1967 Individual Speedway World Championship

1967 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
12 May	Newport	Eric Boocock	Roy Trigg	Ray Wilson
12 May	Hackney	Ivan Mauger	Colin Pratt	Malcolm Brown
12 May	Kings Lynn	Terry Betts	Reg Luckhurst	Dave Younghusband
13 May	Edinburgh	George Hunter	Ray Wilson	Bert Harkins
13 May	Swindon	Charlie Monk	Martin Ashby	Geoff Mudge
13 May	Cradley Heath	Ivor Brown	Chris Julian	Norman Hunter
15 May	Exeter	Nigel Boocock	Eric Boocock	Martin Ashby
16 May	West Ham	Rick France	Reg Luckhurst	Ken McKinlay
17 May	Poole	Ronnie Genz	Geoff Mudge	Barry Briggs
18 May	Sheffield	Nigel Boocock	John Dews	Martin Ashby
18 May	Oxford	Roy Trigg	Eddie Reeves	Peter Moore
18 May	Wimbledon	Reg Luckhurst	Trevor Hedge	Dave Younghusband
19 May	Wolverhampton	Ken McKinlay	Barry Briggs	Jim Airey
19 May	Glasgow	Charlie Monk	Bob Kilby	Maury Mattingley
20 May	Belle Vue	Ronnie Genz	Cyril Maidment	Colin Pratt
20 May	Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Rick France	Alf Wells
20 May	Halifax	Dave Younghusband	Eric Boocock	Ken McKinlay
22 May	Newcastle	Ivan Mauger	George Hunter	Bob Kilby
23 May	Long Eaton	rained
Semi-Finals
13 July	Wimbledon	Barry Briggs	Trevor Hedge	Terry Betts
13 July	Sheffield	Reg Luckhurst	Eric Boocock	Colin Pratt
Final
22 August	West Ham	Barry Briggs	Ivan Mauger	Eric Boocock

British Final

• August 22, 1967
• West Ham
• First 8 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
	(6) Barry Briggs	15		3				3			3							3			3		15	1
	(12) Ivan Mauger	13			2					3		3			3						2		13	2
	(13) Eric Boocock	12				3	3							3		2					1		12	3
4	(11) Colin Pratt	11			3				3		1					1						3	11	4
5	(2) Rick France	11	2					2				2				3				2			11	5
6	(16) Ray Wilson	10				0				2	2						3			3			10	6
7	(15) Mike Broadbanks	9				2			1			1						2	3				9	7
8	(14) Jim Airey	8				1		1					3		1							2	8	8
9	(1) Nigel Boocock	7	3				2				0				0				2				7	9
10	(5) Reg Luckhurst	6		2			1					0					2					1	6	10
11	(3) Martin Ashby	5	1						2				2				0				0		5	11
12	(10) Roy Trigg	5			1			0						2			1		1				5	12
13	(7) Terry Betts	3		E					0					E	2					1			3	13
14	(4) Trevor Hedge	3	0							1				1				1				0	3	14
15	(9) Cyril Maidment	1			0		0						1					0		0			1	15
16	(8) George Hunter	1		1						0			0			E			0				1	16
R1	(R1) Charlie Monk	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Geoff Mudge	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
Qualifications
23 April	Malilla	Ove Fundin	Olle Nygren	Per Olaf Soderman
1 May	Visby	Bernt Persson	Gote Nordin	Hans Holmqvist
4 May	Hillerod	Olle Nygren	Bengt Larsson	Bengt Jansson
4 May	Vetlanda	Ove Fundin	Per Olaf Soderman	Gote Nordin
Final
4 June	Hillerod	Ove Fundin	Sverre Harrfeldt	Leif Enecrona

Scandinavian Final

• June 4, 1967
• Hillerod
• First 8 to European 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
	(7) Ove Fundin	15		3					3					3	3					3			15	1
	(11) Sverre Harrfeldt	13			2				2		3					3						3	13	2
	(8) Leif Enecrona	11		1						2			3			2			3				11	3
4	(13) Bernt Persson	10				3	2							2		0					3		10	4
5	(2) Olle Nygren	9	2					3				3				1				0			9	5
6	(9) Bengt Jansson	9			1		3						1					3		1			9	6
7	(16) Anders Michanek	9				2				0	2						3			2			9	7
8	(12) Gunnar Malmqvist	7			0					3		1			2						1		7	8
9	(1) Lars Jansson	7	3				1				1				1				1				7	9
10	(15) Bengt Larsson	7				F			1			2						2	2				7	10
11	(3) Per Olaf Soderman	6	-						0				2				2				2		6	11
12	(4) Gote Nordin	4	0							1				1				0				2	4	12
13	(6) Ole Olsen	3		2				X			0							1			0		3	13
14	(14) Sven Sigurd	3				1		2					F		-							-	3	14
15	(10) Hans Holmqvist	3			3			F						-			-		-				3	15
16	(5) Per J.Aulie	2		0			-					0					1					1	2	16
R1	(R1) Johnny Faafeng	0	1				0																0	R1
R2	(R2) Kurt Bogh	0												0			0		0			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

