1976 Individual Speedway World Championship

England's Peter Collins became the first British World Speedway Champion since Peter Craven had won in 1962. Fellow Englishman Malcolm Simmons finished second with Australia's Phil Crump finishing third. 1976 was the first time since 1952 that no rider from either New Zealand or Sweden finished on the podium in the World Final.[1]

1976 Individual Speedway World Championship
Previous: 1975 Next: 1977

The 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship.

British Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
3 April Berwick Taffy Owen Tom Owen Graham Jones
10 April Canterbury Reg Luckhurst Ted Hubbard Graham Banks
11 April Mildenhall Kevin Jolly Andy Cusworth Laurie Etheridge
13 April Weymouth Tony Featherstone Bob Coles Barney Kennett
22 April Sheffield Trevor Geer Alan Grahame Paul Tyrer
23 April Wolverhampton Alan Molyneux Brian Havelock Bob Coles
24 April Swindon Dave Perks Steve Bastable Tom Owen
24 April Cradley Heath Bobby McNeil Mick Hines Mick Bell
Quarter-Finals
3 May Birmingham Peter Collins Chris Pusey Alan Molyneux
5 May Poole Dave Jessup Dave Morton Arthur Price
8 May Belle Vue Alan Grahame John Davis Michael Lee
8 May King's Lynn Malcolm Simmons Chris Morton Doug Wyer
Semi-Finals
18 May Leicester Malcolm Simmons Bob Kilby John Louis
19 May White City Peter Collins Jim McMillan Doug Wyer
Final
June 2 Coventry Malcolm Simmons Chris Morton Doug Wyer result

British 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
(9) Malcolm Simmons 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(3) Chris Morton 13 2 3 2 3 3 13 2
(6) Doug Wyer 13 3 3 3 2 2 13 3
4 (12) Peter Collins 12 2 3 3 3 1 12 4
5 (5) John Louis 11 2 2 2 2 3 11 5
6 (7) Dave Jessup 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 6
7 (2) Jim McMillan 8 3 1 1 3 0 8 7
8 (15) Terry Betts 7 3 1 0 0 3 7 8
9 (13) Ray Wilson 5 2 1 0 2 0 5 9
10 (11) Bob Kilby 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 10
11 (16) John Davis 5 0 2 1 1 1 5 11
12 (10) Dave Morton 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 12
13 (14) George Hunter 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 13
14 (1) Mike Lanham 3 1 0 0 0 2 3 14
15 (4) Reg Wilson 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 15
16 (8) Chris Pusey 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 16
R1 (R1) John Harrhy 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

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
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Semi-Finals
6 May Kumla Bernt Persson Tommy Nilsson Soren Sjosten
9 May Malilla Lars Jansson Bo Wirebrand Per-Loke Gerhardsson
9 May Lindesberg Tommy Jansson Hasse Holmqvist Christer Sjosten
Final
20 May Stockholm Abandoned after the fatal crash of Tommy Jansson
25 May Linköping Bernt Persson Anders Michanek Soren Karlsson

Swedish 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 (9) Bernt Persson 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1
2 (14) Anders Michanek 11 X 3 3 3 2 11 2
3 (2) Soren Karlsson 11 3 2 3 2 1 11 3
4 (3) Bengt Jansson 11 2 3 1 3 2 11 4
5 (10) Jan Simensen 10 2 0 3 2 3 10 5
6 (16) Tommy Nilsson 10 3 1 3 1 2 10 6
7 (13) Soren Sjosten 10 2 1 1 3 3 10 7
8 (4) Christer Sjosten 8 F 3 2 0 3 8 8
9 (5) Cal-Erik Claesson 8 3 2 2 0 1 8 9
10 (6) Lars-Like Andersson 6 2 1 2 1 0 6 10
11 (1) Eddie Davidsson 6 1 0 1 2 2 6 11
12 (15) Richard Hellsen 5 0 1 1 2 1 5 12
13 (8) Sven Nilsson 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 13
14 (7) Per-Olof Dovhjort 1 1 - 0 - 0 1 14
15 (11) Bo Wirebrand 1 1 - 0 - - 1 15
16 (12) Kenneth Selmolsson 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
(17) Bengt Larsson 1 0 1 1
(18) Gunnar Malmqvist 3 2 1 0 3
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

New Zealand Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
South Island Final
6 December, '75 Invercargill Larry Ross Grahame Stapleton Denis Sincock
North Island Final
10 January Palmerston North Colin Farquharson Colin Tucker Roy Trigg
New Zealand Final
14 February Christchurch Ivan Mauger Barry Briggs Larry Ross

