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19810712 Overseas Final.Xlsx
London White City Season 1981 Compiled by Dave Allan First published May 2019 White City: World Championship Overseas Final Sunday 12th July 1981 TOT POS 1. Les Collins (Leicester & England) 3 0 2 1 1 7 11th (Qualified for Intercontinental Final as reserve) 2. Scott Autrey (Poole & U.S.A.) 1 0 2 0 1 4 3. Phil Herne (Leicester & Australia) 0 0 R R R 0 4. Michael Lee (King's Lynn & England) 2 2 0 2 3 9 6th = (Qualified for Intercontinental Final) 5. Ivan Mauger (Hull & New Zealand) 3 1 1 1 2 8 9th = (Qualified for Intercontinental Final) 6. Ian Cartwright (Halifax & England) 0 2 0 0 2 4 7. Chris Morton (Belle Vue & England) 2 1 3 2 3 11 2nd (Qualified for Intercontinental Final) 8. Steve Bastable (Swindon & England) 1 1 1 3 0 6 9. Bruce Penhall (Cradley Heath & U.S.A.) 3 2 2 3 FX 10 3rd (after RO) (Qualified for Intercontinental Final) 10. John Louis (Halifax & England) 0 1 2 3 3 9 6th = (Qualified for Intercontinental Final) 11. Larry Ross (Belle Vue & New Zealand) 2 3 3 1 0 9 6th = (Qualified for Intercontinental Final) 12. Danny Kennedy (Poole & Australia) 1 0 0 0 1 2 13. Kelly Moran (Eastbourne & U.S.A.) 1 3 1 2 3 10 4th (after RO) (Qualified for Intercontinental Final) 14. Dave Jessup (King's Lynn & England) 3 3 3 3 1 13 1st (Qualified for Intercontinental Final) 15. Dennis Sigalos (Ipswich & U.S.A.) 2 2 3 1 2 10 5th (after RO) (Qualified for Intercontinental Final) 16. -
World Finals 1936-1994
No Rider Name 1 2 3 4 5 Tot BP TOT No Rider Name 1 2 3 4 5 Tot BP TOT No Rider Name 1 2 3 4 5 Tot BP TOT 1 Dicky Case 1 0 3 1 2 7 9 16 7 Ginger Lees 2 0 1 0 1 4 7 11 13 Bob Harrison 0 0 2 0 3 5 10 15 2 Frank Charles 3 3 0 2 0 8 12 20 8 Bluey Wilkinson 3 3 3 3 3 15 10 25 14 Eric Langton 3 3 3 2 2 13 13 26 3 Wal Phillips 1 1 0 2 1 5 7 12 9 Cordy Milne 2 2 1 3 3 11 9 20 15 Vic Huxley 1 2 0 2 2 7 10 17 4 George Newton 0 0 3 1 0 4 12 16 10 Bill Pritcher 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 8 16 Morian Hansen 2 1 2 0 0 5 10 15 5 Jack Ormston 1 1 2 3 1 8 9 17 11 Lionel Van Praag 3 3 3 2 3 14 12 26 R17 Norman Parker 1 1 6 7 6 Arthur Atkinson 0 2 1 0 0 3 6 9 12 Jack Milne 1 2 1 0 2 6 9 15 R18 Blazer Hansen 0 5 5 HEAT No. RIDER NAME COL COMMENTS No. RIDER NAME COL COMMENTS No. RIDER NAME COL COMMENTS PTS 1 Dicky Case R 2 2 Frank Charles R 0 2 Frank Charles R 0 2 Frank Charles B 3 6 Arthur Atkinson B 1 8 Bluey Wilkinson B 3 1 9 17 3 Wal Phillips W 1 11 Lionel Van Praag W 3 10 Bill Pritcher W 1 73.60 4 George Newton Y Fell 0 76.60 16 Morian Hansen Y 2 78.60 15 Vic Huxley Y 2 5 Jack Ormston R 1 1 Dicky Case R 3 1 Dicky Case R 2 6 Arthur Atkinson B 0 5 Jack Ormston B 2 7 Ginger Lees B 1 2 10 18 7 Ginger Lees W 2 12 Jack Milne W 1 9 Cordy Milne W 3 77.20 8 Bluey Wilkinson Y 3 78.60 15 Vic Huxley Y 0 78.80 16 Morian Hansen Y 0 9 Cordy Milne R 2 2 Frank Charles R 2 3 Wal Phillips R 1 10 Bill Pritcher B 0 7 Ginger Lees B 1 6 Arthur Atkinson B 0 3 11 19 11 Lionel Van Praag W 3 12 Jack Milne (US) W 0 12 Jack Milne W 2 75.80 12 Jack Milne Y 1 76.80 14 Eric Langton Y 3 79.80 13 -
1980 Fixtures.Xlsx
