1970 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained

The 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 25th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Ivan Mauger became the first rider to win the title in three consecutive years, his five ride 15 point maximum took him to third in the all time list behind Ove Fundin and Barry Briggs. The Poles Paweł Waloszek and Antoni Woryna took silver and bronze respectively in their home nation at the Olympic Stadium.[7]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed again for the 1970 event. This time the Polish riders were allowed six places in the World Final to be held in Poland. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 10 riders for the World Final.

First round

Qualification results.[8] [9]

Swedish qualifying

26 April, Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla
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1 15
2 12
3 Therje Henriksson 11
4 10
5 Lennart Michanek 10
6 10
7 9
8 Bengt Svensson 8
9 7
10 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 6
11 Inge Gustafsson 5
12 5
13 Anders Jansson 3
14 Yngve Nilsson 3
15 Kenneth Selmosson 3
16 Börje Olsson 1
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1 14
2 14
3 13
4 12
5 Lars Jansson 10
6 Tommy Bergqvist 9
7 Bo Magnusson 9
8 Rolf Johansson 7
9 Hans Hallberg 6
10 Dirk van der Voet 6
11 Benny Lundström 5
12 Håkan Karlsson 4
13 Torbjörn Karlsson3
14 Börje Melin 3
15 Sune Stark 3
16 Roger Gullbrandsgård 2
3 May, Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda
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1 15
2 14
3 Sven-Inge Svensson 12
4 Sven Sigurd 10
5 10
6 Bengt Andersson 9
7 Karl-Erik Claesson9
8 Leif Johansson 8
9 8
10 Sigvard Johansson 7
11 Egon Stengarn 5
12 Per Sjöholm 3
13 Nils Ringström 3
14 Curt Nyqvist 3
15 Sonny Widergren 2
16 Torbjörn Runesson 1
17 Lars-Göran Däldebring 0
22 May, Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping
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1 15
2 14
3 13
4 12
5 10
6 Hans Johansson9
7 Runo Wedin 9
8 Käll Haage 8
9 Göran Jansson8
10 Anders Jansson8
11 Leif Söderberg 5
12 Lars Jennefors 4
13 Lars Åhnström1
14 Benny Ekberg 1
15 Olle Åhnström 0

British/Commonwealth qualifying

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25 AprilPeter Vandenberg
25 AprilTerry Betts
25 AprilHyde Road, Manchester Cyril Maidment
27 AprilRick Timmo
27 AprilMartin Ashby
28 AprilWest Ham Stadium, London Charlie Monk
28 AprilGraham Plant
29 AprilGordon Guasco
30 AprilWimbledon Stadium, London Trevor Hedge
30 AprilNigel Boocock
30 AprilTony Clarke
1 MayNorman Hunter
1 MayHackney Wick Stadium, London Jimmy Gooch
1 MayJim McMillan
1 MayJim Airey
2 MayRay Wilson
2 MayEric Boocock
2 MayJack Biggs
13 MayRick France

Second round

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Norwegian qualifying

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1 15
2 14
3 Edgar Stangeland 12
4 Per Aulie 12
5 Dag Lövaas 11
6 Einar Egedius 8
7 Nils Otto Haraldsen 7
8 Jon Hovind 7
9 Hans Olav Schia6
10 Kjell Ttomas Skjäveland 5
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Finnish qualifying (top 7)

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1 Kalevi Lahtinen 8+816
2 Matti Olin 6+612
3 4+15
4 Jorma Taipale 0+44
5 Olavi Turunen 1+34
6 Reima Lohkovuori 2+24
7 Jouko Naskali 3+03

Swedish semi-finals

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1 14
2 14
3 14
4 Bengt Larsson12
5 10
6 Käll Haage 10
7 Lars Jansson10
8 9
9 9
10 Sven-Inge Svensson5
11 Karl-Erik Claesson 5
12 Rolf Johansson 4
13 Sigvard Johansson 4
14 Hans Johansson 3
15 1
16 Bo Magnusson 0
17 Egon Stengarn (res)0
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width=25pxPos. width=200pxRider width=40pxPoints
1 14
2 14
3 13
4 12
5 10
6 Therje Henriksson9
7 9
8 Jan Simensen9
9 Bengt Svensson6
10 Christer Löfqvist6
11 Tommy Bergqvist 5
12 Runo Wedin5
13 Sven Sigurd 3
14 3
15 Per-Åke Gerhardsson (res) 2
16 Lennart Michanek 1
17 Bengt Andersson 1

Continental qualifying

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9 May Peter Liebing
10 May Jaroslav Volf Viktor Trofimov
10 May Jochen Dinse
10 May Jürgen Hehlert

British/Commonwealth semi-finals

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1 15
2 14
3 12
4 Nigel Boocock10
5 Trevor Hedge10
6 Terry Betts10
7 9
8 Arnie Haley9
9 Bob Kilby8
10 Reg Luckhurst5
11 George Hunter4
12 Bill Andrew (res)4
13 Wayne Briggs3
14 Cyril Maidment2
15 John Dews2
16 Rick Timmo2
17 Jack Biggs1
18 Gordon Guasco2
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1 13
2 11
3 Ray Wilson11
4 Roy Trigg10
5 Charlie Monk10
6 Chris Pusey10
7 John Boulger9
8 Martin Ashby9
9 Bob Andrews8
10 Tommy Roper8
11 Les Sharpe7
12 Ken McKinlay4
13 Eric Boocock3
14 Tony Clarke3
15 Colin MCKee2
16 Colin Pratt2

Third round

Continental semi-finals

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1 15
2 11
3 10
4 10
5 10
6 9
7 9
89
9 8
10 8
11 Jaroslav Volf 5
12 5
13 5
14 Hans Martens 2
15 1
16 0
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1 14
2 12
3 11
4 11
5 10
6 10
7 10
89
9 7
10 6
11 5
12 4
13 4
14 1
15 dns
16 dns

British/Commonwealth Final

Nordic Final

Fourth round

British Nordic Final

Continental Final

Fifth round

European Final

Polish qualifying

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1 614121312861372
2 9121161211121371
3 81291414510968
4 Antoni Woryna95141081210563
5 1293996127 58
6 1112811673 ns 58
7 7797101211ns 56
8 61110866ns13 54
9 104898776 49
10 745979111 48
11 7383ns710+0 38
12 64530116ns 35
13 8845ns504 34
14 07705nsns12 31
15 Piotr Bruzda72217535 29
16 Stanisław Tkocz54593nsnsns 26
17 nsnsnsnsns251118
18 nsnsnsnsns65ns11
19 nsnsnsnsnsns3710
20 nsnsnsns8nsnsns8
21 nsnsnsnsnsnsns88

World Final

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. 9 July 2021.
  3. Web site: WORLD FINALS 1936-1994. Speedway Researcher. 9 July 2021.
  4. Web site: HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK. Speedway.org. 9 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 9 July 2021.
  6. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 9 July 2021.
  7. News: Champion Ivan makes History . 7 September 1970 . Newcastle Journal . 9 July 2021. 12 . The British Newspaper Archive.
  8. Web site: 1970 World Championship . Metal Speedway . 20 January 2024.
  9. Web site: 1970 World Championship . Speedway.org . 20 January 2024.
  10. Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing.

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