Australian Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
New South Wales Round
22 November '75 Liverpool Billy Sanders Phil Herne Mitch Shirra
28 November '75 Newcastle Phil Herne Terry Southerland Mitch Shirra
29 November '75 Sydney Mitch Shirra Phil Herne Billy Sanders
Queensland Qualification
6 December '75 Brisbane Mike Farrell Ron Henderson Darryl McLean
Southern Territory Qualification
9 January Adelaide John Boulger Ray Snider Robin Amundson
Victoria Qualification
17 January Melbourne Denny Kennedy Rob Jones John Dewhurst
Northern District
23 January Adelaide Phil Crump John Boulger Kym Amundson
31 January Sydney Billy Sanders Mike Farrell John Langfield
7 February Brisbane Mike Farrell John Titman Garry Middleton
Southern Zone Final
13 February Aucland Phil Crump John Langfield Phil Herne

Australian Final
  • February 13, 1976
  • Adelaide
  • First 8 to Austral-Asian Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Phil Crump15
2 John Langfield13
3 Phil Herne12
4 John Boulger12
5 Mitch Shirra10
6 John Titman9
7 Ticky Day9
8 Billy Sanders8
9 Mick McKeon8
10 Mike Farrell6
11 Robin Amundson5
12 Robert Maxfield4
13 Ron Henderson3
14 Rod Chessell3
15 Ray Snider2
16 Dene Davies1
17 Paul Scanlon0

Intercontinental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Australasian Final
21 February Aucland John Boulger Billy Sanders Phil Crump
Norwegian Final
25 April Skien Reidar Eide Dag Lovaas Edgar Stangeland
Danish Final
25 April Vojens Finn Thomsen Kurt Bogh Jan Henningsen
Nordic Final
2 June Norrköping Ole Olsen Anders Michanek Bengt Jansson
American Final
? June Santa Monica Scott Autrey Mike Curosco Steve Gresham
Intercontinental Final
26 June Wembley Peter Collins Ivan Mauger Phil Crump

Australasian Final
  • February 21, 1976
  • Auckland
  • First 4 to Intercontinental Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 John Boulger3,3,2,3,314
2 Billy Sanders2,3,3,3,213
3 Phil Crump3,3,3,X,312
4 Ivan Mauger3,2,X,3,311+3
5 Phil Herne3,2,1,2,311+2
6 Mitch Shirra2,3,2,3,111+1
7 Barry BriggsX,1,3,2,28
8 John TitmanX,2,2,2,28
9 Ricky Day1,1,3,0,16
10 Colin Tucker2,2,1,0,05
11 Colin Farqhuarson1,E,1,2,15
12 John LangfieldX,1,2,1,04
13 Larry Ross2,1,0,1,E4
14 Graeme Stapleton0,0,E,1,23
15 Roy Trigg1,0,0,0,12
16 Paul Fewlings0,0,1,0,01
R1 Dennis Sincock1
R2 Robin Adlington1

Norwegian Final
  • April 25, 1976
  • Skien
  • First 3 to Nordic Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Reidar Eide15
2 Dag Lovaas14
3 Edgard Stangeland13
4 Audun Olsen11
5 Oyvind Berg11
6 Jan Gravningen10
7 Kjell Gimre9
8 Helge Langli9
9 Tormod Langli6
10 Tom Godal5
11 Ingve Madland4
12 Stein Pedersen4
13 Askild Malmin3
14 Jorn Flatha2
15 Sigvard Pedersen2
16 Per Hetland1

Danish Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Finn Thomsen15
2 Kurt Bogh12+3
3 Jan Henningsen12+2
4 Leif Rasmusen12+1
5 Finn Rune Jensen11
6 Gunnar Svensen10
7 Bent Noregaard10
8 Michael Lohmann8
9 Kristian Praestbro8
10 Jens Erik Krause4
11 Knud Ellegaard4
12 Ernst Boegh4
13 Erling Rasmussen3
14 Gotfried Andreasen3
15 Jorgen Johansen2
16 Kaj Kristensen2

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
(4) Ole Olsen 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(14) Anders Michanek 13 3 3 3 3 1 13 2
(10) Bengt Jansson 12 3 2 1 3 3 12 3
4 (12) Dag Lovaas 11 2 2 3 1 3 11 4
5 (7) Bernt Persson 10 3 0 2 2 3 10 5
6 (5) Soren Sjosten 10 2 1 2 2 3 10 6
7 (6) Soren Karlsson 8 1 0 3 2 2 8 7 3
8 (13) Edgar Stangeland 8 2 3 0 2 1 8 8 2
9 (2) Ila Teromaa 8 2 1 0 3 2 8 9 1
10 (3) Finn Thomsen 6 0 3 2 1 0 6 10
11 (1) Reidar Eide 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 11
12 (15) Tommy Nilsson 5 0 2 1 0 2 5 12
13 (11) Markku Helminen 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 13
14 (9) Karl Erik Claesson 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 14
15 (8) Jan Simensen 1 0 1 - 0 0 1 15
16 (16) Christer Sjosten 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Lars Ake Andersson 1 1 1 R1
R2 (R2) Thomas Pettersson 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

