1966 Individual Speedway World Championship

1966 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
20 May	Newport	Nigel Boocock	John Erskine	Jack Biggs
20 May	Glasgow	Ron Mountford	Charlie Monk	Eric Boocock
21 May	Edinburgh	George Hunter	Doug Templeton	Norman Hunter
21 May	Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Jim Lightfoot	Bill Andrew
21 May	Belle Vue	Brian Brett	John Erskine	Cyril Maidment
21 May	Wimbledon	Reg Luckhurst	Bob Dugard	Bob Paulson
23 May	Newcastle	Ivan Mauger	Brian Brett	Mike Broadbanks
23 May	Exeter	Ron Mountford	Martin Ashby	Trevor Hedge
24 May	Long Eaton	Ray Wilson	Eric Boothroyd	Ivan Mauger
24 May	West Ham	Barry Briggs	Norman Hunter	Malcolm Simmons
25 May	Kings Lynn	David Crane	Cyril Maidment	Peter Moore
25 May	Poole	Bill Andrew	Geoff Mudge	Doug Templeton
26 May	Oxford	Eric Boocock	Jimmy Gooch	Jim Lightfoot
26 May	Sheffield	Billy Bales	Barry Briggs	Charlie Monk
27 May	Hackney	Colin Pratt	Mike Broadbanks	Ivan Mauger
27 May	Wolverhampton	Ken McKinlay	Terry Betts	Peter Jarman
28 May	Cradley Heath	Ivor Brown	Peter Vandenberg	Colin Gooddy
28 May	Halifax	Eric Boocock	Eric Boothroyd	Colin Pratt
28 May	Swindon	Barry Briggs	Martin Ashby	Arne Pander
Semi-Finals
13 June	Cradley Heath	Trevor Hedge	Colin Pratt	Mike Broadbanks
15 June	Halifax	Barry Briggs	Ron Mountford	Peter Moore
Final
27 June	Wimbledon	Barry Briggs	Ivan Mauger	Colin Pratt
British-Scandinavian Final
14 Jule	Sheffield	Barry Briggs	Ivan Mauger	Nigel Boocock

British Final

June 27, 1966
Wimbledon
First 8 to British-Scandinavian 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
	(3) Barry Briggs	12	3						3				3				3				F		12	1
	(8) Ivan Mauger	11		3						1			2			3			2				11	2
	(7) Colin Pratt	10		0					2					3	2					3			10	3
4	(9) Mike Broadbanks	9			3		3						0					1		2			9	4
5	(1) George Hunter	9	0				2				3				3				1				9	5
6	(6) Nigel Boocock	9		2				0			2							2			3		9	6
7	(15) Brian Brett	8				0			1			1						3	3				8	7	3
8	(4) Ken McKinlay	8	2							3				0				0				3	8	8	2
9	(16) Eric Boocock	8				3				2	1						1			1			8	9	1
10	(2) Trevor Hedge	8	1					2				3				2				F			8	10	0
11	(5) Ron Mountford	7		1			0					2					2					2	7	11
12	(13) Roy Trigg	7				2	1							1		1					2		7	12
13	(14) Norman Hunter	6				1		3					1		0							1	6	13
14	(10) Jimmy Gooch	5			2			1						2			0		0				5	14
15	(12) Dave Younghusband	2			0					E		E			1						1		2	15
16	(11) Peter Moore	1			1				0		0					0						0	1	16
R1	(R1) Martin Ashby	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Terry Betts	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

British-Scandinavian Final

July 14, 1966
Sheffield
First 8 to European 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
	(14) Barry Briggs	15				3		3					3		3							3	15	1
	(11) Ivan Mauger	13			3				3		3					3						1	13	2
	(8) Nigel Boocock	12		3						3			2			1			3				12	3
4	(13) Sverre Harrfeldt	10				E	3							2		2					3		10	4
5	(12) George Hunter	10			2					2		3			1						2		10	5
6	(7) Ken McKinlay	10		1					1					3	2					3			10	6
7	(15) Colin Pratt	10				2			2			2						3	1				10	7
8	(5) Mike Broadbanks	9		2			1					1					3					2	9	8
9	(6) Brian Brett	6		0				2			1							2			1		6	9
10	(4) Kalevi Lahtinen	6	2							1				1				1				1	6	10
11	(3) Ole Olsen	5	3						F				0				2				0		5	11
12	(2) Thotbjorn Nygaard	3	1					1				0				1				0			3	12
13	(16) Nils Paulsen	3				1				0	0						E			2			3	13
14	(9) Jonny Faafeng	2			1		0						1					0		0			2	14
15	(10) Paul Wissing	1			0			0						0			1		E				1	15
16	(1) Borge Christiansen	0	F				-				-				-				-				0	16
R1	(R1) Eric Boocock	0					2				2				0				2				0	R1
R2	(R2) Gordon Guasco	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

