1971 Individual Speedway World Championship

1971 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1971 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
17 April Halifax Dave Younghusband Ronnie Moore Bill Andrew
17 April Swindon Barry Briggs Martin Ashby George Hunter
19 April Reading Ivan Mauger Jim Airey Howard Cole
19 April Exeter Eric Boocock Bob Kilby Dave Younghusband
20 April West Ham Reg Luckhurst Nigel Boocock Greg Kentwell
20 April Leicester Ray Wilson Tommy Roper John Boulger
21 April Poole Barry Briggs Tony Lomas Martin Ashby
22 April Wimbledon Garry Middleton John Boulger Ronnie Moore
22 April Sheffield Eric Boocock Brian Leonard Jim Airey
22 April Oxford Martin Ashby Colin Gooddy Charlie Monk
23 April Wolverhampton Terry Betts Bob Andrews Ivan Mauger
23 April Glasgow Howard Cole Eric Broadbelt Norman Hunter
24 April Belle Vue Ivan Mauger George Hunter Sandor Levai
24 April Coventry Tony Lomas Alan Cowland Col Cottrell
24 April Kings Lynn Malcolm Simmons Ray Wilson Terry Betts
26 April Cradley Heath Roy Trigg Garry Middleton Peter Jarman
28 April Coventry Tony Lomas Bruce Cribb Ken McKinlay
30 April Hackney Barry Thomas Garry Middleton Bob Kilby
30 April Newport Sandor Levai Nigel Boocock Bill Andrew
Semi-Finals
18 May West Ham Ronnie Moore John Boulger Barry Briggs
20 May Sheffield Ivan Mauger Ray Wilson Nigel Boocock
Final
16 June Coventry Ivan Mauger Barry Briggs Tony Lomas

British Final
  • June 16, 1971
  • Coventry
  • First 12 to British-Nordic 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
1 (7) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
2 (2) Barry Briggs 13 3 2 2 3 3 13 2
3 (6) Tony Lomas 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 3
4 (16) Bert Harkins 9 2 2 2 3 0 9 4
5 (15) Ray Wilson 8 3 1 3 1 0 8 5
6 (5) Martin Ashby 8 2 2 1 1 2 8 6
7 (9) Ronnie Moore 7 1 0 3 2 1 7 7
8 (13) Dave Younghusband 7 0 3 1 2 1 7 8
9 (11) Bob Kilby 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 9
10 (4) Eric Boocock 6 0 3 0 T 3 6 10
11 (12) Jim Airey 6 3 1 0 2 0 6 11
12 (8) Nigel Boocock 6 1 X 2 0 3 6 12
13 (10) Howard Cole 6 0 1 2 2 1 6 13
14 (1) Geoff Curtis 6 2 1 0 1 2 6 14
15 (3) John Boulger 4 1 0 1 0 2 4 15
16 (14) Arnold Haley 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
(17) Bill Andrew 0 0 0
(18) Garry Middleton 0 0
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

Swedish Qualifications
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Qualifications
1 May Visby Bengt Jansson Leif Enecrona Bo Wirebrand
1 May Gislaved Gote Nordin Bernt Persson Hans Holmqvist
2 May Malilla Soren Sjosten Anders Michanek Runo Wedin
3 May Malmö Per Olaf Soderman Olle Nygren Bo Josefsson
Final
1 June Eskilstuna Anders Michanek Leif Enecrona Bengt Jansson
2 June Norrköping Anders Michanek Bernt Persson Gote Nordin
3 June Stockholm Soren Sjosten Bengt Jansson Gote Nordin

Intercontinental Round

Scandinavian Final
  • June 6, 1971
  • Hillerod
  • First 4 to British-Nordic 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
(5) Ole Olsen 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(1) Reidar Eide 12 3 2 2 3 2 12 2
(11) Bent Nørregaard 11 2 T 3 3 3 11 3
4 (12) Kurt Bogh 11 3 3 2 1 2 11 4
5 (4) Odd Fossengen 10 2 2 3 3 F 10 5
6 (7) Niels Weiss 10 1 2 2 2 3 10 6
7 (6) Oyvind Berg 10 2 2 1 2 3 10 7
8 (3) Jorn Morgensen 9 0 3 3 2 1 9 8
9 (2) Bjarne Nyegaard 8 1 3 1 2 1 8 9
10 (10) Preben Rosenkilde 6 1 0 1 1 3 6 10
11 (9) Svein Kaasa 6 0 1 2 1 2 6 11
12 (14) Kalevi Lahtinen 5 3 1 0 0 1 5 12
13 (8) Edgar Stangeland 4 0 1 1 1 1 4 13
14 (13) Dag Lovaas 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 14
15 (16) Matti Olin 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 15
16 (15) Jon Terie Gravningen 1 0 1 F - - 1 16
R1 (R1) Flemming Larsen 0 0 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

