1960 Individual Speedway World Championship

1960 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 15th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

The final was held on 17 September, in front of a 70,000 crowd at Wembley Stadium. In an extremely competitive final three riders tied for first place on 14 points before Ove Fundin won the ride off to claim his second world title. In the ride off Fundin defeated defending champion Ronnie Moore and former champion Peter Craven. Craven had earlier set a track record of 68.8 seconds in his first race. ^[7]

First Round

Qualification results. ^{[8] [9]}

Norwegian qualifying 25 June 1959 Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien Top 7 to Nordic qualification 1960 Pos. Rider Points 1 Aage Hansen 15 2 Rolf Westerberg 14 3 Thorbjorn Nygaard 12 4 Reidar Kristoffersen 10 5 Roger Steen 10 6 Oddvar Kristiansen 9 7 Arne Kristiansen 9 8 Oystein Mellerud 8 9 Tore Melbye 6 10 Roger Hansen 5 11 Sverre Harrfeldt 5 12 Egil H. Kruke 4 13 Gunnar Skjetne 4 14 Egil Bratvold 2 15 Per Aulie 2 16 Svein Johnsen 2

Finnish qualifying 27 July 1959 Eteläpuisto, Tampere First 2 (+seeded riders) to Nordic qualification 1960 Pos. Rider Points 1 Pertti Mikkola 15 2 Kalevi Lahtinen 13 3 Olavi Turunen 13 4 Timo Laine 9 5 Raimo Orastie 9 6 Aulis Lehtonen 9 7 Antti Mattila 8 8 Esko Koponen 7 9 Yrjo Vuori 7 10 Antero Salasto 7 11 Pertti Petersohn 6 12 Valle Seliverstov 5 13 Martti Assinen 4 14 Heikki Sorri 3 15 Nils Staaf 3 16 Martti Koivuoja 2

Swedish qualifying

1 May 1960 Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Top 8 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points 1 Rune Sörmander 14 2 Olle Nygren 12 3 Alf Jonsson 11 4 Curt Eldh 11 5 Sören Sjösten 10 6 Åke Andersson 10 7 Evert Andersson 10 8 Björn Knutson 9 9 Joel Jansson 9 10 Bert Lindarw 5 11 Bengt Brannefors 5 12 Inge Gustafsson 4 13 Thorvald Karlsson 4 14 Olle Andersson 4 15 Per-Tage Svensson 1 16 Per-Åke Lundgren 1 17 Bengt Fransson 0 18 Jan Ekeroth 0

5 May 1960 Hammarby IP, Stockholm Top 7 to Nordic qualification Pos. Rider Points 1 Göran Norlén 15 2 Göte Nordin 13 3 Bertil Strid 11 4 Curt Nyqvist 10 5 Kjell Wårenius 10 6 Bernt Nilsson 10 7 Hans Hallberg 9 8 Bengt Eriksson 7 9 Birger Forsberg 7 10 Agnar Stenlund 6 11 Kjell Lutteman 6 12 Leif Larsson 4 13 Olle Segerström 4 14 Göran Carlsson 4 15 Thore Kindstrand 3 16 Per-Åke Lundgren 1 17 Åke Östblom 0 18 Jan Ekeroth 0

Continental quarter-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
22 May	Kajzerica, Zagreb	Florian Kapała	Jan Malinowski	Joachim Maj
22 May	Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec	František Richter	Stefan Kepa	Stanislav Svoboda
22 May	Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno	Bernard Kacperak	Konstanty Pociejkewicz	Pawel Waloszek
30 May	ASKÖ-X-Platz, Vienna	Josef Bössner	Henryk Żyto	Antonín Kasper Sr.

Second round

British & Commonwealth qualifying

• Top 64 riders to British second round

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
2 June	Owlerton Stadium	Dennis Newton	Eric Hockaday	Tink Maynard
4 June	Sun Street Stadium	Reg Fearman	Reg Luckhurst	Alan Smith
4 June	Old Meadowbank	Guy Allott	Gil Goldfinch	Tony Robinson
6 June	Stanley Stadium	Peter Vandenberg	Ken Adams	Nick Nicholls
10 June	Rayleigh Weir Stadium	Reg Reeves	Alan Smith	Stan Stevens
10 June	Knowle Stadium	Ernie Baker	Johnny Hole	Maury Mattingley
11 June	Dudley Wood Stadium	Maury Mattingley	Reg Reeves	Gil Goldfinch
11 June	Odsal Stadium	Charlie Barsby	Danny Dunton	Ken Adams
15 June	Wimborne Road	Dennis Newton	Ron Taylor	Alan Kidd

