Motorcycle speedway world championship
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]
Norwegian qualifying - 25 June 1959
- Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
- Top 7 to Nordic qualification 1960
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Aage Hansen | 15 | 2 | Rolf Westerberg | 14 | 3 | Thorbjorn Nygaard | 12 | 4 | Reidar Kristoffersen | 10 | 5 | Roger Steen | 10 | 6 | Oddvar Kristiansen | 9 | 7 | Arne Kristiansen | 9 | 8 | Oystein Mellerud | 8 | 9 | Tore Melbye | 6 | 10 | Roger Hansen | 5 | 11 | Sverre Harrfeldt | 5 | 12 | Egil H. Kruke | 4 | 13 | Gunnar Skjetne | 4 | 14 | Egil Bratvold | 2 | 15 | Per Aulie | 2 | 16 | Svein Johnsen | 2 | | Finnish qualifying - 27 July 1959
- Eteläpuisto, Tampere
- First 2 (+seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1960
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Pertti Mikkola | 15 | 2 | Kalevi Lahtinen | 13 | 3 | Olavi Turunen | 13 | 4 | Timo Laine | 9 | 5 | Raimo Orastie | 9 | 6 | Aulis Lehtonen | 9 | 7 | Antti Mattila | 8 | 8 | Esko Koponen | 7 | 9 | Yrjo Vuori | 7 | 10 | Antero Salasto | 7 | 11 | Pertti Petersohn | 6 | 12 | Valle Seliverstov | 5 | 13 | Martti Assinen | 4 | 14 | Heikki Sorri | 3 | 15 | Nils Staaf | 3 | 16 | Martti Koivuoja | 2 | |
Swedish qualifying
- 1 May 1960
- Gamla Speedway Track, Visby
- Top 8 to Nordic qualification
| Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Göran Norlén | 15 | 2 | Göte Nordin | 13 | 3 | Bertil Strid | 11 | 4 | Curt Nyqvist | 10 | 5 | Kjell Wårenius | 10 | 6 | Bernt Nilsson | 10 | 7 | Hans Hallberg | 9 | 8 | Bengt Eriksson | 7 | 9 | Birger Forsberg | 7 | 10 | Agnar Stenlund | 6 | 11 | Kjell Lutteman | 6 | 12 | Leif Larsson | 4 | 13 | Olle Segerström | 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
Second round
British & Commonwealth qualifying
- Top 64 riders to British second round
Nordic Qualification
Continental semi-final
Third round
- Ove Fundin – seeded to European Final
British & Commonwealth Second round
- To 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals
Nordic Final
Continental Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify
gate A - inside | gate B | gate C | gate D - outside |
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
European Final
- 14 August 1960
- Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
- First 6 to World Final plus 1 reserve
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify
gate A - inside | gate B | gate C | gate D - outside |
World Final
- 17 September 1960
- Wembley Stadium, London, [10]
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify
gate A - inside | gate B | gate C | gate D - outside |
See also
References
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Ove Fundin Wins The 1960 World Speedway Title". Birmingham Daily Post. 19 September 1960. Retrieved 7 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1960 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "1960 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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