1971 Individual Speedway World Championship

1971 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
17 April	Halifax	Dave Younghusband	Ronnie Moore	Bill Andrew
17 April	Swindon	Barry Briggs	Martin Ashby	George Hunter
19 April	Reading	Ivan Mauger	Jim Airey	Howard Cole
19 April	Exeter	Eric Boocock	Bob Kilby	Dave Younghusband
20 April	West Ham	Reg Luckhurst	Nigel Boocock	Greg Kentwell
20 April	Leicester	Ray Wilson	Tommy Roper	John Boulger
21 April	Poole	Barry Briggs	Tony Lomas	Martin Ashby
22 April	Wimbledon	Garry Middleton	John Boulger	Ronnie Moore
22 April	Sheffield	Eric Boocock	Brian Leonard	Jim Airey
22 April	Oxford	Martin Ashby	Colin Gooddy	Charlie Monk
23 April	Wolverhampton	Terry Betts	Bob Andrews	Ivan Mauger
23 April	Glasgow	Howard Cole	Eric Broadbelt	Norman Hunter
24 April	Belle Vue	Ivan Mauger	George Hunter	Sandor Levai
24 April	Coventry	Tony Lomas	Alan Cowland	Col Cottrell
24 April	Kings Lynn	Malcolm Simmons	Ray Wilson	Terry Betts
26 April	Cradley Heath	Roy Trigg	Garry Middleton	Peter Jarman
28 April	Coventry	Tony Lomas	Bruce Cribb	Ken McKinlay
30 April	Hackney	Barry Thomas	Garry Middleton	Bob Kilby
30 April	Newport	Sandor Levai	Nigel Boocock	Bill Andrew
Semi-Finals
18 May	West Ham	Ronnie Moore	John Boulger	Barry Briggs
20 May	Sheffield	Ivan Mauger	Ray Wilson	Nigel Boocock
Final
16 June	Coventry	Ivan Mauger	Barry Briggs	Tony Lomas

British Final

• June 16, 1971
• Coventry
• First 12 to British-Nordic 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	(7) Ivan Mauger	14		3					3					3	3					2			14	1
2	(2) Barry Briggs	13	3					2				2				3				3			13	2
3	(6) Tony Lomas	12		0				3			3							3			3		12	3
4	(16) Bert Harkins	9				2				2	2						3			0			9	4
5	(15) Ray Wilson	8				3			1			3						1	0				8	5
6	(5) Martin Ashby	8		2			2					1					1					2	8	6
7	(9) Ronnie Moore	7			1		0						3					2		1			7	7
8	(13) Dave Younghusband	7				0	3							1		2					1		7	8
9	(11) Bob Kilby	7			2				2		1					1						1	7	9
10	(4) Eric Boocock	6	0							3				0				T				3	6	10
11	(12) Jim Airey	6			3					1		0			2						0		6	11
12	(8) Nigel Boocock	6		1						X			2			0			3				6	12
13	(10) Howard Cole	6			0			1						2			2		1				6	13
14	(1) Geoff Curtis	6	2				1				0				1				2				6	14
15	(3) John Boulger	4	1						0				1				0				2		4	15
16	(14) Arnold Haley	1				1		0					0		0							0	1	16
	(17) Bill Andrew	0																0					0
	(18) Garry Middleton	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
Qualifications
1 May	Visby	Bengt Jansson	Leif Enecrona	Bo Wirebrand
1 May	Gislaved	Gote Nordin	Bernt Persson	Hans Holmqvist
2 May	Malilla	Soren Sjosten	Anders Michanek	Runo Wedin
3 May	Malmo	Per Olaf Soderman	Olle Nygren	Bo Josefsson
Final
1 June	Eskilstuna	Anders Michanek	Leif Enecrona	Bengt Jansson
2 June	Norrkoping	Anders Michanek	Bernt Persson	Gote Nordin
3 June	Stockholm	Soren Sjosten	Bengt Jansson	Gote Nordin

