1970 Individual Speedway World Championship

1970 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
25 April	Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Bruce Cribb	Peter Vandenberg
25 April	Kings Lynn	Ronnie Moore	Wayne Briggs	Terry Betts
25 April	Belle Vue	Chris Pusey	Tommy Roper	Cyril Maidment
27 April	Newcastle	Barry Briggs	Jim Airey	Rick Timmo
27 April	Exeter	Ivan Mauger	Bob Kilby	Martin Ashby
28 April	West Ham	Ivan Mauger	Bob Kilby	Charlie Monk
28 April	Leicester	Ray Wilson	John Boulger	Graham Plant
29 April	Poole	Trevor Hedge	Pete Smith	Gordon Guasco
30 April	Wimbledon	Eric Boocock	Ronnie Moore	Trevor Hedge
30 April	Sheffield	Jim Airey	Les Sharpe	Nigel Boocock
30 April	Oxford	Jim McMillan	John Boulger	Tony Clarke
1 May	Wolverhampton	Nigel Boocock	Martin Ashby	Norman Hunter
1 May	Hackney	Barry Briggs	Ronnie Moore	Jimmy Gooch
1 May	Glasgow	Charlie Monk	Colin McKee	Jim McMillan
1 May	Newport	Bill Andrews	Norman Strachan	Jim Airey
2 May	Swindon	Barry Briggs	Bob Kilby	Ray Wilson
2 May	Halifax	Arnold Haley	Les Sharpe	Eric Boocock
2 May	Cradley Heath	Colin Pratt	Bob Andrews	Jack Biggs
13 May	Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Ken McKinlay	Rick France
Semi-Finals
19 May	Leicester	Ivan Mauger	Ronnie Moore	Howard Cole
21 May	Sheffield	Barry Briggs	Jim McMillan	Ray Wilson
Final
9 June	West Ham	Ivan Mauger	Ronnie Moore	Roy Trigg

British Final

• June 9, 1970
• London, West Ham Stadium
• First 5 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	(13) Ivan Mauger	14				2	3							3		3					3		14	1
2	(4) Ronnie Moore	13	3							3				2				2				3	13	2
3	(3) Roy Trigg	12+3	1						3				3				3				2		12	3
4	(2) Arnold Haley	12+2	2					3				3				2				2			12	4
5	(6) Barry Briggs	10		3				0			3							3			1		10	5
6	(16) Trevor Hedge	9				3				1	2						2			1			9	6
7	(7) Jim Airey	8		0					1					1	3					3			8	7
8	(14) John Boulger	8				1		2					1		2							2	8	8
9	(11) Nigel Boocock	7			3				2		0					1						1	7	9
10	(12) Chris Pusey	6			2					2		2			0						0		6	10
11	(1) Charlie Monk	5	0				2				1				1				1				5	11
12	(8) Martin Ashby	5		1						0			2			0			2				5	12
13	(10) Ray Wilson	5			0			1						0			1		3				5	13
14	(5) Howard Cole	2		2			0					0					0					0	2	14
15	(9) Terry Betts	2			1		1						0					0		X			2	15
16	(15) Jim McMillan	2				0			0			1						1	0				2	16
	(17) Bob Kilby	0																					0
	(18) Tommy Roper	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
26 April	Malilla	Bengt Jansson	Conny Samuelsson	Therje Hendriksson
1 May	Visby	Leif Enecrona	Gote Nordin	Olle Nygren
3 May	Vetlanda	Anders Michanek	Bo Josefsson	Sven Inge Svensson
22 May	Linköping	Soren Sjosten	Bernt Persson	Ove Fundin
Semi-Final
25 May	Borås	Soren Sjosten	Anders Michanek	Olle Nygren
28 May	Göteborg	Ove Fundin	Gote Nordin	Bengt Brannefors

