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	Canterbury	Bob Humphreys	Les Rumsey	Nigel Wasley
22 April	Weymouth	Paul Gachet	Trevor Geer	Ian Cartwright
27 April	Rye House	Phil Herne	Joe Owen	Alan Sage
30 April	Bradford	Terry Kelly	Sid Sheldrick	Geoff Bouchard
16 May	Newport	Bob Kilby	Tom Owen	John Boulger
16 May	Wolverhampton	Ivan Mauger	Arthur Price	Chris Morton
17 May	Halifax	Chris Pusey	Dave Morton	Charlie Monk
19 May	Exeter	Ivan Mauger	Steve Reinke	Martin Ashby
19 May	Reading	Terry Betts	Bob Humphreys	Bobby Beaton
20 May	Leicester	Ray Wilson	Billy Sanders	Bob Valentine
21 May	Poole	Malcolm Simmons	Paul Tyrer	Neil Street
21 May	Hull	Bruce Cribb	Jim McMillan	John Boulger
24 May	King's Lynn	Ray Bales	Mick Hines	Terry Betts
24 May	Coventry	Nigel Boocock	George Hunter	Malcolm Simmons
29 May	Sheffield	Ray Wilson	Chris Morton	Carl Glover
29 May	Oxford	Phil Herne	Dave Jessup	Richard Greer
29 May	Ipswich	John Louis	Billy Sanders	Jim McMillan
30 May	Wimbledon	Peter Collins	Colin Gooddy	Eric Broadbelt
30 May	Hackney	Dave Morton	Ray Wilson	Billy Sanders
31 May	Swindon	Ivan Mauger	Martin Ashby	Barry Thomas
31 May	Cradley Heath	Arthur Price	George Hunter	John Boulger
31 May	Belle Vue	Alan Wilkinson	Chris Morton	Peter Collins
Semi-Finals
24 June	Leicester	Martin Ashby	Malcolm Simmons	Bob Kilby
24 June	Sheffield	Ray Wilson	Dave Jessup	Peter Collins
Final
July 30	Coventry	John Louis	Peter Collins	Malcolm Simmons	result

British Final

• July 30, 1975
•  GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• First 4 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
1	(6) John Louis	15		3				3			3							3			3		15	1
2	(8) Peter Collins	13+3		2						2			3			3			3				13	2
3	(9) Malcolm Simmons	13+2			3		3						2					2		3			13	3
4	(12) Ray Wilson	11+3			F					3		3			3						2		11	4
5	(3) Martin Ashby	11+2	3						3				1				3				1		11	5
6	(10) Chris Pusey	10			1			2						3			2		2				10	6
7	(11) Tony Davey	9			2				2		1					1						3	9	7
8	(1) Gordon Kennett	6	2				1				2				1				0				6	8
9	(2) Dave Jessup	6	0					0				2				2				2			6	9
10	(4) Doug Wyer	5	1							1				2				1				0	5	10
11	(7) Jim McMillan	5		1					1					0	2					1			5	11
12	(13) Bob Kilby	5				2	2							1		0					0		5	12
13	(14) Chris Morton	5				3		1					0		0							1	5	13
14	(5) Dave Morton	3		0			E					1					0					2	3	14
15	(16) Alan Wilkinson	2				1				0	F						1			0			2	15
16	(15) Carl Glover	1				0			0			0						0	1				1	16
	(17) Nigel Boocock	0																					0
	(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	Malilla	Jan Simensen	Christer Sjosten	Bengt Jansson
1 May	Lindesberg	Bernt Persson	Tommy Johansson	Soren Sjosten
1 May	Visby	Tommy Jansson	Hans Holmqvist	Soren Karlsson
Final
21 May	Norrkoping	Tommy Jansson	Anders Michanek	Bernt Persson