SEASON 1980 U.K. SPEEDWAY RESULTS Compiled by DAVE ALLAN 15/03/1980 Berwick Workington Border Trophy L1 53-25 15/03/1980 Cradley Heath British League Select Challenge 40-37 15/03/1980 King's Lynn Supporters Trophy Individual Bo Petersen 15/03/1980 Coventry Birmingham Midland League 54-24 15/03/1980 Nottingham Nottingham v Peterborough v Oxford Three Team L1 38 v 38 v 32 16/03/1980 Boston Peterborough Challenge 51-27 17/03/1980 Newcastle Workington Border Trophy L1 Postponed Snow 17/03/1980 Birmingham Coventry Midland League Postponed Rain 17/03/1980 Reading Swindon Silver Spanner L1 37-41 19/03/1980 Nottingham Rye House Challenge Postponed Rain 20/03/1980 Sheffield Michael Ashley Whiting Trophy Best Pairs M. Taylor & P. Smith 20/03/1980 Wimbledon Spring Classic Individual John Davis 20/03/1980 Oxford Oxford v Peterborough v Nottingham Three Team L2 30 v 42 v 30 L3 not staged 21/03/1980 Workington Berwick Border Trophy L2 Postponed Snow 21/03/1980 Ellesmere Port Stoke Challenge 57-21 22/03/1980 Belle Vue Halifax FV Northern Trophy 42-35 22/03/1980 King's Lynn Hackney Gold Cup East 58-20 22/03/1980 Coventry Wolverhampton Midland League 44-34 22/03/1980 Cradley Heath Birmingham Midland League 55-23 22/03/1980 Berwick Oxford National League Postponed Snow 22/03/1980 Swindon Reading Silver Spanner L2 39-39 23/03/1980 Boston Mildenhall Challenge 47-31 24/03/1980 Newcastle Workington Border Trophy L1 Postponed Rain 24/03/1980 Birmingham Cradley Heath Challenge Postponed Rain 24/03/1980 Reading King's Lynn Gold Cup East Postponed Rain 26/03/1980 -
Tragedy - Kenny Carter by Tony Mcdonald
Book Extract: Tragedy - Kenny Carter By Tony McDonald Once again we're delighted to have teamed up with publishers Retro Speedway, who have produced the brand new Kenny Carter 272-page biography, entitled TRAGEDY. It is the harrowing story of the former England No.1 who shocked the speedway world by shooting his wife, Pam, and then turning the gun on himself at their Yorkshire farmhouse on May 21, 1986. Tragedy fully explores the complex, troubled man behind the face mask and reveals the personal heartbreak Carter endured in his sad youth and which no doubt had a bearing on the final, horrible act. Here is an extract from the book, which recalls the first of several very serious injuries Kenny suffered in his desperate attempt to reach the top... You can order TRAGEDY for £15.99 post-free in the UK from www.retro- speedway.com Kenny after snatching victory in the Dews trophy at Halifax from John Louis (left). Ian Cartwright was third. FACING THE PAIN IT was the worst crash they had witnessed at The Shay for many years. At one point, Bonnie Boothroyd, devoted wife of Halifax boss Eric, feared that the Dukes' number one rider had been killed. The night of Saturday, April 4 began ominously for Carter when he suffered an engine failure while leading Birmingham's new star signing Hans Nielsen in the first race. But it was about to get a whole lot worse for him when the respective number ones clashed again in heat 4. This time Kenny's partner, Craig Pendlebury, led from the gate, followed by Nielsen, but Carter was pushing him hard in a determined effort to join his Halifax team-mate at the front. -
Msa 2020 18 20 Speedway
