1961 Individual Speedway World Championship

1961 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
22 May	Exeter	Eric Hockaday	Jim Lightfoot	Pete Lansdale
24 May	Poole	Maury Mattingley	Tony Lewis	Ken Middleditch
25 May	Middlesbrough	Dick Campbell	Peter Vandenberg	Geoff Mudge
26 May	Wolverhampton	Graham Warren	Harry Edwards	Eric Hockaday
26 May	Rayleigh	Johnny Fitzpatrick	Gil Goldfinch	Ken Adams
26 May	Plymouth	Jack Scott	Tony Lewis	Chris Julian
27 May	Edinburgh	Jim Lightfoot	Doug Templeton	Dick Campbell
27 May	Cradley Heath	Harry Bastable	Ivor Brown	Peter Vandenberg
1 June	Sheffield	Clive Featherby	Clive Cox	George Hunter
3 June	Stoke	Maury Mattingley	Ken Adams	Stan Stevens
Round 1
3 July	Wimbledon	Ronnie Moore	Ron How	Jim Tebby
4 July	Southampton	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Ray Cresp
5 July	New Cross	Bob Andrews	Split Waterman	Ken McKinlay
6 July	Oxford	Jack Young	Ronnie Genz	Mike Broadbanks
6 July	Ipswich	Peter Moore	Johnny Chamberlain	Ray Cresp
7 July	Leicester	Ronnie Moore	Ken McKinlay	Danny Dunton
8 July	Swindon	Cyril Maidment	Tadeusz Teodorowicz	Neil Street
8 July	Coventry	Peter Moore	Bob Duckworth	Bob Andrews
8 July	Norwich	Billy Bales	Mike Broadbanks	Split Waterman
8 July	Belle Vue	Peter Craven	Gerald Jackson	Eric Williams
Semi-Finals
31 July	Wimbledon	Ronnie Moore	Barry Briggs	Bob Andrews
1 August	Southampton	Ron How	Peter Craven	Cyril Maidment
5 August	Belle Vue	Ronnie Moore	Doug Davies	Nigel Boocock
5 August	Norwich	Barry Briggs	Peter Craven	Billy Bales
Final
2 September	Wembley	Barry Briggs	Peter Craven	Ronnie Moore

British Final

2 September 1961
Wembley
First 8 to World final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(7) Barry Briggs	15		3					3					3	3					3			15	1
	(3) Peter Craven	14	3						2				3				3				3		14	2
	(12) Ronnie Moore	12			3					3		3			2						1		12	3
4	(5) Ken McKinlay	9		0			3					2					1					3	9	4
5	(1) Ron How	9	2				2				2				0				3				9	5
6	(4) Bob Andrews	9	1							2				2				3				1	9	6
7	(16) Ray Cresp	8				1				1	3						2			1			8	7
8	(15) Mike Broadbanks	7				3			1			1						0	2				7	8
9	(14) Cyril Maidment	7				2		3					1		1							0	7	9
10	(9) Ronnie Genz	7			1		1						2					1		2			7	10
11	(6) Jack Young	7		1				1			1							2			2		7	11
12	(11) Doug Davies	5			0				0		0					3						2	5	12
13	(8) Neil Street	5		2						0			0			2			1				5	13
14	(2) Peter Moore	3	0					2				1				0				0			3	14
15	(10) Jack Scott	2			2			0						0			0		0				2	15
16	(13) Nigel Boocock	1				0	0							1		0					0		1	16
R1	(R1) Chum Taylor	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Split Waterman	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

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

Scandinavian Qualifications

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Qualifications
30 April	Vetlanda	?	?	?
1 May	Visby	?	?	?
4 May	Göteborg	?	?	?
26 May	Oslo	Ove Fundin	Bjorn Knutsson	Aage Hansen
28 May	Helsinki	Per-Tage Svensson	Rune Sormander	Arne Pander
Final
11 June	Gislaved	Ove Fundin	Arne Pander	Bjorn Knutsson

Scandinavian Final

11 June 1961
Gislaved
First 8 to European Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Ove Fundin	14
2	Arne Pander	13
3	Bjorn Knutsson	13
4	Per-Tage Svensson	12
5	Evert Andersson	10
6	Gote Nordin	10
7	Leif Larsson	8
8	Rune Sormander	8
9	Goran Norlen	7
10	Arne Carlsson	7
11	Soren Sjosten	6
12	Joel Jansson	5
13	Bernt Nilsson	3
14	Timo Laine	2
15	Rolf Westerberg	1
16	Curt Eldh	2
R1	Aage Hansen	dnr
R1	Kalevi Lahtinen	dnr

