1957 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained

The 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 12th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

The event was sponsored by the Sunday Dispatch and the attendance was 51,000. New Zealander Barry Briggs won the title after a ride off against defending champion Ove Fundin after the pair tied on 14 points after five rides each. In the ride off Fundin took the lead before Briggs forced his way to the front and with a lap to go Fundin lost control and crashed into the safety fence. Briggs duly won the £500 first prize with Fundin bruised but collecting £200. Peter Craven won the bronze and £100 after another ride off for third place.[7]

Qualifying

Qualification started in 1956.[8] [9]

Stage 1

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Norwegian qualification

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1 Aage Hansen15
2 Rolf Westerberg14
3 Reidar Kristoffersen13
4 Nils Paulsen12
5 Erling Simonsen11
6 Odd Johansen10
7 Arne Kristiansen9
8 Roger Steen 9
9 Gunnar Dyrseth7
10 Oddbjorn Blaasmo 5
11 Thorbjorn Nygaard 4
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Finnish qualification

  • 7 October 1956
  • Turku Hippodrome, Turku
  • Top 8 to Nordic qualification 1957

Swedish qualification

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1 14
2 14
3 11
4 10
5 10
6 Lars Pettersson 10
7 9
8 Kjell Wårenius 7
9 Bernt Nilsson 7
10 Roger Forsberg 7
11 Evert Andersson5
12 5
13 Thorsten Carlsson 5
14 Roland Krantz 4
15 Bo Sandin 2
16 Nils Johansson 0
17 Per-Åke Lundgren 0
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1 15
2 11
3 Bengt Eriksson 11
4 Bertil Carlsson II10
5 Olle Andersson IV 9
6 8+3
7 8+2
8 8+1
9 Allan Nilsson 8+0
10 Thorvald Karlsson 7
11 Rune Claesson 6
12 Kaj Forsberg 6
13 5
14 Gunnar Johansson 3
15 2
16 2

Stage 2

Nordic qualification

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1 15
2 11
3 11
4 Bertil Carlsson II 10
5 10
6 10
7 9
8 Bengt Eriksson 9
9 Olle Andersson IV 8
10 8
11 Erik Kastebo5
12 Erling Simonsen 4
13 Arne Kristiansen 4
14 Erik Wincentz 3
15 Fred Carlsen 1
16 Svend Nissen 1
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  • 26 May 1957
  • Kärpänen speedway track, Lahti
  • Top 8 to Nordic final
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1 13
2 13
3 Lars Pettersson 12
4 12
5 11
6 11
7 8
8 8
9 Roger Steen 6
10 Raimo Kivinen 6
11 5
12 Erkki Ala-Sippola 5
13 Pertti Mikkola 5
14 3
15 Esko Koponen 2
16 Kalevi Lahtinen 0

Continental round

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1 15
2 14
3 Andrzej Krzesinski 13
4 10
5 10
6 10
7 8
8 7
9 Tony Kroeze6
10 6
11 6
12 5
13 4
14 3
15 2
16 Thei Bishops 1
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1 14
2 13.5
3 12
4 10.5
5 9
6 9
7 9
8 Milan Spinka8
9 7
10 Richard Janicek 7
11 7
12 Valentin Unterköfler 5
13 Jaroslav Machac 4
14 Erich Sidlo 2
15 Hans Sidlo 2
16 Franz Schenk 0

Stage 3

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Nordic Final

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1 14
2 13
3 12
4 11
5 11
6 10
7 10
8 7
9 7
10 7
11 6
12 5
13 3
14 2
15 2
16 0
17 dnr
18 dnr
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Continental Final

  • 23 June 1957
  • Stadion Wien, Vienna
  • First 8 to European Final
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1 15
2 12
3 11
4 10
5 10
6 10
7 10
8 9
9 8
10 Jaroslav Volf 7
11 5
12 5
13 4
14 2
15 1
16 0
17 0
18 dnr
19 dnr

British & Commonwealth qualifying

  • Top 32 qualify for British & Commonwealth semi-final.[10]
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13 July Ron Johnston
13 July Brian Crutcher
13 July Ken McKinlay
13 July Ian Williams
15 July Peter Craven
16 July Brian Crutcher
18 July Cyril Roger
18 July Jack Geran
19 July Ken McKinlay

Stage 4

British/Commonwealth semi-final

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  • 24 August 1958
  • Hyde Road, Manchester
  • First 5 to World final
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1 Peter Craven13
2 13
3 Ian Williams12
4 Aub Lawson12
5 Ron How11
6 10
7 10
8 9
9 7
10 6
11 5
12 5
13 Maurice McDermott3
14 Arthur Forrest3
15 1
16 1
17 0
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  • 24 August 1958
  • Brandon Stadium, Coventry
  • First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve
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1 Bob Roger14
2 14
3 Barry Briggs13
4 12
5 Jack Geran11
6 10
7 9
8 7
9 7
10 6
11 5
12 5
13 Jim Lightfoot4
14 Peter Moore3
15 2
16 0

European Final

  • 7 July 1957
  • Växjö Motorstadion, Växjö
  • Ove Fundin seeded to World final
  • First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve
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1 Rune Sörmander14
2 13
3 Josef Hofmeister12
4 Olle Nygren11
5 Aage Hansen11
6 9
7 9
8 7
9 6
10 6
11 5
12 4
13 Joel Jansson3
14 Nils Paulsen3
15 2
16 2
17 2
  • Note: Olle Nygren injured and replaced by Dan Forsberg in final

World final

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1 (3,2,3,3,3)14+3
2 (3,3,2,3,3)14+2
3 (2,1,3,2,3)11+3
4 Aub Lawson(3,3,1,2,2)11+2
5 (1,3,3,1,3) 11+1
6 (3,2,1,1,2) 9
7 (0,0,3,3,2) 8
8 (2,1,2,2,1) 8
9 (1,2,0,3,1) 7
10 (1,3,1,1,1) 7
11 (1,2,2,0,2) 7
12 (0,0,2,2,0) 4
13 (2,1,0,1,0) 4
14 (2,0,1,0,0) 3
15 Dan Forsberg(0,1,0,0,1) 2
16 Josef Hofmeister(0,0,0,0,0) 0
R1 did not ride-
R2 did not ride-

Classification

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: Oakes, Peter. 1981 Speedway Yearbook. 1981. 20–21. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. 0-86215-017-5.
  2. Web site: World Championship 1936-1994. Edinburgh Speedway. 5 July 2021.
  3. Web site: WORLD FINALS 1936-1994. Speedway Researcher. 5 July 2021.
  4. Web site: HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK. Speedway.org. 5 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 5 July 2021.
  6. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 5 July 2021.
  7. News: Speedway ace crashes in Final battle . Weekly Dispatch London . 22 September 1957 . 6 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  8. Web site: 1957 World Championship . Metal Speedway . 18 January 2024.
  9. Web site: 1957 World Championship . Speedway.org . 18 January 2024.
  10. News: Hunters beaten . Leicester Evening Mail . 1 July 1957 . 13 January 2024 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  11. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.

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