1974 Individual Speedway World Championship Explained

The 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 29th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Sweden's own Anders Michanek scored a 15-point maximum to claim his only Individual world title in front of a capacity crowd at the Ullevi stadium in Göteborg. Four time champion Ivan Mauger finished second on 11 points after winning a run-off with Swede Sören Sjösten who also scored 11. With the defending champion Jerzy Szczakiel not qualifying after finishing last in the 2nd Continental Semi-final, the only other World Champion in the field was Denmark's Ole Olsen who suffered a horror night, finishing second in his first ride before falling in his second and not being able to contest the rest of the meeting.[7]

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed for the 1974 event. This time the Swedish riders were allowed five places in the World Final to be held in Sweden. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 11 riders for the World Final.[8] [9]

First round

British/Commonwealth preliminaries

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1 AprilMike Hiftle
5 AprilBrian Clark
21 AprilMike Cake
22 AprilRichard Greer
23 AprilKen Eyre

Second round

Continental qualifying

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1 May Henny Kroeze
5 May Angel Eftimov

British/Commonwealth qualifying

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29 AprilPhil Herne
30 AprilDave Jessup
1 MayEric Broadbelt
1 MayJim McMillan
2 MayRay Wilson
2 MayEric Boocock
2 MayBilly Sanders
4 MayTony Davey
4 MayRick France
9 MayWimbledon Stadium, London Richard May
10 MayGeorge Hunter
10 MayGeoff Mudge
10 MayHackney Wick Stadium, London Bob Kilby
11 MayJohn Boulger
11 MayGordon Kennett
11 MayHyde Road, Manchester Barry Crowson
15 MayEric Broadbelt

Third round

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Norwegian qualifying

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1 Dag Lovaas14
2 Edgar Stangeland12
3 Kjell Gimre12
4 Oyvind S. Berg11
5 10
6 10
7 10
8 Svein Loken10
9 Nils Otto Haraldsen 8
10 8
11 Jon Odegaard 5
12 Dagfinn Dahl 4
13 Hans Erik Fuglerud3
14 Per Hetland 2
15 Stein Roar Pedersen 1
16 Regnar Olaisen 1
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Finnish qualifying

  • Turku Hippodrome, Turku)
  • First (+2 seeded riders) to Nordic final 1975
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1 Matti Olin 15
2 14
3 Reino Santala 12
4 Kari Vuoristo 11
5 Rauli Mäkinen 11
6 Pekka Paljakka 9
7 Markku Helminen 9
8 Ari Hiljanen 8
9 Timo Naskali 7
10 Esko Myllari 5
11 Pekka Kortelainen 4
12 Jouko Naskali 3
13 Jukka Ahonen 2
14 Jukka Hautamäki 2
15 Harry Paranko 1
16 Veli-Pekka Teromaa 12 (disq)

Danish final

See main article: 1974 Danish speedway season.

Continental quarter-finals

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18 May Vladimir Zapleshny
19 May Henny Kroeze
19 May Manfred Poschenreider
19 May Marek Cieślak

British/Commonwealth semi-finals

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1 14
2 Peter Collins13
3 12
4 Bob Valentine10
5 Barry Briggs9
6 Martin Ashby9
7 Ivan Mauger9
8 Billy Sanders9
9 Doug Wyer7
10 Chris Pusey6
11 Phil Herne5
12 Barry Crowson4
13 George Hunter4
14 Bob Kilby3
15 Eric Broadbelt3
16 Arnie Haley2
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1 Dave Jessup15
2 13
3 12
4 Malcolm Simmons11
5 John Boulger10
6 Terry Betts10
7 Eric Boocock8
8 Bobby Beaton8
9 Barry Thomas8
10 Nigel Boocock8
11 Rick France6
12 Kevin Holden4
13 Tony Davey3
14 Phil Crump3
15 Bruce Cribb1
16 Gordon Kennett0

Fourth round

Continental semi-finals

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1 14
2 14
3 13
4 11
5 9
6 9
7 9
88
9 6
10 6
11 5
12 4
13 4
14 Vladimir Nesterov 3
15 3
16 2
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1 12
2 12
3 11
4 10
5 10
6 10
7 9
89
9 8
10 7
11 6
12 6
13 4
14 4
15 Sandor Domokos 2
16 0
17 Rudolf Wejndl0
18 Kazimierz Bentke0

British/Commonwealth Final

Nordic Final

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1 3,3,3,3,315
2 3,3,3,3,2 14
3 2,2,2,2,3 11
4 3,1,2,2,2 10
5 ef,2,3,3,19
6 0,2,2,2,3 9
7 2,1,3,1,18
8 2,3,0,1,2 8
9 1,1,0,3,2 7
10 1,3,2,0,ef 6
11 1,ef,-,2,3 6
12 3,0,1,0,1 5
13 1,0,1,1,14
14 2,1,1,0,04
15 0,2,1,0,0 3
16 ef,-,-,-,-0
R1 f,0,0,1,01

Fifth round

Swedish qualification

(1 May, Gamla Galgberget
Visby)
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1 15
2 12
3 Tomas Pettersson 12
4 Sven Nilsson11
5 11
6 9+3
7 9+2
8 8
9 Roy Dantanus 8
10 Jan Johansson 7
11 Sven-Olov Lindh4
12 Benny Ekberg 4
13 Willy Karlsson 4
14 Rolf Johansson 2
15 2
16 Claes-Ingvar Svensson 1
17 Kjell Bergström 1
(1 May, Målilla (Motorbana)
Målilla)
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1 15
2 12
3 11
4 10
5 10
6 Käll Haage 9
7 7
8 Berndt Johansson 7
9 Leif Johansson 7
10 6
11 Eddie Davidsson6
12 Tommy Wedén 6
13 Hans Johansson 6
14 Karl-Fredrik Lindgren 4
15 Ragnar Holm 2
16 Kenneth Selmosson 1
17Stefan Hjort 1
(1 May, Gislaved Motorbana
Gislaved)
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1 15
2 14
3 Therje Henriksson 12
4 Leif Enecrona11
5 Karl-Erik Claesson 11
6 Stephan Johansson 10
7 Lars Jansson 9
8 Stefan Salmonsson 8
9 Lars Larsson 6
10 5
11 Peter Smith 5
12 Lars-Inge Hultberg 5
13 4
14 Leif Mellberg 2
15 Åke Dovhed 2
16 Anders Lövgren 1
17 Sven-Erik Andersson 0
18 Håkan Karlsson 0

Continental Final

British/Commonwealth/Nordic Final

Sixth round

Swedish Finals

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1Anders Michanek12151542
2Sören Sjösten15141241
3Christer Löfqvist12121135
4Bengt Jansson1181433
511121033
6Tommy Jansson1091332
7Sören Karlsson511723
8Hasse Holmqvist89623
979622
10Bernt Persson95620
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11Bo Wirebrand74515
12Christer Sjösten45514
13Karl-Erik Claesson1258
14Sven Nilsson4228
15Stephan Johansson1225
16Tommy Nilsson32-5
17Käll Haage--21
18Therje Henriksson0000
19Leif Enecrona0--0

European Final

World Final

External links

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. 10 July 2021.
  3. Web site: WORLD FINALS 1936-1994. Speedway Researcher. 10 July 2021.
  4. Web site: HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK. Speedway.org. 10 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Speedway riders, history and results. wwosbackup. 10 July 2021.
  6. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 10 July 2021.
  7. http://www.speedway.org/history/74.htm#1974 1974 Individual Speedway World Championship
  8. Web site: 1974 World Championship . Metal Speedway . 20 January 2024.
  9. Web site: 1974 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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