1958 Swedish speedway season explained

1958 Swedish speedway season
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The 1958 Swedish speedway season was the 1958 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden.[1] [2]

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1958 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 3 October in Stockholm. Rune Sörmander won the Swedish Championship for the second time.[3] [4] [5]

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1 Dackarna 15
2 Monarkerna13+3
3 Kaparna 13+2
4 Per-Olof SödermanVargarna11
5 Vargarna9
6 Allan NilssonDackarna8
7 Vargarna 8
8 Filbyterna 6
9 Göran NorlénMonarkerna 6
10 Monarkerna 6
11 Dackarna 6
12 Thorvald KarlssonDackarna 5
13 Filbyterna 5
14 Vargarna 5
15 Vargarna 3
16 Filbyterna1
17 Getingarna0
18 Getingarnadns

Junior Championship

The 1958 season saw the introduction of the first edition of the Junior Championship. The event was won by Agnar Stenlund.[6] [7]

Team

Team Championship

Dackarna won division 1 for the second consecutive season and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship. The team retained the 1957 Championship winning rider and Swedish champion Rune Sörmander.[8] [9]

The league increased to two divisions and ten teams following the admission of Örnarna and Folkare and the addition of two B sides in Filbyterna and Dackarna.[10]

Örnarna won the second division.[11]

Div 1
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114
214
310
410
56
62
Div 2
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1Örnarna12
2Filbyterna B10.5
3Dackarna B 10.5
47

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swedish speedway season by season . Speedway.org . 18 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results . WWOS Backup . 18 March 2023.
  3. Book: Oakes, Peter . 1981 Speedway Yearbook . 1981 . 85 . Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd . 0-86215-017-5.
  4. Book: Bott, Richard . The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. 1980. 101. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd . 0-09-141751-1.
  5. Web site: Swedish Individual Championship . Speedway History . 18 March 2023.
  6. Web site: Swedish Speedway Junior Championship . Speedway History . 18 March 2023.
  7. Web site: Individual Swedish Junior Championships . Speedway Fansite . 18 March 2023.
  8. Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015 . Speedway History . 18 March 2023.
  9. Web site: Swedish Bauhaus Elite League . Speedway Fan Site . 18 March 2023.
  10. Web site: Vargarna 1958 . formula2.se . 18 March 2023.
  11. Web site: 1958 . Speedway.org . 18 March 2023.