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. 06: Gundersen, Knudsen, Stancl, Plech, 66.8 (NTR) Ht. 07: Penhall, Olsen, Muller, Nielsen, 68.1 Ht. 08: (rerun) Jessup, Andersson, Morton, Olszak, Ross (exc, tapes), 67.4 Ht. 09: Penhall, Plech, Jancarz, Jessup (ret), 67.4 Ht. 10: Carter, Knudsen, Andersson, Nielsen, 68.0 Ht. 11: Olsen, Lee, Morton, Stancl, 67.8 Ht. 12: Muller, Dryml, Ross, Gundersen, 68.2 Ht. 13: Andersson, Muller, Jancarz, Stancl, 67.6 Ht. 14: Penhall, Knudsen, Morton, Dryml, 68.0 Ht. 15: Gundersen, Olsen, Jessup (ret), Carter (ret), 67.9 Ht. 16: Ross, Nielsen, Plech, Lee, 68.1 Ht. 17: Gundersen, Nielsen, Jancarz, Morton, 67.6 Ht. 18: Knudsen, Muller, Jessup, Lee (fell), 68.9 Ht. 19: Olsen, Andersson, Dryml, Plech, 68.3 Ht. 20: Carter, Penhall, Stancl, Ross, 67.6 Run-Off: (for 2nd place) Olsen, Knudsen, 67.9 Results compiled from video footage & Speedway Star. This was the final meeting to be staged at Wembley Stadium..