1966 Individual Speedway World Championship

1966 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 21st edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

In the final in Göteborg New Zealander Barry Briggs equalled the record of Ove Fundin by winning his fourth World title. Norwegian Sverre Harrfeldt took silver and Pole Antoni Woryna took bronze. ^[7] Ivan Mauger, a 26-year-old New Zealander who had won the European Final qualifier finished fourth.

Format changes

The format of the Championship changed for the 1966 event. With the final to be held in Sweden, six riders from Sweden would be eligible for the World Final by finishing in the top six of the Swedish finals. The remaining Scandinavian riders were pooled in with the British and Commonwealth riders and then the Continental riders, who ultimately would have only 10 places for the World Final.

Two Swedish finals were held during 1966, the three race qualifying for the World Final and another held on 7 October that was separate from the World Championship. ^{[8] [9]}

First round

Qualification results. ^{[10] [11]}

British & Commonwealth qualifying

• Top 32 to British & Commonwealth semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
20 May	Somerton Park, Newport	Nigel Boocock	Jon Erskine	Jack Biggs
20 May	White City, Glasgow	Ron Mountford	Charlie Monk	Eric Boocock
21 May	Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh	George Hunter	Doug Templeton	Norman Hunter
21 May	Brandon Stadium, Coventry	Nigel Boocock	Jim Lightfoot	Bill Andrew
21 May	Hyde Road, Manchester	Brian Brett	Jon Erskine	Cyril Maidment
21 May	Wimbledon Stadium, London	Reg Luckhurst	Bob Dugard	Bob Paulson
23 May	Brough Park, Newcastle	Ivan Mauger	Brian Brett	Mike Broadbank
23 May	County Ground Stadium, Exeter	Ron Mountford	Martin Ashby	Trevor Hedge
24 May	Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton	Ray Wilson	Eric Boothroyd	Ivan Mauger
24 May	West Ham Stadium, London	Barry Briggs	Norman Hunter	Malcolm Simmons
25 May	King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn	David Crane	Cyril Maidment	Peter Moore
25 May	Wimborne Road, Poole	Bill Andrew	Geoff Mudge	Doug Templeton
26 May	Oxford Stadium, Oxford	Eric Boocock	Jimmy Gooch	Jim Lightfoot
26 May	Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield	Billy Bales	Barry Briggs	Charlie Monk
27 May	Hackney Wick Stadium, London	Colin Pratt	Mike Broadbank	Ivan Mauger
27 May	Monmore Green, Wolverhampton	Ken McKinlay	Terry Betts	Peter Jarman
28 May	Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley	Ivor Brown	Peter Vandenberg	Colin Gooddy
28 May	The Shay, Halifax	Eric Boocock	Eric Boothroyd	Colin Pratt
28 May	Abbey Stadium, Swindon	Barry Briggs	Martin Ashby	Arne Pander

Second round

British & Commonwealth semi-finals

13 June Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 Trevor Hedge 12+3 2 Colin Pratt 12+2 3 Mike Broadbank 11+3 4 Norman Hunter 11+2 5 Eric Boocock 11+1 6 Dave Younghusband 11+0 7 Nigel Boocock 10 8 Ken McKinlay 10 9 Martin Ashby 9 10 Cyril Maidment 6 11 Geoff Mudge 5 12 Reg Luckhurst 4 13 Bill Andrew 3 14 Bob Paulson 3 15 Eric Boothroyd 2 16 Ray Wilson 0 17 Ronnie Genz (res) 0

15 June The Shay, Halifax Top 8 to British final Pos. Rider Points 1 Barry Briggs 15 2 Ron Mountford 12 3 Peter Moore 10+3 4 Roy Trigg 10+2 5 Jimmy Gooch 10+1 6 Brian Brett 10+0 7 George Hunter 9 8 Ivan Mauger 9 9 Terry Betts 7 10 Peter Vandenberg 6 11 Arne Pander 5 12 Jim Lightfoot 5 13 Jon Erskine 4 14 Charlie Monk 4 15 Doug Templeton 2 16 Colin Gooddy 2