Offroad I Historie – Speedway Weltfinale 1983 XXX Der entschei- dende Lauf- sieg: v. l. King, Maier, Sanders, Egon Müller Speedway-WM-Finale Norden 1983 Jahrhundertrennen Die Speedway-Welt hat te der Club wegen des hohen De- Penhall war nur als Promi-Zu- jedem Heat hatte Müller drei den 5. September 1983 fizits beinahe Insolvenz anmelden schauer vor Ort: Der glamouröse Gegner, und fast in jedem Heat und mit dem Verkauf des Stadions Amerikaner war nach seinem fuhr der holsteinische Showstar und das Stadion im ost- gerettet werden. zweiten WM-Sieg im Vorjahr in als Leader in die erste Kurve. In friesischen Norden längst Das Defizit entstand, obwohl Los Angeles zurückgetreten und Lauf 10 traf Müller auf Lands- vergessen. Aber den das Stadion am Renntag prall ge- ins Filmgeschäft gewechselt. mann Karl Maier und den deutschen Bahnsportfans füllt war. Offiziell wurden 45 000 Australier Billy Sanders. Sanders Zuschauer vermeldet; Insider Eigenhändiger Bahndienst war wie Müller noch ungeschla- wird das Datum immer in sprachen von 32 000, da viel Müller war also eigentlich Außen- gen, und der Sieg des Deutschen Erinnerung bleiben: Mit mehr offenbar auch gar nicht seiter, aber er hatte einen Vorteil: brachte die vorzeitige Entschei- Egon Müller wurde das hineinpassten. den Heimvorteil. Und den nutzte dung – obwohl zu diesem Zeit- einzige Mal ein Deutscher Die Fans wollten das erste er so aus, wie man eine Zitrone punkt noch nicht klar. In Heat 19 Weltfinale auf deutschem Boden bis zum letzten Tropfen aus- brauchte Egon Müller, immer Speedway-Weltmeister. sehen, und die meisten waren quetscht. Tagelang fuhr er vor noch ungeschlagen, zwei Punkte wegen der zwei deutschen Fahrer dem Finaltag, unterstützt von zum Titel, er musste also gegen Von: Thomas Schiffner gekommen: wegen Karl Maier, Nordens Clubchef Franz Arens, Mitch Shirra, Hans Nielsen und vor allem aber wegen Egon Mül- Tests mit verschiedenen GM-Mo- Tony Kasper nicht einmal gewin- ler, damals 34 Jahre alt. -
Report IND H20 + 3RO (Riders 16+4).Xlsx
Wembley Season 1981 Compiled by Dave Allan First published June 2019 Wembley: World Championship Final Saturday 5th September 1981 TOT POS 1. Edward Jancarz (Poland) 1 1 1 1 1 5 2. Tommy Knudsen (Denmark) 3 2 2 2 3 12 3rd (after RO) 3. Ole Olsen (Denmark) 2 2 3 2 3 12 2nd (after RO) 4. Larry Ross (New Zealand) 0 E 1 3 0 4 5. Kenny Carter (England) 3 2 3 R 3 11 6. Zenon Plech (Poland) F 0 2 1 0 3 7. Egon Muller (West Germany) 1 1 3 2 2 9 8. Chris Morton (England) 2 1 1 1 0 5 9. Michael Lee (England) 0 3 2 0 F 5 10. Erik Gundersen (Denmark) 2 3 0 3 3 11 11. Bruce Penhall (U.S.A.) 3 3 3 3 2 14 1st 12. Jan Andersson (Sweden) 1 2 1 3 2 9 13. Ales Dryml (Czechoslovakia) 0 0 2 0 1 3 14. Jiri Stancl (Czechoslovakia) 1 1 0 0 1 3 15. Hans Nielsen (Denmark) 2 0 0 2 2 6 16. Dave Jessup (England) 3 3 R R 1 7 17. Henryk Olszak (res.) (Poland) 0 0 18. Preben Eriksen (res.) (Denmark) Did not ride Heat details on next page... Wembley: World Championship Final Saturday 5th September 1981 (continued) Ht. 01: Knudsen, Olsen, Jancarz, Ross, 67.6 Ht. 02: Carter, Morton, Muller, Plech (fell), 67.2 Ht. 03: Penhall, Gundersen, Andersson, Lee, 67.1 Ht. 04: Jessup, Nielsen, Stancl, Dryml, 68.1 Ht. 05: Lee, Carter, Jancarz, Dryml, 67.5 Ht. -
Steve Metcalf
