1988 Swedish speedway season

1988 Swedish speedway season
The Dane Erik Gundersen topped the Vargarna averages
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The 1988 Swedish speedway season was the 1988 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden. ^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1988 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held at the Kumla Motorstadion in Kumla on 27 August. Per Jonsson won the Swedish Championship for the third consecutive year. ^{[3] [4]}

Pos	Rider	Team	Pts	Total
1	Per Jonsson	Bysarna	(3,3,3,3,3)	15
2	Roland Dannö	Indianerna	(2,3,3,2,2)	12+3
3	Peter Nahlin	Smederna	(3,2,3,2,2)	12+2
4	Jimmy Nilsen	Stockholm U	(d,3,2,3,3)	11
5	Conny Ivarsson	Vetlanda	(3,3,d,2,1)	9
6	Peter Karlsson	Örnarna	(1,1,1,3,3)	9
7	Mikael Blixt	Indianerna	(3,2,2,1,1)	9
8	Kenneth Nystrom	Vetlanda	(2,1,2,1,2)	8
9	Tony Gudbrand	Örnarna	(0,1,1,2,3)	7
10	Niklas Karlsson	Örnarna	(2,2,2,1,0)	7
11	Christer Rohlen	Indianerna	(1,2,3,d,0)	6
12	Bo Arrhen	Stockholm U	(1,d,1,3,d)	5
13	Krister Gardell	Indianerna	(u,1,0,0,2)	3
14	Tony Rickardsson	Stockholm U	(2,0,1,0,d)	3
15	Kristian Hultgren	Bysarna	(1,0,d,1,1)	3
16	Mikael Teurnberg (res)	Rospiggarna	(1)	1
17	Michael Ritterwall	Vetlanda	(0,0,0)	0
18	Dennis Löfqvist (res)	Bysarna	(0)	0

U21 Championship

Main article: Swedish Junior Speedway Championship

Henrik Gustafsson won the U21 championship for the third consecutive year. ^{[5] [6]}

Team

Team Championship

Bysarna won the Elitserien and were declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the fourth time. The Bysarna team included Per Jonsson, Tony Olsson, Dennis Löfqvist and Brian Karger. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Getingarna and Gamarna merged to become became Stockholm United and Tuna Rebels changed their name to Eskilstuna. ^[10]

Rospiggarna won the first division, while Solkatterna and Filbyterna won the second division north and south respectively. ^{[11] [12]}

Elitserien Pos Team Pts 1 Bysarna 25 2 Indianerna 22 3 Vetlanda 21 4 Stockholm United 13 5 Örnarna 10 6 Vargarna 10 7 Dackarna 6 8 Smederna 5

Div 1 Pos Team Pts 1 Rospiggarna 20 2 Eskilstuna 14 3 Lejonen 10 4 Griparna 8 5 Skepparna 6 6 Brassarna 2

Div 2 north Pos Team Pts 1 Solkatterna 23 2 Valsarna 17 3 Masarna 13 4 Gävle 7 5 Eldarna 2

Div 2 south Pos Team Pts 1 Filbyterna 20 2 Korparna 19 3 Kaparna 17 4 Piraterna 10 5 Gnistorna 4 6 Pilarna 2

See also

• Speedway in Sweden

References

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