Swedish Final

• May 21, 1975
•  SWE Norrkoping
• First 8 to Scandinavian 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	(1) Tommy Jansson	14	3				3				3				2				3				14	1
2	(5) Anders Michanek	13		3			3					3					2					2	13	2
3	(14) Bernt Persson	13				3		3					3		3							1	13	3
4	(4) Soren Karlsson	12	1							3				3				3				2	12	4
5	(2) Tommy Johansson	11	2					2				2				2				3			11	5
6	(7) Bengt Jansson	10		2					3					2	1					2			10	6
7	(8) Soren Sjosten	10		1						2			2			3			2				10	7
8	(10) Hasse Holmqvist	7			3			1						0			2		0				6	8
9	(16) Christer Sjosten	5+3				2				1	0						1			1			5	9
10	(3) Ake Andersson	5+2	0						1				1				0				3		5	10
11	(9) Bo Josefsson	4			2		0						0					2		0			4	11
12	(15) Eddie Davidsson	4				0			2			1						1	0				4	12
13	(13) Jan Simensen	4				1	1							1		0					1		4	13
14	(12) Stefan Salomonsson	3			1					0		0			0						2		3	14
15	(6) Leif Enecrona	1		0				0			1							0			0		1	15
16	(11) Conny Samuelsson	0			0				0		-					-						-	0	16
	(17) Peter Smithh	2									2											0	2
	(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
?	Skien	Reidar Eide	Dag Lovaas	Edgar Stangeland
Scandinavian Final
1 June	Skien	Ole Olsen	Tommy Jansson	Dag Lovaas
Intercontinental Final
3 June	Goteborg	Ivan Mauger	Anders Michanek	Bernt Persson

Norwegian Final

• Skien
• First 3 to Scandinavian Final

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

Scandinavian Final

• June 1, 1975
•  NOR Skien
• First 9 to Intercontinental Final

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

Intercontinental Final

• June 3, 1975
•  SWE Goteborg, Ullevi
• 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
1	(2) Ivan Mauger	14	2					3				3				3				3			14	1
2	(11) Anders Michanek	12			2				3		3					1						3	12	2
3	(13) Bernt Persson	11+3				3	3							0		2					3		11	3
4	(1) Ole Olsen	11+2	3				1				2				2				3				11	4
5	(6) Scott Autrey	9		3				2			1							2			1		9	5
6	(9) Tommy Jansson	9			3		2						2					1		1			9	6
7	(14) Reidar Eide	8+3				2		1					3		0							2	8	7
8	(3) Phil Crump	8+2	1						2				1				2				2		8	8
9	(7) Tommy Johansson	8+1		1					0					2	3					2			8	9
10	(4) Dag Lovaas	7	0							3				1				3				0	7	10
11	(12) John Boulger	4			1					0		2			1						0		4	11
12	(8) Billy Sanders	4		0						2			0			0			2				4	12
13	(16) Bengt Jansson	4				0				1	0						3			0			4	13
14	(5) Hasse Holmqvist	4		2			0					1					0					1	4	14
15	(10) Steven Gresham	3			0			0						3			0		F				3	15
16	(15) Barry Briggs	1				1			-			-						-	-				1	16
	(17) Kenneth Selmonsson	0																					0
	(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	Krumbach	Jan Hadek	Marek Cieślak	Valery Gordeev
18 May	Krsko	Henryk Glucklich	Josef Minarik	Vladimir Nesterov
18 May	Ostrava	Jiří Štancl	Vladimir Gordeev	Pawel Waloszek
18 May	Miskolc	Edward Jancarz	Isztvan Sziracki	Viktor Trofimov
Semi-Finals
29 May	Olching	Valery Gordeev	Edward Jancarz	Zenon Plech
31 May	Prague	Piotr Bruzda	Jan Verner	Vladimir Gordeev
Continental Final
22 June	Leningrad	Edward Jancarz	Valery Gordeev	Viktor Kalmykov
European Final
24 August	Bydgoszcz	Ivan Mauger	Ole Olsen	Phil Crump

