Overseas Final

The Overseas Final was a Motorcycle speedway Final sanctioned by the FIM as a qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1981 and 2001.[1]

Introduced to the World Championship in 1981, it served as a qualifying round for Commonwealth and American riders. The Overseas Final was originally intended to replace the Commonwealth Final, but stayed on the World Championship calendar when the Commonwealth was re-introduced in 1986.

Eitions

All 21 Overseas Finals were held in England.

Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
1981 United Kingdom London
White City Stadium
England Dave Jessup England Chris Morton United States Bruce Penhall
1982 United Kingdom London
White City Stadium
England Dave Jessup England Kenny Carter United States Bruce Penhall
1983 United Kingdom Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium
England Phil Collins England Kenny Carter New Zealand Mitch Shirra
1984 United Kingdom Manchester
Belle Vue Stadium
United States Lance King Australia Phil Crump United States Shawn Moran
1985 United Kingdom Bradford
Odsal Stadium
United States Shawn Moran England Kenny Carter United States Lance King
1986 United Kingdom Coventry
Brandon Stadium
United States Sam Ermolenko England Jeremy Doncaster England Neil Evitts
1987 United Kingdom Bradford
Odsal Stadium
New Zealand Mitch Shirra England Jeremy Doncaster United States Kelly Moran
1988 United Kingdom Coventry
Brandon Stadium
England Simon Cross England Kelvin Tatum England Simon Wigg
1989 United Kingdom Coventry
Brandon Stadium
United States Sam Ermolenko England Kelvin Tatum United States Ronnie Correy
Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
1990 United Kingdom Coventry
Brandon Stadium
United Kingdom Jeremy Doncaster Australia Todd Wiltshire United States Shawn Moran
1991 United Kingdom Bradford
Odsal Stadium
United Kingdom Kelvin Tatum United States Sam Ermolenko United States Billy Hamill
1992 United Kingdom Coventry
Brandon Stadium
United Kingdom Gary Havelock New Zealand Mitch Shirra England Kelvin Tatum
1993 United Kingdom Coventry
Brandon Stadium
United Kingdom Martin Dugard United Kingdom Joe Screen United States Ronnie Correy
1994 United Kingdom Coventry
Brandon Stadium
United States Sam Ermolenko United States Greg Hancock Australia Craig Boyce
1995 United Kingdom Coventry
Brandon Stadium
Australia Ryan Sullivan Australia Leigh Adams Australia Jason Lyons
1996 United Kingdom Coventry
Brandon Stadium
United States Chris Manchester Australia Ryan Sullivan Australia Jason Lyons
1997 United Kingdom Bradford
Odsal Stadium
United Kingdom Kelvin Tatum United Kingdom Joe Screen United Kingdom Sean Wilson
1998 United Kingdom Poole
Poole Stadium
Australia Jason Lyons United Kingdom Joe Screen United Kingdom Glenn Cunningham
1999 United Kingdom King's Lynn
Norfolk Arena
United Kingdom Mark Loram United Kingdom Scott Nicholls Australia Jason Lyons
Year Venue Winner Runner-up 3rd place
2000 United Kingdom Poole
Poole Stadium
United States Sam Ermolenko Australia Jason Lyons Australia Steve Johnston
2001 United Kingdom Poole
Poole Stadium
Australia Jason Lyons United Kingdom Gary Havelock United States Sam Ermolenko

See also

References

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