilson 5 0 0 1 2 2 5 11
12 Poland (2) Edward Jancarz 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 12
13 Soviet Union (4) Valery Gordeev 4 1 1 2 0 0 4 13
14 Poland (9) Zenon Plech 4 1 1 0 1 1 4 14
15 Poland (13) Marek Cieślak 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 15
16 Poland (12) Henryk Glücklich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
United Kingdom (17) Martin Ashby 0 0
Soviet Union (18) Vladimir Gordeev 0 0
Placing Rider Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Pos

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

References

  1. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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