Dream Team : Steve Metcalf First taken to the Shay, Halifax by my girlfriend in 1969 and was hooked immediately (by the racing not the girlfriend) followed the Dukes to Bradford until the sad demise. I tried Sheffield after moving down there to live, but it was not the same. Tend to watch on Sky now, but I am still tempted to return one day. Carter Jonsson Kenny Carter who else could it be? Got to know him briefly when I tried to get the company I worked for to sponsor him, and everything everybody else has said about him is true. Could be arrogant and self centred, but could also be great company. At his peak he was a genius, I will never forget going to Hyde Road when Chris Morton was red hot, and Kenny just destroyed him. Sadly missed. Doug Wyer Came to us probably past his peak, but seeing him beat the best in the world from the gate was worth the admission money (unfortunately he was just as likely to be last going into turn 3 after a lightning gate, until he got his equipment sorted out). Always entertaining and on his day could save a meeting for us. Per Jonsson I've included Per in my team, not just because he was a fantastic rider, but for the memory of seeing him take Gary Havelock and Joe Screen from the back at Odsal when they were trying to team ride him out. Havvy and Screeny were at the peak of their form and were "Kings" of Odsal but Per went high on the banking on turn 3, picked up tremendous speed and went through a gap that just wasn't there. -
TIME WORLD FINAL What Would Happen If We
ALL TIME WORLD FINAL What would happen if we could line up all the greatest speedway riders from the different eras at the peak of their form? Who would be the ultimate World Champion? Of course this is impossible to answer but the one thing we do have are the statistics and, as a statistician, this question has fascinated me back to when I first started going to speedway in the 80s. There are several ways to look at the numbers and arguably a couple of riders have genuine claims to be the number 1 depending on how you look at things. I have attempted to reflect 'peak' form over a sensible period which does not overly reward those with long careers or unjustly punish those stars who shone only relatively briefly at the top level. I have included the Star Riders Finals, of the pre-1936 World Final years, and ‘British Championship’ meetings, when the official world final competitions were suspended due to the war; but have done so at a reduced level compared to ‘full’ finals. Also I have tried to adjust for incidents such as falls and engine failures which don't reflect a rider's actual scoring power at the time and also races such as Sam Ermolenko's last place in 1993 when he was already confirmed as champion so the result did not matter. Further I have tried to give the best adjustment between the GP results and the scoring of the old one-off finals so as not to give an advantage or disadvantage to those who competed under the differing formats. -
Wembley Arena Lada Indoor Internationals 1979-1983
