London White City Season 1980 Compiled by Dave Allan First published May 2019 White City: World Championship Intercontinental Final Sunday 3rd August 1980 TOT POS 1. Chris Morton (Belle Vue & England) 2 1 3 3 3 12 1st (after RO) (Qualified for World Final) 2. Peter Collins (Belle Vue & England) 0 3 2 2 0 7 10th (Qualified for World Final) 3. Kai Niemi (Eastbourne & Finland) 3 2 2 1 3 11 4th (after RO) (Qualified for World Final) 4. Hans Nielsen (Wolverhampton & Denmark) 1 1 FX 3 3 8 9th (Qualified for World Final) 5. Bruce Penhall (Cradley Heath & U.S.A.) 3 3 1 3 2 12 2nd (after RO) (Qualified for World Final) 6. Mitch Shirra (Coventry & New Zealand) 0 1 0 0 0 1 7. Ole Olsen (Coventry & Denmark) 1 1 2 1 1 6 11th (after RO) (Qualified for World Final as reserve) 8. Dave Jessup (King's Lynn & England) 2 3 R 3 1 9 6th = (Qualified for World Final) 9. John Davis (Reading & England) 1 2 3 1 2 9 6th = (Qualified for World Final) 10. Bent Rasmussen (King's Lynn & Denmark) 0 0 FX R N 0 11. Scott Autrey (Swindon & U.S.A.) 3 0 2 0 1 6 12th (after RO) 12. John Louis (Ipswich & England) 2 0 0 0 1 3 13. Michael Lee (King's Lynn & England) 3 0 3 1 2 9 6th = (Qualified for World Final) 14. Ivan Mauger (Hull & New Zealand) 0 2 1 2 0 5 15. Billy Sanders (Ipswich & Australia) 1 3 3 2 2 11 3rd (after RO) (Qualified for World Final) 16. Finn Thomsen (Hackney & Denmark) 2 2 1 2 3 10 5th (Qualified for World Final) 17. Dennis Sigalos (Hull & U.S.A.) Did not ride 18. Ila Teromaa (Cradley Heath & Finland) Did not ride 19. Gordon Kennett (Eastbourne & England) 0 0 Heat details on next page... White City: World Championship Intercontinental Final Sunday 3rd August 1980 (continued) Ht. 01: Niemi, Morton, Nielsen, Collins, 71.0 Ht. 02: Penhall, Jessup, Olsen, Shirra, 70.6 Ht. 03: Autrey, Louis, Davis, Rasmussen, 71.4 Ht. 04: Lee, Thomsen, Sanders, Mauger, 71.1 Ht. 05: Penhall, Davis, Morton, Lee, 70.4 Ht. 06: Collins, Mauger, Shirra, Rasmussen, 71.4 Ht. 07: Sanders, Niemi, Olsen, Autrey, 70.8 Ht. 08: Jessup, Thomsen, Nielsen, Louis, 70.5 Ht. 09: Morton, Autrey, Thomsen, Shirra, 70.5 Ht. 10: Sanders, Collins, Penhall, Louis, 70.6 Ht. 11: Davis, Niemi, Mauger, Jessup (ret), 71.2 Ht. 12: (rerun) Lee, Olsen, Nielsen (f, exc), Rasmussen (f, exc), 70.7 Ht. 13: Morton, Mauger, Olsen, Louis, 71.2 Ht. 14: Jessup, Collins, Lee, Autrey, 70.8 Ht. 15: Penhall, Thomsen, Niemi, Rasmussen (ret), 71.2 Ht. 16: Nielsen, Sanders, Davis, Shirra, 71.9 Ht. 17: Morton, Sanders, Jessup, Kennett, 71.3 Ht. 18: Thomsen, Davis, Olsen, Collins, 71.6 Ht. 19: Niemi, Lee, Louis, Shirra, 71.3 Ht. 20: Nielsen, Penhall, Autrey, Mauger, 72.1 Run-Off: (for 11th place) Olsen, Autrey, 71.8 Run-Off: (for 3rd place) Sanders, Niemi, 71.6 Run-Off: (for 1st place) Morton, Penhall, 71.2 Results compiled from marked programme & Speedway Star..