He also won the world long track championship in 1973. They didnt make the knockout cup final having been knocked out by wolverhampton in june, and we didnt have the world champion rider anymore, but all in all a very satisfactory year, and if 1971 had been good then 1972 would be a wonderful year to be a belle vue aces fan. Gordeyev was subsequently discovered to have illegal additives in his fuel and was disqualified from the meeting. Classic speedway and grasstrack for sale and restoration. Fim motocross world championship results and news cycle. Woffinden is britains eighth world speedway champion, emulating tommy price 1949, freddie williams 1950 and 1953, peter craven 1955 and 1962. The previous, single meeting world final, was held in the uk or europe, except in 1982 when it was in the usa. Visitors since 18102 this is a great action shot of solos from the liverpool days, a geoff davis photo. This competition featured the national champions of the top sixteen countries. Cycle news delivers the latest fim motocross world championship results and news with feature coverage of every race. Moody and kenneth clary, with kenneth acting as managerpromoter. Langhorne speedway, which opened in 1926 and closed in 1971, was tabbed with numerous nicknames during its almost halfcentury of. Bob two gun tattersall was the most popular and most successful american speedcar driver to tour australia in the 1950s and 1960s. Buy it now salute a champion ole olsen brochure 1971.
Tomorrowland speedway is an attraction, in which patrons steer specially designed cars through an enclosed track. Ivan mauger, the winner of the individual speedway championship for the third time in succession, proudly displays his championship medals in 1971, four times world individual speedway champion. World speedway championship british final programme 2nd august 1978. The fim world motocross championship travels the world with many of the best riders facing off to earn the title of world champion. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. The 1970 individual speedway world championship british qualification. World longtrack finals 19711996 by tracy holmes 3 1971 ivan mauger was the reigning world speedway champion. The 1971 individual speedway world championship british qualification. Ole olsen born 16 november 1946 in haderslev, denmark is a former international motorcycle speedway rider olsen won the speedway world championship three times, in 1971, 1975, and 1978. He had in fact won the last 3 world speedway finals in a row, 1968, 69 and 70. It was held to give smaller speedway nations their own world final, but was scrapped with the introduction of the speedway grand prix. This attraction is located at magic kingdom at the walt disney world resort in florida. The weslake engine produced by the weslake factory was first tested in 1975 with a remit to win world titles. The longtime spencerport resident raced in the 1971 daytona 500 but was better known for his business that designed and built race cars.
It was the only time in the 49 year history of the world speedway final that this was done. With the formation of the sgp series the meeting was renamed the scandinavian final, a qualifier for the subsequent years grand prix until restructuring in 2002. He was also runner up in 1971, 1973 and 1974 and third in 1967. Fim motocross world championship results and news cycle news. This is the complete list of official individual speedway world championship and speedway. The world championship of speedway is an international competition. Speedway world championship final 1974 part 2 youtube. However, the forced retirement of gundersen in 1989 following a horrific crash in the speedway world team cup final in bradford, followed by 1991 champion jan o. Through the years some of nascars greatest stars claimed track titles at hickory, including ned jarrett, harry gant, jack ingram. It opened october 1, 1971 as the grand prix raceway. Speedway world to gather in memory of ivan mauger speedcafe. He also won three world long track championships 1971, 1972 and 1976 in a career that made him a kiwi sporting hero. Interesting pieces of information from the history of speedway oval track racing around the world.
Al unser, albuquerque, new mexico, has a big smile sitting in victory lane saturday after his repeat victory in the indianapolis 500mile speedway race, and on his birthday. This is the complete list of official individual speedway world championship and speedway grand prix medalists from 1936 to 2014. Speedway article about speedway by the free dictionary. The name was changed to tomorrowland speedway in 2008. It was sweden, represented by tony rickardsson, the 1994 champion, who took over. The final took place on 11 july 1971 in rybnik, poland. Three world long track championships in 1971, 1972 and 1976 and four speedway world teams championship in 1968, 1969, 1971, and 1979 took his world. This article was first published on 6th october 20. Speedway world is australias longest continually running speedway newspaper. Nascar race result for the texas 500 at texas world speedway on dec 12, 1971. Date venue winner runnerup 3rd place preliminary round 17 april halifax. Run as a oneoff world final from 19361994 and as the grand prix from 19952015. The australasian individual speedway championship was a motorcycle speedway final sanctioned by the fim as a qualifying round for the speedway world championship between 1976 and 1981. Richard petty was the champion for this winston cup season.
Reynolds first became the primary sponsor in a decade where the growing antitobacco movement banned its advertisement on television and motorsports was the ideal. Most victories in world speedway championships have been won by contenders from great britain, new zealand, sweden, australia, poland, and, in races on ice, the ussr. In 1979 olsen won speedway world pairs championship with hans nielsen. Heat 19 of final in 1973 entered the history of the speedway world finals. Maynard troyer, auto racing champion and legendary car. Date venue winner runnerup 3rd place preliminary round 25 april coventry. Winners of speedway world championships between 1931 and 35, staged prior to fim accreditation in 1936 are given elsewhere.