Nordic Qualification

26 May 1960 Selskov Stadium, Hillerød Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Alf Jonsson 14 2 Björn Knutson 12 3 Aage Hansen 13 4 Rune Sörmander 11 5 Sverre Harrfeldt 10 6 Joel Jansson 9 7 Arne Pander 9 8 Evert Andersson 9 9 Erik Kastebo 7 10 Nils Paulsen 6 11 Kurt W. Petersen 6 12 Arne Kristiansen 4 13 Åke Andersson 3 14 Hans Peter Boisen 3 15 Odvar Kristiansen 1 16 Öystein Mellerud 0 17 Curt Eldh dns

26 May 1960 Helsinki Velodrome, Helsinki Top 8 to Nordic final Pos. Rider Points 1 Olle Nygren `3 2 Göte Nordin 12 3 Curt Nyqvist 12 4 Kjell Wårenius 10 5 Bernt Nilsson 10 6 Bertil Strid 7 Rolf Westerberg 9 8 Göran Norlén 9 9 Hans Hallberg 7 10 Antti Pajari 6 11 Kalevi Lahtinen 6 12 Thorbjörn Nygaar 5 13 Timo Laine 5 14 Aluis Tuominen 4 15 Valle Seliverstov 2 16 Pertti Mikkola 0

Continental semi-final

26 June 1960 Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Stanislav Svoboda 14 2 Jaroslav Volf 12 3 Frantisek Richter 11 4 Mieczyslaw Polukard 11 5 Pawel Waloszek 10 6 Bedrich Slany 9 7 Marian Kaiser 9 8 Stefan Rurarz 9 9 Bronislaw Rogal 8 10 Kazimierz Bentke 7 11 Bohumil Rendek 6 12 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 5 13 Bernard Kasperak 5 14 Bohumír Bartoněk 2 15 Stefan Kępa 2 16 Edmund Migoś 2

26 June BBM Stadium, Munich Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Josef Hofmeister 15 2 Jan Malinowski 13 3 Florian Kapala 13 4 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 12 5 Stefan Kwoczala 10 6 Henryk Zyto 9 7 Joachim Maj 9 8 Josef Seidl 9 9 Antonín Kasper Sr. 7 10 Marian Philipp 6 11 Josef Bössner 5 12 Józef Wieczorek 4 13 Karel Prusa 3 14 Alois Frach 3 15 Zdenek Rott 2 16 Fred Aberl 1 17 Edward Luther 0

Third round

• Ove Fundin – seeded to European Final

British & Commonwealth Second round

• To 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
2 July	Hyde Road	Peter Craven	Dick Fisher	Ronnie Genz
2 July	Abbey Stadium	Chum Taylor	Ray Cresp	Mike Broadbank
4 July	Wimbledon Stadium	Ron How	Jack Young	Alf Hagon
5 July	Banister Court Stadium	Neil Street	Jack Biggs	Bryan Elliott
6 July	New Cross Stadium	Barry Briggs	Neil Street	Ron Johnston
7 July	Foxhall Stadium	Peter Craven	Nigel Boocock	Jim Lightfoot
7 July	Oxford Stadium	Mike Broadbank	Ronnie Genz	Les McGillivray
8 July	Leicester Stadium	Barry Briggs	Ken McKinlay	Jack Geran
9 July	Brandon Stadium	Ken McKinlay	Jack Young	Les Owen
9 July	The Firs Stadium	Ron How	Billy Bales	Aub Lawson

Nordic Final

• 16 June 1960
• Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo
• First 7 to European Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Olle Nygren		14+3
2	Göte Nordin		14+2
3	Aage Hansen		13
4	Rune Sörmander		12
5	Curt Nyqvist		10
6	Björn Knutson		10
7	Göran Norlén		9
8	Alf Jonsson		9
9	Arne Pander		6
10	Sverre Harrfeldt		5
11	Kjell Warenius		5
12	Evert Andersson		4
13	Bernt Nilsson		3
14	Hans Hallberg		2
15	Rolf Westerberg		2
16	Joel Jansson		2
R1	Bertil Strid		0

Continental Final

• 3 July 1960
• Stadion Wien, Vienna
• 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	21
	(10) Josef Hofmeister	13			1			3						3			3		3				13	1
	(1) Henryk Żyto	11	3				3				2				2				1				11	2	3
	(9) Marian Kaiser	11			3		1						2					2		3			11	3	2
4	(6) František Richter	11		3				1			1							3			3		11	4	1
5	(2) Stefan Kwoczała	10	2					2				2				2				2			10	5
6	(5) Mieczysław Połukard	10		1			2					3					1					3	10	6
7	(7) Jan Malinowski	9		2					2					1	3					1			9	7
8	(3) Stanislav Svoboda	9	0						3				3				2				1		9	8
9	(13) Luboš Tomíček	8				3	0							2		3					0		8	9
10	(16) Stanislaw Rurarz	7				2				2	3						0			0			7	10
11	(12) Jaroslaw Volf	6			2					1		0			1						2		6	11
12	(15) Pawel Waloszek	5				1			0			1						1	2				5	12
13	(11) Florian Kapała	4			0				1		0					1						2	4	13
14	(4) Josef Seidl	4	1							3				0				0				0	4	14
15	(14) Bedřich Slaný	1				0		0					1		F							-	1	15
16	(8) Joachim Maj	0		0						0			0			0			0				0	16
R1	(R1) Ernest Luttenberger	0																				1	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