American Final
  • , 1976
  • Santa Monica
  • First to Interconinental Final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Scott Autrey
2 Mike Curosco
3 Steve Gresham

Intercontinental 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 (11) Peter Collins 12+3 0 3 3 3 3 12 1
2 (9) Ivan Mauger 12+2 1 3 2 3 3 12 2
3 (1) Phil Crump 11+3 3 1 2 2 3 11 3
4 (7) Malcolm Simmons 11+2 3 0 3 3 2 11 4
5 (8) Chris Morton 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 5
6 (5) Doug Wyer 10 1 2 3 2 2 10 6
7 (10) Scott Autrey 9 2 2 1 3 1 9 7
8 (6) John Louis 8+3 0 3 0 2 3 8 8
9 (16) Anders Michanek 8+2 3 3 1 0 1 8 9
10 (12) John Boulger 7 3 1 2 1 T 7 10
11 (3) Billy Sanders 7 2 2 1 1 1 7 11
12 (13) Ole Olsen 6 X E 2 2 2 6 12
13 (15) Bengt Jansson 4 2 1 1 X 0 4 13
14 (4) Bernt Persson 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 14
15 (2) Dag Lovaas 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16 (14) Soren Sjosten 1 1 0 E - - 1 16
(17) Trevor Geer 0 0 0 0
(18) Barry Thomas 0 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

Continental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
25 April Lonigo Hans Wassermann Evzen Erban Karel Vobornik
25 April Wiener Neustadt George Gilgenreiner Alois Wiesböck Hubert Fischbaher
Quarter-Finals
15 May Ostrava Mikhail Starostin Vladimir Gordeev Viktor Trofimov
15 May Prelog Giuseppe Marzotto Viktor Kuznetsov Angel Eftimov
16 May Pocking Egon Muller Christoph Betzl Valery Gordeev
16 May Debrecen Vaclav Hejl Paolo Noro Václav Verner
Semi-Finals
30 May Gdańsk Viktor Kuznetsov Giuseppe Marzotto Vladimir Gordeev
30 May Krumbach Egon Muller Valery Gordeev Cristoph Betzl
Final
June 20 Leningrad Egon Muller Jiří Štancl Valery Gordeev

Continental 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
(6) Egon Muller 9 3 3 3 9 1
(4) Jiří Štancl 8 3 3 2 8 2
(9) Valery Gordeev 7 1 3 3 7 3
4 (7) Vladimir Gordeev 7 1 3 3 7 4
5 (11) Grigory Khlynovsky 6 2 2 2 6 5
6 (14) Georgy Ivanov 6 3 1 2 6 6
7 (12) Jan Hadek 6 3 1 2 6 7
8 (15) Viktor Kuznetsov 4 0 1 3 4 8
9 (13) Nikolay Kornev 4 2 2 0 4 9
10 (5) Vladimir Smirnov 4 2 1 1 4 10
11 (16) Viktor Trofimov 4 1 2 1 4 11
12 (10) Giuseppe Marzotto 3 0 2 1 3 12
13 (2) Hans Wasserman 2 2 0 0 2 13
14 (8) Christoph Betzl 1 0 0 1 1 14
15 (3) Jan Klokocka 1 1 0 0 1 15
16 (1) Mikhail Starostin 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) Sergey Dyuzhev 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Josef Minarik 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

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
(11) Peter Collins 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(15) Malcolm Simmons 13 2 2 3 3 3 13 2
(13) Phil Crump 12 3 3 2 1 3 12 3
4 (5) Ivan Mauger 11 3 E 2 3 3 11 4
5 (9) Zenon Plech 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 5
6 (7) John Louis 9 2 1 1 3 2 9 6
7 (10) Doug Wyer 8 0 3 3 1 1 8 7
8 (1) Egon Müller 8 3 1 2 2 F 8 8
9 (2) Scott Autrey 7 2 2 1 2 0 7 9
10 (12) Jiří Štancl 6 2 2 0 1 1 6 10
11 (16) Chris Morton 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 11
12 (6) Edward Jancarz 5 1 1 0 1 2 5 12
13 (4) Marek Cieślak 4 0 3 0 E 1 4 13
14 (3) Jerzy Rembas 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 14
15 (8) Valery Gordeev 1 0 0 1 0 X 1 15
16 (14) Vladimir Gordeev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) Anders Michanek 2 2 2 R1
R2 (R2) Grigory Khlinovsky 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
  1. 1976 Individual Speedway World Championship
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