1975 Individual Speedway World Championship

1975 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1975 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd 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
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
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd 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 Norrköping Tommy Jansson Anders Michanek Bernt Persson

Swedish 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
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd 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 Göteborg Ivan Mauger Anders Michanek Bernt Persson

Norwegian Final
  • Skien
  • First 3 to Scandinavian Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Reidar Eide15
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.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Ole Olsen3,2,3,3,314
2 Tommy Jansson2,3,2,3,313
3 Dag Lovaas3,0,3,3,312+3
4 Bernt Persson2,3,2,3,212+2
5 Reidar Eide3,3,1,2,110
6 Tommy Johansson2,1,3,1,310
7 Hasse Holmqvist1,2,2,1,28
8 Anders MichanekF,1,3,2,28
9 Bengt Jansson0,3,0,2,27
10 Edgar Stangeland0,2,1,2,16
11 Ila Teromaa2,2,1,0,F5
12 Finn Thomsen3,F,0,0,14
13 Soren Sjosten1,1,1,1,E4
14 Soren Karlsson1,0,2,0,03
15 Kari Vuoristo0,0,0,1,01
16 Bent NoregaardF,-,-,-,-0
R1 Tormod Langli1,01
R2 Helge Langli1,0,12

Intercontinental Final
  • June 3, 1975
  •  SWE Göteborg, 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
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd 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
  •  Soviet Union 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
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
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