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
28 May	Poznan	Bohumil Bartonek	Bedzich Slany	Stanislaw Tkocz
28 May	Liberec	Bronislaw Idzikowski	Farid Shajnurov	Igor Plechanov
28 May	Krsko	Konstanty Pociejkowicz	Bohumil Rednek	Henryk Zyto
28 May	Abensberg	Josef Hofmeister	Marian Kaiser	Antonin Kasper, Sr.
Semi-Finals
17 June	Linz	Josef Hofmeister	Antonin Kasper, Sr.	Marian Kaiser
18 June	Warsaw	Stanislaw Tkocz	Mieczysław Połukard	Florian Kapala
Continental Final
23 July	Slany	Florian Kapala	Igor Plechanov	Stanislaw Tkocz
European Final
26 August	Wieden	Ove Fundin	Bjorn Knutsson	Igor Plechanov

Continental Final

23 July 1961
Slany
First 8 to European Final

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(2) Florian Kapala	14	3					3				3				2				3			14	1
	(1) Igor Plechanov	14	2				3				3				3				3				14	2
	(6) Stanislaw Tkocz	12		2				2			2							3			3		12	3
4	(8) Henryk Zyto	10		3						1			3			1			2				10	4
5	(7) Josef Hofmeister	9		1					3					3	0					2			9	5
6	(12) Konstanty Pociejkowicz	9			2					2		1			2						2		9	6
7	(4) Kaziemirz Bentke	8	1							X				2				2				3	8	7
8	(15) Marian Kaiser	7				3			2			2						X	-				7	8
9	(11) Mieczysław Połukard	7			X				1		1					3						2	7	9
10	(14) Joachim Maj	7				2		1					2		1							1	7	10
11	(16) Antonin Kasper, Sr.	7				1				3	0						2			1			7	11
12	(10) Bedrich Slany	6			3			0						1			1		1				6	12
13	(9) Stanislaw Rurarz	5			1		2						1					1		0			5	13
14	(3) Bronislaw Idzikowski	3	0						0				0				3				0		3	14
15	(13) Bohumil Bartonek	1				X	0							0		E					1		1	15
16	(5) Bernard Kacperak	1		0			1					E					0					0	1	16
R1	(R1) Stefan Kepa	0																					0	R1
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

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

European Final

26 August 1961
Wieden
First 8 to World Final plus 1 reserve

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(8) Ove Fundin	15		3						3			3			3			3				15	1
	(11) Björn Knutsson	14			3				3		3					2						3	14	2
	(3) Igor Plechanov	11	3						2				1				3				2		11	3
4	(4) Rune Sormander	10	2							1				3				3				1	10	4
5	(6) Florian Kapala	10		2				3			2							2			1		10	5
6	(12) Stanislaw Tkocz	10			1					0		3			3						3		10	6
7	(15) Gote Nordin	9				3			1			2						1	2				9	7
8	(16) Josef Hofmeister	9				2				2	1						1			3			9	8
9	(5) Leif Larsson	8		1			2					1					2					2	8	9
10	(9) Henryk Zyto	7			2		3						2					F		-			7	10
11	(2) Evert Andersson	6	1					2				0				1				2			6	11
12	(10) Per-Tage Svensson	3			0			1						2			0		0				3	12
13	(14) Goran Norlen	2				0		0					0		2							0	2	13
14	(7) Mieczysław Połukard	1		0					0					1	-					-			1	14
15	(13) Marian Kaiser	1				1	F							E		E					0		1	15
16	(1) Kaziemirz Bentke	0	NS				NS				NS				NS				NS				0	16
R1	(R1) Josef Bossner	3					1								1					1			3	R1
R2	(R2) Johan Hartl	0	0																				0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

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

15 September 1961
Malmö, Malmö Stadion^[1]

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21
	(6) Ove Fundin	14		3				3			3							3			2		14	1
	(4) Björn Knutsson	12	3							3				3				F				3	12	2	3
	(13) Göte Nordin	12				2	2							2		3					3		12	3	2
4	(15) Barry Briggs	12				1			3			3						2	3				12	4	1
5	(2) Bob Andrews	10	2					2				2				1				3			10	5
6	(16) Ronnie Moore	10				3				1	2						2			2			10	6
7	(3) Florian Kapala	8	0						2				2				3				1		8	7
8	(7) Rune Sörmander	7		2					1					0	3					1			7	8
9	(9) Ron How	7			2		3						1					1		0			7	9
10	(8) Peter Craven	6		F						2			3			0			1				6	10
11	(10) Ken McKinlay	5			3			F						1			1		E				5	11
12	(12) Cyril Maidment	4			1					0		1			2						0		4	12
13	(1) Igor Plechanov	4	1				0				1				0				2				4	13
14	(5) Ray Cresp	3		F			1					0					F					2	3	14
15	(11) Stanislav Tkocz	3			0				0		0					2						1	3	15
16	(14) Mike Broadbank	2				0		1					0		1							0	2	16
R1	(R1) Jack Young	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Leif Larsson	0																					0	R2
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21

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

References

↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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[1] Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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