Wembley Season 1974

Compiled by Dave Allan First published June 2019 Wembley: World Championship European Final Saturday 31st August 1974

TOT POS 1. Jan Mucha () Did not ride - eye injury 2. Ole Olsen (Denmark) 3 3 2 3 2 13 2nd (after RO) Qualified for World Final 3. Anatoli Kuzmin (Russia) 0 0 1 0 0 1 4. (New Zealand) 2 3 3 2 3 13 3rd (after RO) Qualified for World Final 5. Terry Betts () 0 3 0 2 1 6 10th = Qualified for World Final 6. Scott Autrey (U.S.A.) 1 R 1 0 1 3 7. Dag Lovaas (Norway) 3 1 0 F 3 7 8th = Qualified for World Final 8. Vladimir Gordeev (Russia) 2 2 3 1 3 11 4th Qualified for World Final 9. Mikhail Starostin (Russia) 1 0 0 1 0 2 10. (Poland) 2 1 1 1 0 5 Qualified for World Final as reserve 11. Dave Jessup (England) R 3 3 2 0 8 7th Qualified for World Final 12. John Louis (England) 3 0 1 3 3 10 5th = Qualified for World Final 13. Mikhail Krasnov (Russia) 1 1 2 0 2 6 10th = Qualified for World Final 14. Zenon Plech (Poland) 2 2 2 2 2 10 5th = Qualified for World Final 15. Peter Collins (England) 3 2 3 3 2 13 1st (after RO) Qualified for World Final 16. Grigori Chlinovski (Russia) F 1 2 3 1 7 8th = Qualified for World Final 17. Jim McMillan (res.) (Scotland) 1 0 1 2 18. John Boulger (res.) () 2 1 3 First reserve Ryszard Fabiszewski (Poland) failed to arrive.

Heat details on next page... Wembley: World Championship European Final Saturday 31st August 1974 (continued)

Ht. 01: Olsen, Mauger, McMillan, Kuzmin, 70.2 Ht. 02: Lovaas, Gordeev, Autrey, Betts, 70.4 Ht. 03: Louis, Jancarz, Starostin, Jessup (ret), 70.2 Ht. 04: Collins, Plech, Krasnov, Chlinovski (fell), 70.0 Ht. 05: Betts, Boulger, Krasnov, Starostin, 72.4 Ht. 06: Olsen, Plech, Jancarz, Autrey (ret), 70.6 Ht. 07: Jessup, Collins, Lovaas, Kuzmin, 71.0 Ht. 08: Mauger, Gordeev, Chlinovski, Louis, 69.8 Ht. 09: Jessup, Chlinovski, Autrey, McMillan, 70.8 Ht. 10: Collins, Olsen, Louis, Betts, 70.0 Ht. 11: Gordeev, Plech, Kuzmin, Starostin, 70.8 Ht. 12: Mauger, Krasnov, Jancarz, Lovaas, 70.2 Ht. 13: Louis, Plech, Boulger, Lovaas (fell), 71.8 Ht. 14: Olsen, Jessup, Gordeev, Krasnov, 70.6 Ht. 15: Chlinovski, Betts, Jancarz, Kuzmin, 72.4 Ht. 16: Collins, Mauger, Starostin, Autrey, 73.6 Ht. 17: Gordeev, Collins, McMillan, Jancarz, 73.6 Ht. 18: Lovaas, Olsen, Chlinovski, Starostin, 74.0 Ht. 19: Louis, Krasnov, Autrey, Kuzmin, 73.8 Ht. 20: Mauger, Plech, Betts, Jessup, 74.2 Run-Off: (for 1st place) Collins, Olsen, Mauger, 71.2