Intercontinental Round

Scandinavian Final

• June 6, 1971
• Hillerod
• First 4 to British-Nordic 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
	(5) Ole Olsen	14		3			3					3					3					2	14	1
	(1) Reidar Eide	12	3				2				2				3				2				12	2
	(11) Bert Noregaard	11			2				T		3					3						3	11	3
4	(12) Kurt Bogh	11			3					3		2			1						2		11	4
5	(4) Odd Fossengen	10	2							2				3				3				F	10	5
6	(7) Niels Weiss	10		1					2					2	2					3			10	6
7	(6) Oyvind Berg	10		2				2			1							2			3		10	7
8	(3) Jorn Morgensen	9	0						3				3				2				1		9	8
9	(2) Bjarne Nyegaard	8	1					3				1				2				1			8	9
10	(10) Preben Rosenkilde	6			1			0						1			1		3				6	10
11	(9) Svein Kaasa	6			0		1						2					1		2			6	11
12	(14) Kalevi Lahtinen	5				3		1					0		0							1	5	12
13	(8) Edgar Stangeland	4		0						1			1			1			1				4	13
14	(13) Dag Lovaas	2				2	0							0		0					0		2	14
15	(16) Matti Olin	1				1				0	0						0			0			1	15
16	(15) Jon Terie Gravningen	1				0			1			F						-	-				1	16
R1	(R1) Flemming Larsen	0																0	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

Nordic British Final

• July 30, 1971
• Glasgow
• 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
	(2) Ivan Mauger	14	3					3				3				3				2			14	1
	(6) Ray Wilson	13		3				2			3							2			3		13	2
	(9) Ole Olsen	11			2		3						2					3		1			11	3
4	(12) Nigel Boocock	11			3					3		2			2						1		11	4
5	(1) Jim Airey	9	2				2				0				3				2				9	5
6	(16) Eric Boocock	9				1				1	2						2			3			9	6
7	(4) Tony Lomas	9	1							2				3				1				2	9	7
8	(11) Ronnie Moore	9			0				3		1					2						3	9	8
9	(10) Barry Briggs	7			1			0						F			3		3				7	9
10	(8) Dave Younghusband	7		2						0			3			1			1				7	10
11	(13) Kurt Bogh	6				2	0							2		0					2		6	11
12	(14) Reidar Eide	4				3		1					0		-							0	4	12
13	(15) Martin Ashby	3				0			2			1						0	0				3	13
14	(3) Bert Harkins	3	0						1				1				1				0		3	14
15	(5) Bob Kilby	2		1			1					0					0					-	2	15
16	(7) Bert Nooregaard	1		0					0					1	0					0			1	16
R1	(R1) Odd Fossengen	1													1								1	R1
R2	(R2) John Boulger	1																				1	1	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

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
8 May	Udine	Aleksandr Pawlov	Jerzy Szczakiel	Viktor Trofimov
9 May	Prague	Hans Jurgen Fritz	Jiri Stancl	Peter Liebing
9 May	Miskolc	Jan Holub I	Vladimir Smirnov	Henryk Glucklich
9 May	Abensberg	Jan Mucha	Andrzej Wyglenda	Antoni Woryna
Semi-Finals
5 June	Gustrow	Hans Jurgen Fritz	Henryk Glucklich	Jan Holub I
6 June	Gorzów Wielkopolski	Gennadij Kurilenko	Jerzy Szczakiel	Vladimir Gordeev
Continental Final
26 June	Slany	Henryk Glucklich	Jan Mucha	Gennadij Kurilenko
European Final
21 August	Wembley	Ivan Mauger	Ray Wilson	Ole Olsen

