1960 Individual Speedway World Championship

1960 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
2 June	Sheffield	Dennis Newton	Eric Hockaday	Tink Maynard
2 June	Belle Vue	Peter Craven	Dick Fisher	Ronnie Genz
4 June	Stoke	Reg Fearman	Reg Luckhurst	Allan Smith
4 June	Edinburgh	Guy Allot	Gil Goldfinch	Tony Robinson
6 June	Liverpool	Peter Vandenberg	Ken Adams	Nick Nicholls
10 June	Rayleigh	Reg Reeves	Alan Smith	Stan Srewens
10 June	Bristol	Ernie Baker	Johny Hole	Maury Mattingley
11 June	Cradley Heath	Maury Mattingley	Reg Reeves	Gil Goldfinch
11 June	Bradford	Charlie Barsby	Danny Dunston	Ken Adams
15 June	Poole	Dennis Newton	Ron Taylor	Allan Kidd
2 July	Swindon	Chum Taylor	Ray Cresp	Mike Broadbanks
4 July	Wimbledon	Ron How	Jack Young	Alf Hagon
5 July	Southampton	Neil Street	Jack Biggs	Bryan Elliot
6 July	New Cross	Barry Briggs	Neil Street	Ron Johnston
7 July	Oxford	Mike Broadbanks	Ronnie Genz	Les McGillivray
7 July	Ipswich	Peter Craven	Nigel Boocock	Jim Lightfoot
8 July	Leicester	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay	Jack Geran
9 July	Coventry	Ken McKinlay	Jack Young	Les Owen
9 July	Norwich	Ron How	Billy Bales	Aub Lawson
Semi-Finals
8 August	Wimbledon	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Eric Williams
13 August	Norwich	Peter Craven	Ken McKinlay	Bob Andrews
13 August	Coventry	Ron How	Peter Moore	Aub Lawson
Final
16 August	Southampton	Ken McKinlay	Jack Young	Ron How

British Final

• 16 August 1960
• Southampton
• First 7 to World Final plus 1 reserve

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
	(3) Ken McKinlay	14	3						2				3				3				3		14	1	3
	(7) Jack Young	14		3					3					2	3					3			14	2	2
	(8) Ron How	12		2						3			2			2			3				12	3
4	(16) Ron Johnston	12				3				2	3						2			2			12	4
5	(15) Aub Lawson	11				2			1			3						3	2				11	5
6	(12) Mike Broadbanks	9			2					1		2			2						2		9	6
7	(2) George White	8	1					2				1				3				1			8	7
8	(10) Bob Andrews	8			3			3						E			1		1				8	8
9	(1) Jack Unstead	7	2				3				2				E				0				7	9
10	(14) Ian Williams	7				1		1					1		1							3	7	10
11	(11) Nigel Boocock	5			1				0		1					1						2	5	11
12	(13) Gerald Jackson	5				0	2							2		0					1		5	12
13	(4) Ron Mountford	4	0							0				1				2				1	4	13
14	(6) Jack Geran	2		1				0			0							1			0		2	14
15	(5) Billy Bales	1		0			1					0					0					0	1	15
16	(9) Gordon McGregor	0			0		0						0					0		0			0	16
R1	(R1) Jack Scott	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Alby Golden	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

Scandinavian Qualifications

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
1 May	Visby	Rune Sormander	Olle Nygren	Alf Jonsson
5 May	Stockholm	Goran Norlen	Gote Nordin	Bertil Strid
26 May	Hillerod	Alf Jonsson	Bjorn Knutsson	Aage Hansen
26 May	Helsinki	Olle Nygren	Gote Nordin	Curt Nuqvist
Final
16 June	Oslo	Olle Nygren	Gote Nordin	Aage Hansen

Scandinavian Final

• 16 June 1960
• Oslo
• First 7 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Olle Nygren		14+3
2	Gote Nordin		14+2
3	Aage Hansen		13
4	Rune Sormander		12
5	Curt Nyqvist		10
6	Bjorn Knutsson		10
7	Goran Norlen		9
8	Alf Jonsson		9
9	Arne Pander		6
10	Sverre Harrfeldt		5
11	Kjell Warenius		5
12	Evert Andersson		4
13	Bernt Nilsson		3
14	Hans Hallberg		2
15	Rolf Westerberg		2
16	Joel Jannson		2
R1	Bertil Strid		0