Wembley Arena Lada Indoor Internationals 1979-1983 Compiled by Dave Allan First published August 2019 WEMBLEY ARENA RESULTS SUMMARY 1979 Lada Indoor International: Ivan Mauger 1980 Great Britain Select 40 - 38 Rest Of The World Select King Of The Concrete Wembley Arena Match Race Knock-Out: Kenny Carter Devil Take The Hindmost: Colin Richardson 1981 Peter Collins' Lions 32 - 45 Bruce Penhall's World Select King Of The Concrete Wembley Arena Match Race Knock-Out: Jan Andersson Devil Take The Hindmost: Finn Thomsen 1982 Kenny Carter's Lions 37 - 40 World Champions Select Lada World Champions Speedway Series Indoor Championship: Jan Andersson Queen Of Wembley International Match Race Series: Bobbi Hunter 1983 Kenny Carter's Lions 38 - 40 Egon Muller's World Select Lada World Champions Speedway Series Indoor Championship: Jan Andersson Wembley Arena: Lada Indoor International Sunday 2nd December 1979 TOT POS 1. Anders Michanek (Sweden) 3 2 F FN N 5 2. Dennis Sigalos (U.S.A.) 1 F N N N 1 3. Roger Johns (England) 0 1 F N N 1 4. Zenon Plech (Poland) 2 2 2 1 1 8 5. Bobby Schwartz (U.S.A.) F 1 2 1 2 6 6. Joe Owen (England) 3 2 1 3 1 10 7. Gordon Kennett (England) 2 2 1 1 X 6 8. Edward Jancarz (Poland) 1 3 1 2 1 8 9. Kenny Carter (England) 0 0 3 F FN 3 10. Jim McMillan (Scotland) 3 1 3 3 2 12 2nd 11. Ivan Mauger (New Zealand) 2 3 2 3 3 13 1st 12. -
The Story of the World Championship
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP THE STORY OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Heat 14 of the 1982 individual World Final is still being hotly debated by supporters today, some 30 years after Bruce Penhall and Kenny Carter clashed in their brutal battle in the Los Angeles Coliseum. It was the race that effectively decided the destiny of the 1982 title race ŝŶWĞŶŚĂůů͛ƐĨĂǀŽƵƌ͘͘͘ĂŶĚƐŵĂƐŚĞĚƚŚĞŚŽƉĞƐŽĨŶŐůŝƐŚƐƚĂƌƐĂƌƚĞƌĂŶĚ>ĞƐŽůůŝŶƐ͘ Collins, who went into the first ever final to be staged outside of Europe as the new Inter-Continental Champion, continued where he had left off in Vetlanda by defeating the heavily fancied pre-meeting favourite Penhall in their opening race. Collins, for once emerging from ƚŚĞƐŚĂĚŽǁŽĨŚŝƐďŝŐďƌŽƚŚĞƌWĞƚĞƌŽŶƚŚĞƐƉŽƌƚ͛ƐďŝŐŐĞƐƚŶŝŐŚƚŽĨƚŚĞLJĞĂƌ͕ĂĐƚƵĂůůLJŚĂĚƚŚĞĂƵĚĂĐŝƚLJĂŶĚƐŬŝůůƚŽƌĞ-pass Penhall to win a breathtaking fourth heat that set LA alight. With Carter making light work of a badly bruised lung sustained in a bad crash at Ipswich a few weeks earlier, hopes were high among the Brits that Penhall would be denied a second consecutive world title. But then it all unravelled in a dramatic Heat 14, the fourth round of races under the old 20-heat, one-off World Championship formula. It pitched the unbeaten Carter against Penhall, who had won his second and third outings to set up a crucial encounter that no scriptwriter in nearby Hollywood could ever have imagined. ,ĂůŝĨĂdž͛Ɛ͚<ŝŶŐ<ĞŶŶLJ͛ĂŶĚƌĂĚůĞLJ,ĞĂƚŚ͛Ɛ͛:ƵŝĐLJƌƵĐŝĞ͛ŚĂĚďĞĞŶĂƚůŽŐŐĞƌŚĞĂĚƐĨŽƌŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶĂLJĞĂƌ͕ƐŝŶĐĞĂŶĞdžƉůŽƐŝǀĞƐĐrap during the 1981 Overseas Final at London White City ĞŶĚĞĚǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŵďŽƚŚŽŶƚŚĞĚĞĐŬ͘ĂƌƚĞƌŚĂĚďĞĞŶŶŐůĂŶĚ͛ƐŚŝŐŚĞƐƚƉůĂĐĞĚĨŝŶŝƐŚĞƌŝŶƚŚĞ͛ϴϭ World Final at Wembley, where Penhall was crowned champion for the first time, so the Yorkshire tyke sensed that his time had come for revenge over his American nemesis. He was desperate, perhaps too desperate. -
Fim Speedway World Cup/ Speedway of Nations
FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (1960-93) FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP (1994-2017) FIM SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS (2018- ) Year Posn Nation Riders Points 1960 1. Sweden (1st) Ove Fundin, Björn Knutsson, Olle Nygren, Rune Sörmander 44 2. UK Peter Craven, Ken McKinlay, Ron How, George White, 30 Nigel Boocock 3. Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Sr., Luboš Tomíček, Jaroslav Machač, 15 František Richter 4. Poland Marian Kaiser, Mieczysław Polukard, Konstanty Pociejkowski, 7 Jan Malinowski, Bronisław Rogal 1961 1. Poland (1st) Marian Kaiser, Henryk Zyto, Florian Kapala, 32 Stanisław Tkocz, Mieczysław Polukard 2. Sweden Ove Fundin, Rune Sörmander, Björn Knutsson, 31 Per-Tage Svensson 3. UK Peter Craven, Bob Andrews, Ken McKinlay, Ron How 21 4. Czechoslovakia Antonín Kasper Sr., Luboš Tomíček, Bohumil Bartonek, 12 Stanislav Svoboda 1962 1. Sweden (2nd) Ove Fundin, Björn Knutsson, Rune Sörmander, Göte Nordin, 36 Sören Sjösten 2. UK Peter Craven, Ron How, Cyril Maidment, Ronnie Moore (NZ), 24 Barry Briggs (NZ) 3. Poland Marian Kaiser, Florian Kapała, Joachim Maj, Paweł Waloszek, 20 Mieczysław Polukard 4. Czechoslovakia Luboš Tomíček, Jaroslav Volf, Bedřich Slaný, Karel Prusa Sr. 16 1963 1. Sweden (3rd) Ove Fundin, Björn Knutsson, Rune Sörmander, Göte Nordin, 37 Per Sörmander 2. Czechoslovakia Antonín Kaspar Sr., Stanislav Kubiček, Miroslav Smidl, 27 Luboš Tomiček 3. UK Peter Craven, Dick Fisher, Leo McAuliffe, Barry Briggs (NZ), 25 Ronnie Moore (NZ) 4. Poland Marian Kaiser, Stanisław Tkocz, Andrzej Pogorzecki, 7 Henryk Zyto, Joachim Maj 1964 1. Sweden (4th) Ove Fundin, Björn Knutsson, Rune Sörmander, Göte Nordin, 34 Sören Sjösten 2. USSR Igor Plechanov, Gennady Kurilenko, Yury Chekranov, 25 Boris Samodorov 3. -
Motorcycle Speedway
Bringing Motorcycle Speedway Back to Canberra Version September 2012 http://www.canberrabullsspeedway.org.au/ 2 3 4 Bulls Roar! Motorcycle speedway racing attracts an unusually eclectic mix of spectator types, from the “rev- heads”, who live on the smell of burnt methanol and know every detail of the technology of the sports, to sports tragics who support every team that has the Canberra logo on its uniform, to youngsters who just love the thrills and spills of the racing. In a recent letter of support, Formula One racing driver Mark Webber wrote: “I have many fond memories of growing up in Queanbeyan and heading to Tralee Stadium dur- ing the speedway season, and watching the fantastic racing of the Canberra Bulls. The Bulls cer- tainly were an important part of Canberra's motorsports scene and I believe this has sadly de- clined since Tralee closed its doors”. Competitors generally learn to ride speedway bikes, which are highly specialised and have no gears or brakes, in their early teens, so at one extreme, speedway can provide a very useful and educational distrac- tion for teenagers (of both sexes), and at the other end of the scale it can be the beginnings of a very lucrative and exciting career as a professional speedway rider. Mark Webber again: “Learning motor sports as a kid has afforded me huge opportunities in life and I have been fortu- nate enough …. to be able to enjoy a successful career within the sport”. Speedway World Champion, Jason Crump, from Mildura, races in the British, Swedish and Polish Speedway Leagues, and is one of Australia’s highest earning sports stars.