Nordic British Final
  • July 30, 1971
  • Glasgow
  • 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
(2) Ivan Mauger 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(6) Ray Wilson 13 3 2 3 2 3 13 2
(9) Ole Olsen 11 2 3 2 3 1 11 3
4 (12) Nigel Boocock 11 3 3 2 2 1 11 4
5 (1) Jim Airey 9 2 2 0 3 2 9 5
6 (16) Eric Boocock 9 1 1 2 2 3 9 6
7 (4) Tony Lomas 9 1 2 3 1 2 9 7
8 (11) Ronnie Moore 9 0 3 1 2 3 9 8
9 (10) Barry Briggs 7 1 0 F 3 3 7 9
10 (8) Dave Younghusband 7 2 0 3 1 1 7 10
11 (13) Kurt Bogh 6 2 0 2 0 2 6 11
12 (14) Reidar Eide 4 3 1 0 - 0 4 12
13 (15) Martin Ashby 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 13
14 (3) Bert Harkins 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15 (5) Bob Kilby 2 1 1 0 0 - 2 15
16 (7) Bent Nørregaard 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Odd Fossengen 1 1 1 R1
R2 (R2) John Boulger 1 1 1 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

Continental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Quarter-Finals
8 May Udine Aleksandr Pawlov Jerzy Szczakiel Viktor Trofimov
9 May Prague Hans Jurgen Fritz Jiri Stancl Peter Liebing
9 May Miskolc Jan Holub I Vladimir Smirnov Henryk Glucklich
9 May Abensberg Jan Mucha Andrzej Wyglenda Antoni Woryna
Semi-Finals
5 June Gustrow Hans Jurgen Fritz Henryk Glucklich Jan Holub I
6 June Gorzów Wielkopolski Gennadij Kurilenko Jerzy Szczakiel Vladimir Gordeev
Continental Final
26 June Slany Henryk Glucklich Jan Mucha Gennadij Kurilenko
European Final
21 August Wembley Ivan Mauger Ray Wilson Ole Olsen

Continental Final
  • June 26, 1971
  • 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) Henryk Glucklich 10 1 3 3 3 0 10 1 3
(12) Jan Mucha 10 0 3 3 2 2 10 2 2
(7) Gennadij Kurilenko 10 1 3 2 1 3 10 3 1
4 (15) Jerzy Szczakiel 10 2 1 1 3 3 10 4 0
5 (11) Grigorij Khlinovsky 9 3 0 0 3 3 9 5
6 (3) Viktor Trofimov 9 0 2 1 3 3 9 6
7 (1) Jiri Stancl 9 3 1 3 0 2 9 7
8 (13) Valery Gordeev 9 3 2 3 1 X 9 8
9 (4) Pawel Waloszek 9 2 2 1 2 2 9 9
10 (5) Anatoly Kuzmin 8 2 3 2 F 1 8 10
11 (2) Jan Holub I 7 1 2 0 2 2 7 11
12 (6) Horst Krüger 6 3 0 2 1 F 6 12
13 (8) Dieter Tetzlaff 4 0 1 2 0 1 4 13
14 (10) Stanislaw Kasa 3 2 1 F - - 3 14
15 (16) Hans Jurgen Fritz 1 0 0 1 F - 1 15
16 (9) Piotr Bruzda 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Miroslav Verner 3 2 0 1 3 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
  • August 21, 1971
  • Wembley
  • First 10 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
(13) Ivan Mauger 14 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
(7) Ray Wilson 12 3 3 X 3 3 12 2 3
(9) Ole Olsen 12 3 3 3 3 E 12 3 2
4 (16) Nigel Boocock 12 2 3 3 2 2 12 4 X
5 (3) Eric Boocock 10 2 2 2 3 1 10 5
6 (12) Jim Airey 9 2 2 3 T 2 9 6
7 (4) Jerzy Szczakiel 7 3 1 2 1 0 7 7
8 (14) Ronnie Moore 7 1 3 1 1 1 7 8
9 (5) Vladimir Gordeev 6 2 0 0 1 3 6 9 3
10 (2) Jiri Stancl 6 0 2 1 2 1 6 10 2
11 (11) Tony Lomas 6 1 0 2 1 2 6 11 1
12 (8) Henryk Glucklich 4 1 X 0 0 3 4 12
13 (6) Grigory Khlinovsky 4 0 1 1 2 0 4 13
14 (1) Viktor Trofimov 4 1 1 0 0 2 4 14
15 (15) Jan Mucha 4 F 1 2 F 1 4 15
16 (10) Gennadij Kurilenko 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Barry Briggs 2 2 2 R1
R2 (R2) Pawel Waloszek 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
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
1 (14) Ole Olsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
2 (7) Ivan Mauger 12+3 3 1 3 2 3 12 2
3 (13) Bengt Jansson 12+3 2 3 1 3 3 12 3
4 (3) Ray Wilson 11 3 3 1 3 1 11 4
5 (4) Anders Michanek 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5
6 (12) Bernt Persson 9 3 1 2 1 2 9 6
7 (5) Jim Airey 8 2 1 3 2 0 8 7
8 (11) Sören Sjösten 8 2 2 2 1 1 8 8
9 (1) Nigel Boocock 6 1 2 1 0 2 6 9
10 (10) Ronnie Moore 5 1 2 0 1 1 5 10
11 (6) Eric Boocock 4 0 0 3 1 0 4 11
12 (9) Leif Enecrona 4 0 0 0 2 2 4 12
13 (2) Jiří Štancl 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 13
14 (16) Tommy Jansson 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14
15 (15) Jerzy Szczakiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
16 (8) Vladimir Gordeev Dsq 1 3 2 2 3 11 16
(17) Göte Nordin 0 0
(18) Tony Lomas 0 0
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

Note : Vladimir Gordeev was disqualified after illegal additives were found in his fuel.

References
  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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