Swedish Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
24 April	Malilla	Per Olof Soderman	Karl Eric Karlsson	Olle Nygren
1 May	Visby	Leif Enecrona	Gote Nordin	Leif Larsson
Final
31 May	Borås	Bengt Brannefors	Bjorn Knutsson	Karl Eric Andersson

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Quarter-Finals
8 May	Abensberg	Joachim Maj	Andrzej Wyglenda	Andrzej Pogorzelski
8 May	Meissen	Jan Mucha	Edmund Migos	Marian Rose
8 May	Miskolc	Jerzy Trzezskowski	Zbigniew Podlecki	Farid Shajnurov
8 May	Osijek	Gennadij Kurilenko	Stanislaw Tkocz	Antoni Woryna
Semi-Finals
22 May	Balakovo	Gennadij Kurilenko	Antoni Woryna	Marian Rose
22 May	Rybnik	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Joachim Maj	Pavel Mares
Continental Final
25 June	Slany	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Antoni Woryna	Konstanty Pociejkowicz
European Final
3 September	Wembley	Ivan Mauger	Barry Briggs	Antoni Woryna

Continental Final

June 25, 1966
Slany
First 8 to European 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
	(14) Andrzej Pogorzelski	12				3		3					1		2							3	12	1
	(12) Antoni Woryna	11			2					3		2			3						1		11	2
	(13) Konstanty Pociejkowicz	11				2	2							3		2					2		11	3
4	(11) Marian Kaiser	10			0				3		2					3						2	10	4
5	(2) Edmund Migos	10	3					2				3				0				2			10	5
6	(1) Igor Plechanov	10	2				3				1				1				3				10	6
7	(9) Pawel Waloszek	10			3		1						2					3		1			10	7
8	(7) Stanislaw Tkocz	9		3					1					2	0					3			9	8	3
9	(6) Pavel Mares	9		2				1			3							X			3		9	9	2
10	(8) Marian Rose	9		1						2			3			1			2				9	10
11	(3) Viktor Trofimov	5	1						2				0				2				0		5	11
12	(16) Joachim Maj	4				0				1	0						3			0			4	12
13	(10) Andrzej Wyglenda	3			1			F						1			1		0				3	13
14	(4) Stanislav Kubicek	2	0							0				0				2				0	2	14
15	(5) Boris Samorodov	2		0			0					1					0					1	2	15
16	(15) Gennadij Kurilenko	1				1			0			0						0	0				1	16
R1	(R1) Jaroslav Volf, Jr.	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

September 3, 1966
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
	(14) Ivan Mauger	14				2		3					3		3							3	14	1
	(16) Barry Briggs	13				3				2	3						3			2			13	2
	(12) Antoni Woryna	11			1					3		3			2						2		11	3
4	(11) Sverre Harrfeldt	10			2				3		1					3						1	10	4
5	(1) Nigel Boocock	10	2				2				2				1				3				10	5
6	(5) Igor Plechanov	10		1			3					2					2					2	10	6
7	(10) Mike Broadbanks	9			3			2						2			1		1				9	7
8	(13) Stanislaw Tkocz	8				F	1							3		1					3		8	8
9	(15) Andrzej Pogorzelski	8				1			2			1						2	2				8	9
10	(8) Marian Kaiser	7		3						E			2			2			0				7	10
11	(6) Ken McKinlay	6		2				1			0							3			0		6	11
12	(3) Konstanty Pociejkowicz	5	3						F				1				0				1		5	12
13	(2) Edmund Migos	4	1					0				0				0				3			4	13
14	(7) Brian Brett	3		0					1					1	0					1			3	14
15	(4) George Hunter	2	0							1				0				1				E	2	15
16	(9) Colin Pratt	0			0		0						E					0		0			0	16
R1	(R1) Pawel Waloszek	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

World Final

September 23, 1966
Göteborg, Ullevi^[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
	(16) Barry Briggs	15				3				3	3						3			3			15	1
	(11) Sverre Harrfeldt	14			3				3		2					3						3	14	2
	(1) Antoni Woryna	13	3				3				1				3				3				13	3
4	(9) Ivan Mauger	11			2		1						3					3		2			11	4
5	(4) Torbjörn Harrysson	10	2							2				2				2				2	10	5
6	(7) Göte Nordin	9		3					2					3	F					1			9	6
7	(14) Leif Enecrona	8				2		1					2		2							1	8	7
8	(13) Igor Plechanov	8				1	2							1		2					2		8	8
9	(2) Stanislav Tkocz	7	1					3				2				1				0			7	9
10	(3) Björn Knutsson	5	E						1				1				E				3		5	10
11	(12) Marian Kaiser	5			0					0		3			1						1		5	11
12	(6) Andrzej Pogorzelski	5		2				2			0							1			0		5	12
13	(8) Mike Broadbank	4		1						1			0			0			2				4	13
14	(10) Leif Larsson	3			1			0						0			2		0				3	14
15	(15) Nigel Boocock	2				0			0			1						0	1				2	15
16	(5) Per Olof Söderman	1		0			X					0					1					0	1	16
R1	(R1) Ken McKinlay	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Bengt Brannefors	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

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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