1960 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained

The 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 15th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

The final was held on 17 September, in front of a 70,000 crowd at Wembley Stadium. In an extremely competitive final three riders tied for first place on 14 points before Ove Fundin won the ride off to claim his second world title. In the ride off Fundin defeated defending champion Ronnie Moore and former champion Peter Craven. Craven had earlier set a track record of 68.8 seconds in his first race.[7]

First Round

Qualification results.[8] [9]

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Norwegian qualifying

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1 15
2 Rolf Westerberg14
3 Thorbjorn Nygaard12
4 Reidar Kristoffersen10
5 Roger Steen10
6 Oddvar Kristiansen9
7 Arne Kristiansen9
8 Oystein Mellerud8
9 Tore Melbye 6
10 Roger Hansen 5
11 Sverre Harrfeldt5
12 Egil H. Kruke4
13 Gunnar Skjetne4
14 Egil Bratvold 2
15 Per Aulie 2
16 Svein Johnsen2
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Finnish qualifying

Swedish qualifying

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  • 1 May 1960
  • Gamla Speedway Track, Visby
  • Top 8 to Nordic qualification
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1 14
2 12
3 11
4 11
5 10
6 10
7 10
8 9
9 9
10 5
11 5
12 Inge Gustafsson 4
13 Thorvald Karlsson 4
14 Olle Andersson 4
15 1
16 Per-Åke Lundgren 1
17 Bengt Fransson 0
18 Jan Ekeroth 0
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1 15
2 13
3 11
4 10
5 10
6 10
7 9
8 Bengt Eriksson 7
9 7
10 Agnar Stenlund 6
11 Kjell Lutteman 6
12 4
13 4
14 Göran Carlsson 4
15 Thore Kindstrand 3
16 Per-Åke Lundgren 1
17 Åke Östblom 0
18 Jan Ekeroth 0

Continental quarter-finals

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22 MayJoachim Maj
22 MayStanislav Svoboda
22 MayPawel Waloszek
30 MayAntonín Kasper Sr.

Second round

British & Commonwealth qualifying

  • Top 64 riders to British second round
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2 JuneTink Maynard
4 JuneAlan Smith
4 JuneTony Robinson
6 JunePeter Vandenberg Nick Nicholls
10 JuneStan Stevens
10 JuneMaury Mattingley
11 JuneGil Goldfinch
11 JuneKen Adams
15 JuneAlan Kidd

Nordic Qualification

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1 14
2 12
3 13
4 11
5 10
6 9
7 9
8 9
9 Erik Kastebo 7
10 6
11 Kurt W. Petersen6
12 Arne Kristiansen4
13 3
14 3
15 Odvar Kristiansen 1
16 Öystein Mellerud 0
17 Curt Eldh dns
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  • 26 May 1960

Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki

  • Top 8 to Nordic final
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1 `3
2 12
3 12
4 10
5 10
6
7 9
8 9
9 Hans Hallberg 7
10 6
11 Kalevi Lahtinen 6
12 Thorbjörn Nygaar 5
13 5
14 Aluis Tuominen 4
15 Valle Seliverstov 2
16 Pertti Mikkola 0

Continental semi-final

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1 14
2 Jaroslav Volf 12
3 11
4 11
5 10
6 9
7 9
8 9
9 8
10 Kazimierz Bentke 7
11 Bohumil Rendek 6
12 5
13 Bernard Kasperak 5
14 2
15 Stefan Kępa 2
16 2
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  • 26 June
  • BBM Stadium, Munich
  • Top 8 to Continental final
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1 15
2 13
3 13
4 12
5 10
6 9
7 9
8 9
9 7
10 6
11 5
12 Józef Wieczorek4
13 Karel Prusa3
14 Alois Frach 3
15 Zdenek Rott 2
16 Fred Aberl 1
17 Edward Luther 0

Third round

  • Ove Fundin – seeded to European Final

British & Commonwealth Second round

  • To 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals
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2 July Ronnie Genz
2 July Mike Broadbank
4 July Alf Hagon
5 July Bryan Elliott
6 July Ron Johnston
7 July Jim Lightfoot
7 July Les McGillivray
8 July Jack Geran
9 July Les Owen
9 July Aub Lawson

Nordic Final

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1 14+3
2 14+2
3 13
4 12
5 10
6 10
7 9
8 9
9 6
10 5
11 5
12 4
13 3
14 2
15 2
16 2
R1 0

Continental Final

Fourth round

  • Ronnie Moore – seeded to World Final

British & Commonwealth semi finals

Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress to world final

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8 August Peter Craven Barry Briggs Eric Williams
13 AugustRon How Peter Moore Aub Lawson
13 August Peter Craven Ken McKinlay Bob Andrews
16 August Ken McKinlay Jack Young] Ron How
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1 30
2 Ron How28
3 28
4 Barry Briggs24
5 Peter Moore24
6 Jack Young24
7 23
8 Eric Williams23
9 23
10 22
11 20
12 19
13 17
14 15
15 15
16 15
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17 14
18 Split Waterman13
19 13
20 12
21 11
22 10
23 8
24 8
25 7
26 7
27 Neil Street7
28 Ronnie Genz5
29 5
30 Dick Fisher4
31 Ron Mountford4
32 3

European Final

World Final

See also

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. 7 July 2021.
  3. Web site: WORLD FINALS 1936-1994. Speedway Researcher. 7 July 2021.
  4. Web site: HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK. Speedway.org. 7 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 7 July 2021.
  6. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 7 July 2021.
  7. News: Ove Fundin Wins The 1960 World Speedway Title . Birmingham Daily Post . 19 September 1960 . 7 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
  8. Web site: 1960 World Championship . Metal Speedway . 19 January 2024.
  9. Web site: 1960 World Championship . Speedway.org . 19 January 2024.
  10. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.

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