This is the complete list of official individual speedway world championship and. The 1971 nascar winston cup series season began on sunday february 14 and ended on sunday november 20. Australias first formula one world champion sir jack brabham also won the australian speedcar championship in 19481949. List of individual speedway world championship medalists. He won the speedway world championship three times, in 1971, 1975, and 1978.
Richard petty roars to his 21st win of the season in the finale at texas world speedway. World longtrack finals 1971 1996 by tracy holmes 3 1971 ivan mauger was the reigning world speedway champion. Ole olsen born 16 november 1946 in haderslev, denmark is a former international motorcycle speedway rider. They have been held on ice since 1966 and on dirt tracks, for a distance of 1,000 m, since 1971. Bob two gun tattersall was the most popular and most successful american speedcar driver to tour australia in the. Nsw is the most winningest state of the australian championship, claiming the crown 31 times. Gwyn staley took home the trophy from the first race at hickory and was later crowned the first track champion. Rickardsson won four titles from 1998 to 2002, only interrupted by. Kevin swindell breaks through for world of outlaws nos iracing. All the ingredients were there good facilities, the big urban populations of austin and houston in driving range and the fastest speeds anywhere yet somehow the.
The longtime spencerport resident raced in the 1971 daytona 500 but was better known. Texas world speedway was the sixth superspeedway built in the usa but was always something of a poor cousin compared to daytona, indianapolis, taladega, pocono and michigan. Mar 23, 2019 ivan mauger, the winner of the individual speedway championship for the third time in succession, proudly displays his championship medals in 1971, four times world individual speedway champion. Olsen won the speedway world championship three times, in 1971, 1975, and 1978. The first ever australia sedan car championship under the control of the australian saloon car federation was held at this venue for the 1971 1972 season and was won by victorias kevin dalton from queenslands alan. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Reynolds first became the primary sponsor in a decade where the growing antitobacco movement banned its advertisement on.
Continue on to the next page to learn the full results of the 1971 nascar winston cup grand national season. The sport has thrived in germany, and understandably been dominated by german riders, who have been the most. World championship roll of honour british speedway. Speedway world covers news on all speedway divisions.
The 1971 speedway world pairs championship was the second fim speedway world pairs championship. The us and world champion will compete in the final round of the national super sedan series in hobart on january 25 and 26, which also incorporates tasmanias longestrunning speedway feature event, the mountain dew ice tasmanian grand national first held in 1971. Petty also wraps up his third nascar winston cup grand national champion ship by 364 points over james hylton. Indywidualne mistrzostwa swiata world speedway championship goteborg 1971. Mauger, who was 78, was also threetime longtrack world champion, twotime pairs champion and fourtime world team cup winner. World championship roll of honour british speedway official. Mauger, who was 78, was also threetime longtrack world champion, twotime pairs champion and. This list of motorsport championships is a list of national and international motorsport championships decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races. Tai woffinden wins speedway world title in poland bbc sport. West australia has claimed 12 wins, while a queenslander has taken the crown 5 times, as has the northern territory. First held in 1948, from 1952 onward the nordic champion was the winner of the world championship qualifying round that preceded the continental championship round. Swindell battles gualda for world of outlaws win at virtual lernerville. Ivan was world speedway solo champion in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977 and 1979. The speedway grand prix series events have to date been staged in the uk, europe, australia and new zealand.
Nascar standings after race number 48 of the nascar grand national series. Pedersen in 1992, both prematurely because of serious injuries, weakened danish speedway somewhat, as only nielsen held the class required to win the world championship. Woffinden is britains eighth world speedway champion, emulating tommy price 1949, freddie williams 1950 and 1953, peter craven 1955 and 1962, peter collins 1976, michael lee 1980, gary. The long track world championship started life as the fim european championship in 1957, preceded by 2 unofficial dry runs, before being redesignated with its world title in 1971. Affectionately known as the worlds most famous short track, hickory motor speedway first opened as a halfmile dirt track in 1951. Peter collins mbe became a weslake works rider in 1976 and subsequently became the 1976 individual world speedway champion. The championship was won by poland maximum 30 points who beat new zealand 25 points and sweden 22 points. The brandnew venue of intu xanadu in arroyomolinos in madrid will host the mxgp of spain. Nascar race results at texas world speedway dec 12, 1971. Moodyclary speedway was a state of the art 38 mile track opened in 1968 just outside of navasota on hwy. It was expanded in 1973 and remained unchanged until the 1994 remodel of tomorrowland. The championship was introduced in 1976 as a qualifying round for australian and new zealand based motorcycle speedway riders. After 20 years of being named the nascar grand national series, r. Nascar winston west series race number 26 of 26 combination race with winston cup drivers an explanation of combination races from the third turn sunday, december 12, 1971 at texas world speedway, college station, tx.