1985 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1985 Individual Speedway World Championship was an event in the sport of motorcycle speedway, held at Odsal Stadium, Bradford, United Kingdom on 31 August 1985.

1985 Individual Speedway World Championship
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Odsal Stadium, the new home of international speedway in England after the demise of the Wembley Stadium and White City Stadium tracks, was chosen by the FIM to host the 1985 Final; the first time that the final had been held in England at a venue other than Wembley.

A crowd of around 30,000 attended the 1985 Final, which was won by defending champion Erik Gundersen of Denmark from fellow Dane Hans Nielsen and surprise third placing Sam Ermolenko of the United States. All three riders finished the meeting on 13 points and were forced into a run-off to decide the podium placings. The only English rider in the field, 21-year-old Kelvin Tatum, finished 8th with 8 points in his first World Final. He won his first race, but later admitted that he let the occasion get to him which affected his riding.

British Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
11 April Rye House Mike Ferreira Jamie Luckhurst Andrew Silver
17 April Long Eaton Trevor Banks Dave Perks Louis Carr
18 April Middlesbrough Steve Wilcock Geoff Pusey Mike Spink
19 April Peterborough Carl Blackbird Tim Hunt Kevin Hawkins
19 April Edinburgh David Blackburn Paul Thorp Bobby Beaton
Semi-Finals
19 May Halifax Kenny Carter John Davis Neil Collins
22 May Cradley Heath Andy Grahame Kelvin Tatum Simon Cross
Final
6 June Coventry Kenny Carter John Davis Kelvin Tatum

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 21
(2) Kenny Carter 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(12) John Davis 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 2
(8) Kelvin Tatum 12 3 1 3 2 3 12 3
4 (9) Phil Collins 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 4
5 (6) Chris Morton 9 1 2 3 2 1 9 5
6 (16) Neil Collins 9 1 2 2 3 1 9 6
7 (3) Andy Smith 7 2 1 0 2 2 7 7
8 (5) Les Collins 6 2 0 0 1 3 6 8 3
9 (13) Simon Cross 6 0 2 3 1 0 6 9 2
10 (14) Neil Evitts 6 3 0 1 0 2 6 10 1
11 (10) Peter Collins 5 2 1 1 E 1 5 11
12 (15) Tim Hunt 5 2 F 1 0 2 5 12
13 (11) Andy Grahame 4 0 3 0 0 1 4 13
14 (1) Dave Jessup 4 1 1 1 1 0 4 14
15 (7) Andy Campbell 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 15
16 (4) Alan Grahame 3 0 F 2 1 E 3 16
R1 (R1) Steve Bastable 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Mark Courtney 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
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Semi-Finals
4 May Stockholm Tommy Nilsson Partik Karlsson Erik Stenlund
4 May Malilla Per Jonsson Anders Kling Mikael Blixt
5 May Mariestad Jimmy Nilsen Per Ove Gudmunsson Richard Hellsen
Final
20 May Örebro Erik Stenlund Tommy Nilsson Richard Hellsen
21 May Gislaved Tommy Nillson Jimmy Nilsen Pierre Brannefors
22 May Linköping Per Jonsson Tommy Nilsson Richard Hellsen

Australian Qualification
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Northern Territory Final
3 November 84 Tennant CreekDavid JacksonBrent KnottGlen Baxter
Queensland Final
24 November 84 Ayr Steve Regeling Stan Bear Steve Koppe
South Australian Final
1 December 84 Murray Bridge Mark Fiora Steve Baker Darryl Branford
Western Australian Final
7 December 84 Perth Mick McKenna
New South Wales Final
16 December 84 Napier Billy Sanders Gary Guglielmi Rudy Muts
Victorian Final
23 December 84 Mildura Phil Crump Rod Hunter Bill Barret
Australian Final
5 January Ayr Billy Sanders Phil Crump Stan Bear

Australian Final
  • January 5, 1985
  • Ayr
  • First 2 to Overseas final
Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Billy Sanders(3,3,3,3,3)15
2 Phil Crump(X,3,2,2,3)11
3 Stan Bear(2,2,2,2,3)11
4 Mark Fiora(2,2,3,2,2)11
5 Steve Regeling(1,3,0,3,3)10
6 Allan Rivett(3,1,3,1,2)10
7 Gary Guglielmi(3,3,X,2,X)8
8 Rod Hunter(1,1,3,1,2)8
9 Steve Koppe(3,2,1,X,1)7
10 Ray Palmer(0,0,2,2,2)6
11 David Jackson(1,2,2,0,1)6
12 Steve Baker(2,0,1,1,0)4
13 Rudy Muts(2,1,0,0,F)3
14 Brent Nott(1,1,F,X,X)2
15 Darryl Branfort(0,0,1,1,0)2
16 Bill Barett(0,X,X,0,0)0
R1 Craig Drennan(3,1)4
18 Mal Bedkoper(1)1