Continental Final

• June 26, 1971
• Slany
• 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
	(14) Henryk Glucklich	10				1		3					3		3							0	10	1	3
	(12) Jan Mucha	10			0					3		3			2						2		10	2	2
	(7) Gennadij Kurilenko	10		1					3					2	1					3			10	3	1
4	(15) Jerzy Szczakiel	10				2			1			1						3	3				10	4	0
5	(11) Grigorij Khlinovsky	9			3				0		0					3						3	9	5
6	(3) Viktor Trofimov	9	0						2				1				3				3		9	6
7	(1) Jiri Stancl	9	3				1				3				0				2				9	7
8	(13) Valery Gordeev	9				3	2							3		1					X		9	8
9	(4) Pawel Waloszek	9	2							2				1				2				2	9	9
10	(5) Anatoly Kuzmin	8		2			3					2					F					1	8	10
11	(2) Jan Holub I	7	1					2				0				2				2			7	11
12	(6) Horst Krüger	6		3				0			2							1			F		6	12
13	(8) Dieter Tetzlaff	4		0						1			2			0			1				4	13
14	(10) Stanislaw Kasa	3			2			1						F			-		-				3	14
15	(16) Hans Jurgen Fritz	1				0				0	1						F			-			1	15
16	(9) Piotr Bruzda	1			1		0						0					0		0			1	16
R1	(R1) Miroslav Verner	3															2		0	1			3	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 21, 1971
• Wembley
• First 8 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
	(13) Ivan Mauger	14				3	2							3		3					3		14	1
	(7) Ray Wilson	12		3					3					X	3					3			12	2	3
	(9) Ole Olsen	12			3		3						3					3		E			12	3	2
4	(16) Nigel Boocock	12				2				3	3						2			2			12	4	X
5	(3) Eric Boocock	10	2						2				2				3				1		10	5
6	(12) Jim Airey	9			2					2		3			T						2		9	6
7	(4) Jerzy Szczakiel	7	3							1				2				1				0	7	7
8	(14) Ronnie Moore	7				1		3					1		1							1	7	8
9	(5) Vladimir Gordeev	6		2			0					0					1					3	6	9	3
10	(2) Jiri Stancl	6	0					2				1				2				1			6	10	2
11	(11) Tony Lomas	6			1				0		2					1						2	6	11	1
12	(8) Henryk Glucklich	4		1						X			0			0			3				4	12
13	(6) Grigory Khlinovsky	4		0				1			1							2			0		4	13
14	(1) Viktor Trofimov	4	1				1				0				0				2				4	14
15	(15) Jan Mucha	4				F			1			2						F	1				4	15
16	(10) Gennadij Kurilenko	1			0			0						1			0		0				1	16
R1	(R1) Barry Briggs	2													2								2	R1
R2	(R2) Pawel Waloszek	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 10, 1971
• Göteborg, Ullevi^[1]
• Referee: Georg Traunspurger

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	(14) Ole Olsen	15				3		3					3		3							3	15	1
2	(7) Ivan Mauger	12+3		3					1					3	2					3			12	2
3	(13) Bengt Jansson	12+3				2	3							1		3					3		12	3
4	(3) Ray Wilson	11	3						3				1				3				1		11	4
5	(4) Anders Michanek	11	2							2				2				3				2	11	5
6	(12) Bernt Persson	9			3					1		2			1						2		9	6
7	(5) Jim Airey	8		2			1					3					2					0	8	7
8	(11) Sören Sjösten	8			2				2		2					1						1	8	8
9	(1) Nigel Boocock	6	1				2				1				0				2				6	9
10	(10) Ronnie Moore	5			1			2						0			1		1				5	10
11	(6) Eric Boocock	4		0				0			3							1			0		4	11
12	(9) Leif Enecrona	4			0		0						0					2		2			4	12
13	(2) Jiří Štancl	3	0					1				1				0				1			3	13
14	(16) Tommy Jansson	1				1				0	0						0			0			1	14
15	(15) Jerzy Szczakiel	0				0			0			0						0	0				0	15
16	(8) Vladimir Gordeev	Dsq		1						3			2			2			3				11	16
	(17) Göte Nordin	0																					0
	(18) Tony Lomas	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

Note : Vladimir Gordeev was disqualified after illegal additives were found in his fuel.

References

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