Fourth round

• Ronnie Moore – seeded to World Final

British & Commonwealth semi finals

Top 9 riders based on points accumulated over two rides would progress to world final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
8 August	Wimbledon Stadium	Peter Craven	Barry Briggs	Eric Williams
13 August	Brandon Stadium	Ron How	Peter Moore	Aub Lawson
13 August	The Firs Stadium	Peter Craven	Ken McKinlay	Bob Andrews
16 August	Banister Court Stadium	Ken McKinlay	Jack Young]	Ron How

Pos. Rider Points 1 Peter Craven 30 2 Ron How 28 3 Ken McKinlay 28 4 Barry Briggs 24 5 Peter Moore 24 6 Jack Young 24 7 Ron Johnston 23 8 Eric Williams 23 9 Aub Lawson 23 10 Bryan Elliott 22 11 Chum Taylor 20 12 Bob Andrews 19 13 Jack Biggs 17 14 Tadeusz Teodorowicz 15 15 Mike Broadbank 15 16 Nigel Boocock 15

Pos. Rider Points 17 Les McGillivray 14 18 Split Waterman 13 19 George White 13 20 Ian Williams 12 21 Jack Unstead 11 22 Les Owen 10 23 Ray Cresp 8 24 Billy Bales 8 25 Alf Hagon 7 26 Jack Geran 7 27 Neil Street 7 28 Ronnie Genz 5 29 Gerry Jackson 5 30 Dick Fisher 4 31 Ron Mountford 4 32 Gordon McGregor 3

European Final

• 14 August 1960
• Olympic Stadium, Wrocław
• First 6 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
	(6) Marian Kaiser	14		3				3			3							3			2		14	1
	(14) Ove Fundin	13				2		2					3		3							3	13	2
	(3) Stefan Kwoczała	11	3						3				1				3				1		11	3
4	(2) Josef Hofmeister	10	0					1				3				3				3			10	4
5	(12) Henryk Żyto	10			2					2		2			1						3		10	5
6	(1) Rune Sörmander	10	2				2				2				2				2				10	6
7	(10) Mieczysław Połukard	9			3			0						3			2		1				9	7	3
8	(8) Stanislav Svoboda	9		1						3			2			0			3				9	8	2
9	(15) Aage Hansen	8				3			2			1						2	0				8	9
10	(4) Olle Nygren	6	1							1				2				1				1	6	10
11	(5) Curt Nyqvist	5		2			1					0					0					2	5	11
12	(16) Jan Malinowski	4				0				0	1						1			2			4	12
13	(9) František Richter	4			1		3						0					0		0			4	13
14	(13) Göte Nordin	4				1	0							1		2					0		4	14
15	(7) Björn Knutson	2		0					1					0	0					1			2	15
16	(11) Göran Norlén	1			0				0		0					1						0	1	16
R1	(R1) Alf Jonsson	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

• 17 September 1960
• Wembley Stadium, London, ^[10]

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) Ove Fundin	14	3					3				2				3				3			14	1	3
	(12) Ronnie Moore	14			3					3		3			2						3		14	2	2
	(7) Peter Craven	14		3					3					3	3					2			14	3	1
4	(11) Peter Moore	12			2				2		3					2						3	12	4
5	(13) Ron Johnston	10				3	2							2		1					2		10	5
6	(5) Barry Briggs	9		2			1					1					3					2	9	6
7	(14) Stefan Kwoczała	8				1		2					3		1							1	8	7
8	(6) Josef Hofmeister	6		0				0			2							3			1		6	8
9	(9) Ken McKinlay	6			0		3						2					1		0			6	9
10	(4) Jack Young	6	1							2				1				2				F	6	10
11	(1) Chum Taylor	5	2				0				0				0				3				5	11
12	(16) Rune Sörmander	5				2				0	1						1			1			5	12
13	(10) Henryk Żyto	4			1			1						0			2		0				4	13
14	(8) Aub Lawson	4		1						1			1			0			1				4	14
15	(3) Marian Kaiser	1	0						1				0				0				0		1	15
16	(15) Bryan Elliott	0				0			E			E						0	-				0	16
R1	(R1) Bob Andrews	2																	2				2	R1
R2	(R2) Mieczysław Połukard	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

See also

• motorcycle speedway
• 1960 Speedway World Team Cup

References

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