Intercontinental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Norwegian Final
1 May ElganeEinar KyllingstadRoy OttoDag Haaland
Danish Final
5 May Brovst Hans Nielsen Erik Gundersen Preben Eriksen
American Final
8 June Long Beach John Cook Sam Ermolenko Shawn Moran
Scandinavian Final
9 June Fjelsted Tommy Knudsen Jan Andersson Erik Gundersen
Overseas Final
14 July Bradford Shawn Moran Kenny Carter Lance King
Intercontinental Final
3 August Vetlanda Shawn Moran Lance King Hans Nielsen

Norwegian Final
  • May 1, 1985
  • Elgane
  • First to Scandinavian final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Einar Kyllingstad15
2 Roy Otto14
3 Dag Haaland11
4 Ingvar Skogland11
5 Erlend Skretting10
6 Kjel Arvid Gimre10
7 Per Leveng9
8 Arnt Forland9
9 Willi Tjessem7
10 Robert Langaland7
11 Gjermund Aas4
12 Aasger Bjerga3
13 Jan Slaatter3
14 Kurt Ueland3
15 Geir Aasland3
16 Gunnar Tunaem1

Danish Final
  • May 5, 1985
  • Brovst
  • First 7 to Scandinavian final
Pos.RiderTotal
1 Hans Nielsen15
2 Erik Gundersen13+3
3 Preben Eriksen13+2
4 Tommy Knudsen11
5 Finn Rune Jensen10
6 Jan O. Pedersen10
7 John Jørgensen10
8 Jens Rasmussen9
9 Fleming Pedersen6
10 John Eskilden6
11 Bo Petersen6
12 Sam Nikolajsen3
13 Brian Jacobsen2
14 Aksel Jepsen2
15 Per Sorensen2
16 Frank Andersen1
R1 Helge Hansen1

American 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
(12) John Cook 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(3) Sam Ermolenko 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 2
(8) Shawn Moran 12 2 2 3 3 2 12 3
4 (14) Lance King 11 3 3 1 2 2 11 4 3
5 (13) Rick Miller 11 2 3 3 2 1 11 5 2
6 (5) Bobby Schwartz 11 3 2 1 2 3 11 6 1
7 (15) Kelly Moran 11 1 2 2 3 3 11 7 F
8 (10) Alan Christian 7 1 2 2 1 1 7 8
9 (9) Brad Oxley 7 2 0 0 2 3 7 9
10 (6) Keith Larsen 5 1 1 3 0 F 5 10
11 (4) Mike Carusco 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 11
12 (1) Mike Faria 3 2 1 F X 0 3 12
13 (7) Keith Christo 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 13
14 (11) Jim Lawson 3 X 0 2 1 0 3 14
15 (2) Mike Dwyer 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 15
16 (16) Gene Woods 1 0 X 1 0 0 1 16
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 Final
  • June 9, 1985
  • Fjelsted
  • First 6 to Intercontinental final plus 1 reserve
  • Kai Niemi, Ari Koponen and Olli Tyrvainen seeded direct to the Scandinavian 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
(3) Tommy Knudsen 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
(14) Jan Andersson 12 2 2 2 3 3 12 2
(15) Erik Gundersen 11 3 0 3 2 3 11 3
4 (10) Hans Nielsen 10 E 3 3 2 2 10 4
5 (1) Kai Niemi 10 2 3 3 1 1 10 5
6 (11) Jan O. Pedersen 10 2 2 2 2 2 10 6
7 (12) John Jørgensen 8 3 1 2 0 2 8 7 3
8 (4) Tommy Nillson 8 1 3 E 3 1 8 8 2
9 (8) Preben Eriksen 7 2 2 E 3 0 7 9
10 (7) Richard Hellsen 7 1 1 1 2 2 7 10
11 (13) Per Jonsson 6 1 2 2 0 1 6 11
12 (2) Einar Kyllingstad 5 0 0 1 1 3 5 12
13 (5) Finn Rune Jensen 5 3 1 0 1 0 5 13
14 (6) Ari Koponen 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 14
15 (9) Erik Stenlund 2 X 0 1 0 1 2 15
16 (16) Olli Tyrvainen 0 0 0 0 E 0 0 16
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

Overseas Final
  • July 14, 1985
  • Bradford, Odsal Stadium
  • First 10 to the Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve
  • David Bargh seeded direct to Overseas Final by the New Zealand Auto Cycle Union
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) Shawn Moran 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 3
(2) Kenny Carter 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 2 2
(4) Lance King 12 0 3 3 3 3 12 3
4 (1) Andy Smith 11 1 2 3 2 3 11 4
5 (7) John Davis 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5
6 (6) Kelvin Tatum 10 3 0 2 2 3 10 6
7 (14) John Cook 8 3 1 2 0 2 8 7
8 (8) Phil Crump 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 8
9 (10) Sam Ermolenko 7 3 2 0 1 1 7 9
10 (13) Phil Collins 6 1 3 1 1 0 6 10 3
11 (12) Chris Morton 6 2 0 2 1 1 6 11 2
12 (15) Neil Collins 5 2 1 1 1 0 5 12
13 (16) Stan Bear 5 F 1 1 2 1 5 13
14 (11) David Bargh 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 14
15 (9) Rick Miller 1 0 1 0 E 0 1 15
16 (5) Les Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
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