Polish Qualifications

• Marked in green to World Final

Pos.	Rider	Round Scores	Total
1	Jan Mucha	6+14+12+13+12+8+6+13	72
2	Pawel Waloszek	9+12+11+6+12+11+12+13	71
3	Andrzej Wyglenda	8+12+9+14+14+5+10+9	68
4	Antoni Woryna	9+5+14+10+8+12+10+5	63
5	Henryk Glucklich	12+9+3+9+9+6+12+7	58
6	Jerzy Szczakiel	11+12+8+11+6+7+9+ns	58
7	Zygfryd Friedek	7+7+9+7+10+12+11+ns	56
8	Jozef Jarmula	6+11+10+8+6+6+ns+13	54
9	Stanislaw Kasa	10+4+8+9+8+7+7+6	49
10	Edmund Migos	7+4+5+9+7+9+11+1	48
11	Zygmunt Pytko	7+3+8+3+ns+7+10+0	38
12	Stanislaw Skowron	6+4+5+3+0+11+6+ns	35
13	Henryk Zyto	8+8+4+5+ns+5+0+4	34
14	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	0+7+7+0+5+ns+ns+12	31
15	Piotr Bruzda	7+2+2+1+7+5+3+5	29
16	Stanislaw Tkocz	5+4+5+9+3+ns+ns+ns	26
17	Zbigniew Podlecki	ns+ns+ns+ns+ns+2+5+11	18
18	Jerzy Gryt	ns+ns+ns+ns+ns+6+5+ns	11
19	Wiktor Waloszek	ns+ns+ns+ns+ns+ns+3+7	10
20	Jerzy Padewski	ns+ns+ns+ns+8+ns+ns+ns	8
21	Leszek Marsz	ns+ns+ns+ns+ns+ns+ns+8	8

Intercontinental Round

Scandinavian Final

• June 4, 1970
• Eskilstuna
• First 8 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
	(7) Gote Nordin	15		3					3					3	3					3			15	1
	(2) Soren Sjosten	12	3					3				3				1				2			12	2
	(12) Anders Michanek	11			3					1		2			2						3		11	3
4	(13) Bengt Larsson	10				1	3							2		3					1		10	4
5	(3) Reidar Eide	10	2						2				3				1				2		10	5
6	(5) Ove Fundin	9		2			E					1					3					3	9	6
7	(16) Ole Olsen	9				3				T	3						2			1			9	7
8	(11) Bengt Jansson	9			2				1		2					2						2	9	8
9	(8) Oyvind Berg	8		1						2			2			0			3				8	9
10	(4) Odd Fossengen	7	1							3				1				1				1	7	10
11	(6) Bernt Brannefors	6		0				2			1							3			0		6	11
12	(15) Bent Nooregaard	6				2			0			0						2	2				6	12
13	(1) Niels Weis Sorensen	3	F				2				0				1				0				3	13
14	(9) Dag Lovaas	3			1		1						1					0		0			3	14
15	(14) Olle Nygren	1				0		1					0		0							0	1	15
16	(10) Matti Olin	1			0			0						0			0		1				1	16
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 1, 1970
• Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• 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) Soren Sjosten	14	3					3				2				3				3			14	1
	(13) Ole Olsen	13				2	3							3		2					3		13	2
	(14) Barry Briggs	12				3		2					1		3							3	12	3
4	(11) Ronnie Moore	11			3				3		3					0						2	11	4
5	(3) Ivan Mauger	10	0						2				3				3				2		10	5
6	(5) Jim Airey	10		3			1					3					2					1	10	6
7	(1) Bengt Jansson	10	2				2				2				1				3				10	7
8	(4) Anders Michanek	9	1							3				2				3				0	9	8
9	(9) Ove Fundin	7			1		0						2					2		2			7	9
10	(7) Trevor Hedge	6		1					1					1	2					1			6	10
11	(12) John Boulger	4			2					0		1			0						1		4	11
12	(16) Arnold Haley	4				0				2	1						1			0			4	12
13	(8) Gote Nordin	4		2						1			0			1			E				4	13
14	(10) Reidar Eide	3			F			1						0			0		2				3	14
15	(15) Roy Trigg	2				1			0			0						0	1				2	15
16	(6) Bengt Larsson	1		0				0			0							1			0		1	16
R1	(R1) Nigel Boocock	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Oyuvind S.Berg	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

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
9 May	Meissen	Jan Holub I	Valery Gordeev	Peter Liebing
10 May	Miskolc	Vaclav Verner	Jaroslav Volf, Jr.	Viktor Trofimov
10 May	Graz	Vladimir Gordeev	Zdenek Majstr	Joachim Dinse
10 May	Zagreb	Pavel Mares	Boris Cehanovich	Jurgen Hehlert
Semi-Finals
6 June	Pardubice	Valery Klementiev	Vladimir Smirnov	Yury Dubinin
7 June	Bydgoszcz	Gennadij Kurilenko	Vladimir Gordeev	Viktor Kalmykov
Continental Final
2 July	Abensberg	Hans Jurgen Fritz	Valery Klementiev	Zdenek Majstr
European Final
20 July	Leningrad	Ivan Mauger	Vladimir Gordeev	Gennadij Kurilenko