Continental Final

• June 22, 1975
•  USSR Leningrad
• 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
1	(6) Edward Jancarz	12		3				1			3							2			3		12	1
2	(4) Valery Gordeev	11	3							0				2				3				3	11	2
3	(15) Viktor Kalmykov	11				3			3			3						0	2				11	3
4	(10) Vladimir Gordeev	10			3			3						1			0		3				10	4
5	(13) Marek Cieslak	10				0	2							3		3					2		10	5
6	(8) Henryk Glucklich	10		1						3			1			2			3				10	6
7	(2) Viktor Trofimov	10	2					2				2				1				3			10	7
8	(1) Zenon Plech	7+3	1				1				1				3				1				7	8
9	(16) Nikolay Kornev	7+2				1				2	2						1			2			8	9
10	(5) Piotr Bruzda	7+1		2			0					1					2					2	7	10
11	(9) Jiri Stancl	7+0			0		3						3					1		0			7	11
12	(12) Mikhail Starostin	6			1					2		0			2						1		6	12
13	(14) Jan Verner	5				2		0					2		1							0	5	13
14	(11) Boguslaw Nowak	5			2				2		0					0						1	5	14
15	(3) Pawel Waloszek	1	0						1				0				0				0		1	15
16	(7) Manfred Poschenrieder	1		0					0					0	0					1			1	16
	(17) Andrzej Jurczynski	0																					0
	(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

• August 24, 1975
•  POL Bydgoszcz
• First 12 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
	(12) Ivan Mauger	14			3					3		3			3						2		14	1	3
	(3) Ole Olsen	14	2						3				3				3				3		14	2	2
	(9) Phil Crump	11			2		3						1					2		3			11	3
4	(6) Anders Michanek	10		3				0			3							3			1		10	4
5	(2) Henryk Glucklich	9	3					1				1				2				2			9	5
6	(13) Tommy Jansson	8				2	1							2		3					0		8	6
7	(14) Valery Gordeev	8				0		3					2		1							2	8	7
8	(10) Viktor Trofimov	8			X			2						3			1		2				8	8
9	(16) Bernt Persson	7				3				2	0						2			E			7	9
10	(1) Edward Jancarz	7	1				2				2				2				0				7	10
11	(7) Zenon Plech	6		2					2					1	0					1			6	11
12	(15) Marek Cieślak	6				1			1			2						1	1				6	12
13	(8) Vladimir Gordeev	5		0						1			0			1			3				5	13
14	(4) Scott Autrey	3	0							0				0				0				3	3	14
15	(11) Reidar Eide	3			1				0		1					0						1	3	15
16	(5) Viktor Kalmykov	1		1			0					-					0					0	1	16
R1	(R1) Tommy Johansson	0																					0	R1
R2	(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

• September 6, 1975
• London, Wembley Stadium^[1]
• Referee: () Torrie Kittelsen

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	(16) Anders Michanek	13				1				3	3						3			3			13	2
3	(10) John Louis	12+3			2			2						3			2		3				12	3
4	(6) Ivan Mauger	12+2		3				1			2							3			3		12	4
5	(11) Peter Collins	10			3				3		0					3						1	10	5
6	(1) Phil Crump	10	3				3				1				1				2				10	6
7	(5) Malcolm Simmons	10		2			2					3					1					2	10	7
8	(15) Viktor Trofimov	8				2			1			2						2	1				8	8
9	(8) Tommy Jansson	8		1						2			2			2			0				7	9
10	(3) Bernt Persson	5	0						2				1				0				2		5	10
11	(7) Ray Wilson	5		0					0					1	2					2			5	11
12	(2) Edward Jancarz	4	2					0				1				1				0			4	12
13	(4) Valery Gordeev	4	1							1				2				0				0	4	13
14	(9) Zenon Plech	4			1		1						0					1		1			4	14
15	(13) Marek Cieślak	1				0	0							0		0					1		1	15
16	(12) Henryk Glücklich	0			0					0		0			0						0		0	16
	(17) Martin Ashby	0																					0
	(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