Intercontinental Final
  • August 3, 1985
  • Vetlanda, Vetlanda Speedway
  • First 11 plus one reserve to the 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 21
(2) Shawn Moran 14 3 3 3 3 2 14 1
(11) Lance King 12 3 2 2 2 3 12 2 3
(9) Hans Nielsen 12 1 2 3 3 3 12 3 2
4 (1) Jan Andersson 11 2 3 1 3 2 11 4
5 (12) Kai Niemi 10 2 3 0 2 3 10 5
6 (15) Tommy Knudsen 9 3 F 1 2 3 9 6
7 (5) Sam Ermolenko 9 3 1 2 2 1 9 7
8 (3) Kelvin Tatum 8 0 3 2 1 2 8 8
9 (7) John Cook 8 2 1 3 1 1 8 9
10 (16) Erik Gundersen 7 0 1 3 3 0 7 10
11 (4) Jan O. Pedersen 6 1 2 1 0 2 6 11
12 (13) Phil Collins 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 12
13 (10) John Davis 3 0 2 0 0 1 3 13
14 (14) Kenny Carter 2 2 F - - - 2 14
15 (8) Phil Crump 2 1 0 1 0 F 2 15
16 (6) Andy Smith 2 F 1 0 1 0 2 16
R1 (R1) John Jørgensen 0 0 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Chris Morton 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

Continental Round
DateVenueWinnerRunner-up3rd place
Preliminary Round
21 April Diedenbergen Klaus Lausch Hubert Diener Stanislav Urban
21 April Targovishte Angel Jeftimov Igor Stolyarov Grzegorz Dzikowski
21 April Toruń Leonard Raba Wojciech Zabialowicz Antonín Kasper Jr.
21 April Miskolc Viktor Kuznetsov Wojciech Zaluski Josef Petrikovics
Quarter-Finals
1 May Lonigo Armando Castagna Grzegorz Dzikowski Valentino Furlanetto
1 May Krsko Antonín Kasper Jr. Armando Dal Chiele Laszlo Bodi
1 May Bremen Klaush Lausch Václav Verner Zdenek Schneiderwind
5 May Wiener Neustadt Zoltan Adorjan Sandor Tihanyi Andrzej Huszcza
Semi-Finals
9 June Debrecen Zoltan Adorjan Viktor Kuznetsov Sandor Tihanyi
9 June Žarnovica Egon Muller Klaus Lausch Armando Castagna
Final
21 July Pocking Egon Muller Armando Castagna Zoltan Adorjan

Continental Final
  • July 21, 1985
  • Pocking, Rottalstadion
  • First 5 plus one reserve to the 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 21
(15) Egon Muller 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
(11) Armando Castagna 13 3 2 3 3 2 13 2
(14) Zoltan Adorjan 12 3 2 3 1 3 12 3
4 (10) Viktor Kuznetsov 11 0 3 3 3 2 11 4 3
5 (12) Karl Maier 11 2 2 2 3 2 11 5 2
6 (3) Grzegorz Dzikowski 11 3 1 2 2 3 11 6 1
7 (8) Antonín Kasper Jr. 10 3 3 1 2 1 10 7
8 (1) Petr Vandirek 8 2 2 2 2 0 8 8
9 (9) Sandor Tihanyi 7 1 3 0 2 1 7 9
10 (5) Aleš Dryml Sr. 6 2 1 1 1 1 6 10
11 (16) Klaus Lausch 5 X 1 1 0 3 5 11
12 (7) Lubomír Jedek 5 1 E 2 0 2 5 12
13 (13) Heinrich Schatzer 3 1 X 1 1 0 3 13
14 (6) Václav Verner 2 0 1 0 1 X 2 14
15 (4) Zoltan Hajdu 1 1 X 0 0 X 1 15
16 (2) Laszlo Bodi 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 16
R1 (R1) Andrzej Huszcza 1 1 1 R1
R2 (R2) Giorgio Zaramella 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
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) Erik Gundersen 13 1 3 3 3 3 13 1 3
(15) Hans Nielsen 13 3 3 3 1 3 13 2 2
(13) Sam Ermolenko 13 2 3 3 2 3 13 3 1
4 (8) Kai Niemi 10 2 3 2 3 0 10 4
5 (5) Shawn Moran 10 3 1 1 3 2 10 5
6 (9) Tommy Knudsen 10 2 2 1 2 3 10 6
7 (6) John Cook 9 0 2 3 3 1 9 7
8 (1) Kelvin Tatum 8 3 0 1 2 2 8 8
9 (10) Jan O. Pedersen 7 3 1 1 1 1 7 9
10 (12) Jan Andersson 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 10
11 (11) Lance King 6 0 2 2 1 1 6 11
12 (3) Egon Muller 5 2 1 E 2 0 5 12
13 (4) Armando Castagna 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 13
14 (16) Zoltan Adorjan 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 14
15 (2) Viktor Kuznetsov 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 15
16 (7) Karl Maier 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 16
R1 (R1) Grzegorz Dzikowski 0 0 R1
R2 (R2) Phil Collins 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
  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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