Continental Final

• June 2, 1970
• Abensberg
• 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
	(9) Hanz Jurgen Fritz	10			2		3						3					2					10	1
	(10) Valery Klementyev	9			3			2						1			3						9	2
	(7) Zdenek Majstr	8		2					3					3	0								8	3
4	(15) Yury Dubinin	8				3			0			2						3					8	4
5	(1) Gennady Kurilenko	8	2				1				3				2								8	5
6	(2) Vladimir Kononovich	7	3					1				0				3							7	6
7	(12) Valery Gordeev	6			0					0		3			3								6	7
8	(16) Viktor Kalmykov	6				0				3	1						2						6	8
9	(5) Jiri Stancl	6		3			2					1					0						6	9
10	(11) Grigory Khlinovsky	6			1				2		2					1							6	10
11	(14) Dieter Tetzlaff	6				2		3					0		1								6	11
12	(8) Jurgen Hehlert	5		0						1			2			2							5	12
13	(13) Boris Cehanovich	4				1	0							2		1							4	13
14	(6) Nikolay Aksenov	1		1				0			0							0					1	14
15	(4) Nikolay Smirnov	0	F							-				-				-					0	15
16	(3) Viktor Trofimov	0	F						-				-				-						0	16
R1	(R1) Antonín Šváb, Sr.	4	1						1				1				1						4	R1
R2	(R2) Gabdrahman Kadyrov	3	0							2				0				1					3	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

European Final

• July 20, 1970
• Leningrad
• First 8 to 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
	(4) Ivan Mauger	14	2							3				3				3				3	14	1
	(1) Vladimir Gordeev	11	3				0				3				2				3				11	2
	(10) Gennadij Kurilenko	11			1			3						2			3		2				11	3
4	(12) Soren Sjosten	11			2					2		3			3						1		11	4
5	(5) Ole Olsen	11		2			3					2					2					2	11	5
6	(11) Barry Briggs	10			3				3		1					3						0	10	6
7	(3) Anders Michanek	9	0						2				3				1				3		9	7
8	(2) Valery Klementiev	8	1					2				1				1				3			8	8
9	(15) Trevor Hedge	6				3			0			0						2	1				6	9
10	(13) Yury Dubinin	6				2	2							0		2					0		6	10
11	(7) Ronnie Moore	5		3					1					1	F					-			5	11
12	(6) Hans Jurgen Fritz	5		0				1			2							0			2		5	12
13	(14) Vladimir Kononovich	5				1		0					2		1							1	5	13
14	(9) Viktor Kalmykov	5			0		1						1					1		2			5	14
15	(8) Jim Airey	2		1						1			0			0			0				2	15
16	(16) Zdenek Majstr	1				0				0	0						0			1			1	16
R1	(R1) Bengt Jansson	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Yury Lombockiy	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

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, 1970
• Wrocław, Olympic 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
	(10) Ivan Mauger	15			3			3						3			3		3				15	1
	(16) Paweł Waloszek	14				3				3	3						2			3			14	2
	(1) Antoni Woryna	13	3				3				2				3				2				13	3
4	(15) Sören Sjösten	9				2			3			1						3	0				9	4
5	(2) Henryk Glücklich	9	2					2				3				2				0			9	5
6	(13) Valery Klementiev	8				0	1							1		3					3		8	6
7	(11) Barry Briggs	7			2				1		0					1						3	7	7
8	(14) Andrzej Wyglenda	7				1		0					3		2							1	7	8
9	(4) Anders Michanek	7	0							1				2				2				2	7	9
10	(7) Ole Olsen	6		3					2					0	E					1			6	10
11	(9) Jan Mucha	6			1		2						0					1		2			6	11
12	(3) Hans Jürgen Fritz	5	1						0				1				1				2		5	12
13	(6) Vladimir Gordeev	5		2				1			1							0			1		5	13
14	(12) Gennady Kurilenko	2			F					2		F			-						-		2	14
15	(8) Zygfryd Friedek	2		F						0			2			F			-				2	15
16	(5) Trevor Hedge	0		E			E					F					R					-	0	16
R1	(R1) Edmund Migoś	4										2			1				1		F	0	4	R1
R2	(R2) Jerzy Szczakiel	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

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