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
7 May	Meissen	Jurgen Hehlert	Antonin Kasper, Sr.	Zbigniew Podlecki
7 May	Miskolc	Edmund Migos	Jan Holub I	Andrzej Pogorzelski
7 May	Abensberg	Joachim Maj	Pawel Waloszek	Gabdrahman Kadyrov
7 May	Maribor	Andrzej Wyglenda	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Sergej Lyatosinsky
Semi-Finals
21 May	Balakovo	Andrzej Wyglenda	Boris Samorodov	Gennadij Kurilenko
21 May	Slany	Antoni Woryna	Igor Plechanov	Jan Holub I
Continental Final
20 August	Kempten	Andrzej Wyglenda	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Igor Plechanov
European Final
27 August	Wroclaw	Andrzej Wyglenda	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Igor Plechanov

Continental Final

• August 20, 1967
• Kempten
• First 8 to European 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
	(9) Andrzej Wyglenda	14			3		2						3					3		3			14	1
	(6) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	14		3				3			3							2			3		14	2
	(13) Igor Plechanov	12				2	3							3		2					2		12	3
4	(8) Andrzej Pogorzelski	11		1						3			2			3			2				11	4
5	(1) Antoni Woryna	10	3				1				2				1				3				10	5
6	(7) Jan Holub I	10		2					1					2	3					2			10	6
7	(11) Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	9			2				2		1					1						3	9	7
8	(3) Joachim Dinse	8	2						3				X				3				0		8	8
9	(14) Stanislaw Rurarz	7				1		1					1		2							2	7	9
10	(12) Edmund Migos	6			1					1		3			E						1		6	10
11	(15) Pawel Waloszek	5				3			0			1						1	E				5	11
12	(16) Antonín Šváb, Sr.	4				0				2	0						2			0			4	12
13	(5) Miroslav Verner	3		0			0					2					1					0	3	13
14	(2) Jurgen Hehlert	2	1					0				0				0				1			2	14
15	(4) Boris Samorodov	1	0							0				0				0				1	1	15
16	(10) Gennadij Kurilenko	0			0			X						-			-		-				0	16
R1	(R1) Antonin Kasper, Sr.	4						2						1			E		1				4	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

• August 27, 1967
• Wroclaw
• First 8 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
	(11) Andrzej Wyglenda	14			2				3		3					3						3	14	1
	(5) Andrzej Pogorzelski	13		3			2					3					3					2	13	2
	(9) Igor Plechanov	12			0		3						3					3		3			12	3
4	(1) Antoni Woryna	10	3				1				1				2				3				10	4
5	(16) Bernt Persson	9				3				2	2						1			1			9	5
6	(7) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	8		2					1					E	3					2			8	6
7	(10) Ove Fundin	8			1			0						3			2		2				8	7
8	(6) Anders Michanek	8		1				2			0							2			3		8	8
9	(3) Bengt Jansson	8	2						2				2				0				2		8	9
10	(2) Joachim Dinse	7	0					3				2				2				F			7	10	3
11	(12) Jan Holub I	7			3					1		1			1						1		7	11	2
12	(14) Leif Enecrona	5				2		1					1		0							1	5	12
13	(8) Sverre Harffeldt	3		0						3			E			E			E				3	13
14	(4) Olle Nygren	3	1							0				2				F				0	3	14
15	(15) Gunar Malmqvist	3				1			0			0						1	1				3	15
16	(13) Luboš Tomíček, Sr.	2				0	0							1		1					0		2	16
R1	(R1) Lars Jansson	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Stanislaw Rurarz	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

• September 16, 1967
• 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
	(7) Ove Fundin	14		3					3					3	2					3			14	1	3
	(5) Bengt Jansson	14		2			3					3					3					3	14	2	2
	(16) Ivan Mauger	13				3				3	3						2			2			13	3
4	(14) Igor Plechanov	12				2		3					3		3							1	12	4
5	(6) Barry Briggs	11		1				2			2							3			3		11	5
6	(8) Anders Michanek	9		0						2			2			3			2				9	6
7	(11) Eric Boocock	9			3				2		1					1						2	9	7
8	(3) Ray Wilson	7	3										1				1				2		7	8
9	(9) Andrzej Pogorzelski	6			2		2						0					1		1			6	9
10	(2) Bernt Persson	6	2					1				1				2				X			6	10
11	(12) Antoni Woryna	5			1					1		2			1						0		5	11
12	(15) Rick France	5				1			1			0						2	1				5	12
13	(10) Colin Pratt	4			0			0						1			0		3				4	13
14	(13) Jerzy Trzeszkowski	3				F	0							2		0					1		3	14
15	(1) Andrzej Wyglenda	2	1				1				0				0				0				2	15
16	(4) Jochen Dinse	0	F							0				0				0				0	0	16
R1	(R1) Mike Broadbank	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Leif Enecrona	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

References

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