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
22 May	Zagreb	Florian Kapala	Jan Malinowski	Joachim Maj
22 May	Liberec	František Richter	Stefan Kepa	Stanislaw Svoboda
22 May	Leszno	Bernard Kacperak	Konstanty Pociejkowicz	Pawel Waloszek
30 May	Wieden	Josef Bossner	Henryk Zyto	Antonin Kasper, Sr.
Semi-Finals
26 June	Munich	Josef Hofmeister	Jan Malinowski	Florian Kapala
26 June	Slany	Stanislaw Svoboda	Jaroslav Volf	František Richter
Continental Final
3 July	Wieden	Josef Hofmeister	Henryk Zyto	Marian Kaiser
European Final
14 August	Wroclaw	Marian Kaiser	Ove Fundin	Stefan Kwoczala

Continental Final

• 3 July, 1960
• Wieden
• First 8 to 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
	(10) Josef Hofmeister	13			1			3						3			3		3				13	1
	(1) Henryk Zyto	11	3				3				2				2				1				11	2	3
	(9) Marian Kaiser	11			3		1						2					2		3			11	3	2
4	(6) František Richter	11		3				1			1							3			3		11	4	1
5	(2) Stefan Kwoczala	10	2					2				2				2				2			10	5
6	(5) Mieczysław Połukard	10		1			2					3					1					3	10	6
7	(7) Jan Malinowski	9		2					2					1	3					1			9	7
8	(3) Stanislaw Svoboda	9	0						3				3				2				1		9	8
9	(13) Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	8				3	0							2		3					0		8	9
10	(16) Stanislaw Rurarz	7				2				2	3						0			0			7	10
11	(12) Jaroslaw Volf	6			2					1		0			1						2		6	11
12	(15) Pawel Waloszek	5				1			0			1						1	2				5	12
13	(11) Florian Kapala	4			0				1		0					1						2	4	13
14	(4) Josef Seidl	4	1							3				0				0				0	4	14
15	(14) Bedrich Slany	1				0		0					1		F							-	1	15
16	(8) Joachim Maj	0		0						0			0			0			0				0	16
R1	(R1) Ernest Luttenberger	0																				1	0	R1
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

European Final

• 14 August 1960
• Wroclaw
• First 6 to World Final plis 1 reserve

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
	(6) Marian Kaiser	14		3				3			3							3			2		14	1
	(14) Ove Fundin	13				2		2					3		3							3	13	2
	(3) Stefan Kwoczala	11	3						3				1				3				1		11	3
4	(2) Josef Hofmeister	10	0					1				3				3				3			10	4
5	(12) Henryk Zyto	10			2					2		2			1						3		10	5
6	(1) Rune Sormander	10	2				2				2				2				2				10	6
7	(10) Mieczysław Połukard	9			3			0						3			2		1				9	7	3
8	(8) Stanislaw Svoboda	9		1						3			2			0			3				9	8	2
9	(15) Aage Hansen	8				3			2			1						2	0				8	9
10	(4) Olle Nygren	6	1							1				2				1				1	6	10
11	(5) Curt Nyqvist	5		2			1					0					0					2	5	11
12	(16) Jan Malinowski	4				0				0	1						1			2			4	12
13	(9) Frantisek Richter	4			1		3						0					0		0			4	13
14	(13) Gote Nordin	4				1	0							1		2					0		4	14
15	(7) Bjorn Knutsson	2		0					1					0	0					1			2	15
16	(11) Goran Norlen	1			0				0		0					1						0	1	16
R1	(R1) Alf Jonsson	0																					0	R1
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

• 8 September 1960
• London, Wembley Stadium^[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	21
	(2) Ove Fundin	14	3					3				2				3				3			14	1	3
	(12) Ronnie Moore	14			3					3		3			2						3		14	2	2
	(7) Peter Craven	14		3					3					3	3					2			14	3	1
4	(11) Peter Moore	12			2				2		3					2						3	12	4
5	(13) Ron Johnston	10				3	2							2		1					2		10	5
6	(5) Barry Briggs	9		2			1					1					3					2	9	6
7	(14) Stefan Kwoczala	8				1		2					3		1							1	8	7
8	(6) Josef Hofmeister	6		0				0			2							3			1		6	8
9	(9) Ken McKinlay	6			0		3						2					1		0			6	9
10	(4) Jack Young	6	1							2				1				2				F	6	10
11	(1) Chum Taylor	5	2				0				0				0				3				5	11
12	(16) Rune Sörmander	5				2				0	1						1			1			5	12
13	(10) Henryk Żyto	4			1			1						0			2		0				4	13
14	(8) Aub Lawson	4		1						1			1			0			1				4	14
15	(3) Marian Kaiser	1	0						1				0				0				0		1	15
16	(15) Bryan Elliott	0				0			E			E						0	-				0	16
R1	(R1) Bob Andrews	2																	2				2	R1
R2	(R2) Mieczysław Połukard	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

See also

• motorcycle speedway
• 1960 Speedway World Team Cup

References

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