Commonwealth Final

The Commonwealth Final was a Motorcycle speedway Final sanctioned by the FIM as a qualifying round for the Speedway World Championship between 1979 and 1994.^[1]

Introduced to the World Championship in 1979, it served as a qualifying round for Commonwealth riders, primarily those from Australia, England and New Zealand.

The Commonwealth Final was not run from 1981-1985, during which time riders who qualified through their national championship were through to the Overseas Final. It returned to the World Championship calendar in 1986 and lasted until 1994, the last year of the traditional single meeting World Championship Final before the advent of the Speedway Grand Prix World championship series in 1995.

Editions

All 11 Commonwealth Finals were held in England. Kelvin Tatum was the most successful Commonwealth Finalist, winning four finals (1987, 1988, 1990 and 1992). Reigning Australian Champion Leigh Adams was the only non-English winner when he took out the 1993 Final.

Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
1979	London White City Stadium	Michael Lee	Billy Sanders	Dave Jessup
Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
1980	London Wimbledon Stadium	Dave Jessup	John Louis	Ivan Mauger
1981	not held
1982	not held
1983	not held
1984	not held
1985	not held
1986	Manchester Belle Vue Stadium	Jeremy Doncaster	Kelvin Tatum	Chris Morton
1987	Manchester Belle Vue Stadium	Kelvin Tatum	Simon Cross	Marvyn Cox
1988	King's Lynn Norfolk Arena	Kelvin Tatum	Mitch Shirra	Simon Wigg
1989	Manchester Belle Vue Stadium	Simon Wigg	Mitch Shirra	Neil Collins
Year	Venue	Winners	Runner-up	3rd place
1990	Manchester Belle Vue Stadium	Kelvin Tatum	Martin Dugard	Simon Cross
1991	King's Lynn Norfolk Arena	Jeremy Doncaster	Leigh Adams	Joe Screen
1992	King's Lynn Norfolk Arena	Kelvin Tatum	Mark Thorpe	Gary Havelock
1993	King's Lynn Norfolk Arena	Leigh Adams	Andy Smith	Martin Dugard
1994	King's Lynn Norfolk Arena	Mark Loram	Martin Dugard	Joe Screen

See also

• Speedway World Championship
• Speedway Grand Prix
• Motorcycle speedway

References

1. Speedway History