Continental qualifying

• Top 32 to Continental semi-finals

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
8 May	Abensberger Stadion, Abensberg	Joachim Maj	Andrzej Wyglenda	Andrzej Pogorzelski
8 May	Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen	Jan Mucha	Edmund Migoś	Marian Rose
8 May	Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Zbigniew Podlecki	Farid Szajnurov
8 May	Gradski stadion, Osijek	Gennady Kurilenko	Stanisław Tkocz	Antoni Woryna

Norwegian qualifying 28 October 1965 Dælenenga idrettspark, Oslo Top 5 to Nordic Final 1966 Pos. Rider Points 1 Sverre Harrfeldt 15 2 Per Aulie 14 3 Johnny Faafeng 13 4 Thorbjorn Nygaard 12 5 Rolf Westerberg 10 6 Thorbjorn Aulie 10 7 Svein Johnsen 8 8 Ivar Arne Hoffgaard 8 9 Hans R. Gaarder 6 10 Olav Aaen 6 11 Einar Egedius 6 12 Svein Svensrud 4 13 Arne Thorbjornsen 2 14 Jan Terje Gravningen 2 15 Svein Tollefsen 2 16 Lars Skjellfoss 1

Finnish qualifying 30 July 1965 Kärpänen Speedway, Lahti Top 3 (+1 seeded) to Nordic final 1966 Pos. Rider Points 1 Kalevi Lahtinen 15 2 Matti Olin 14 3 Heikki Kaprali 12 4 Esko Koponen 12 5 Antero Salasto 10 6 Jouko Naskali 9 7 Timo Sinkkonene 8 8 Reima Lohkovuori 8 9 Veikko Vesa 7 10 Eero Mantila 6 11 Reijo Tolviander 6 12 Juhani Taipale 5 13 Toivo Skytta 3 14 Teijo Naskali 3 15 Teuvo Morjavaara 2 16 Martti Myllyntausta 0

Third round

British & Commonwealth Final

• 27 June 1966
• Wimbledon Stadium, London
• First 8 to British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian 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
	(3) Barry Briggs	12	3						3				3				3				F		12	1
	(8) Ivan Mauger	11		3						1			2			3			2				11	2
	(7) Colin Pratt	10		0					2					3	2					3			10	3
4	(9) Mike Broadbank	9			3		3						0					1		2			9	4
5	(1) George Hunter	9	0				2				3				3				1				9	5
6	(6) Nigel Boocock	9		2				0			2							2			3		9	6
7	(15) Brian Brett	8				0			1			1						3	3				8	7	3
8	(4) Ken McKinlay	8	2							3				0				0				3	8	8	2
9	(16) Eric Boocock	8				3				2	1						1			1			8	9	1
10	(2) Trevor Hedge	8	1					2				3				2				F			8	10	0
11	(5) Ron Mountford	7		1			0					2					2					2	7	11
12	(13) Roy Trigg	7				2	1							1		1					2		7	12
13	(14) Norman Hunter	6				1		3					1		0							1	6	13
14	(10) Jimmy Gooch	5			2			1						2			0		0				5	14
15	(12) Dave Younghusband	2			0					E		E			1						1		2	15
16	(11) Peter Moore	1			1				0		0					0						0	1	16
R1	(R1) Martin Ashby	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Terry Betts	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

Nordic Final

• 19 May 1966
• Selskov Stadium, Hillerød
• First 7 to British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Kalevi Lahtinen	14
2	Ole Olsen	13
3	Sverre Harrfeldt	12
4	Paul Wissing	12
5	Matti Olin	12
6	Nils Paulsen	8
7	Jonny Faafeng	8
8	Torbjörn Nygaard	7
9	Per Aulie	7
10	Börge Christiansen	7
11	Jan Holm-Nielsen	4
12	Preben Andreasen	4
13	Heikki Kaprali	4
14	Jörgen Mogensen	3
15	Kurt Bøgh	2
16	Jouko Naskali	1
17	Erik Kastebo	1

Continental Semi-finals

22 May Trud Stadium, Balakovo Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Gennady Kurilenko 13 2 Antoni Woryna 11 3 Marian Rose 10 4 Konstanty Pociejkewicz 10 5 Stanislaw Tkocz 10 6 Edmund Migos 10 7 Viktor Trofimov 10 8 Boris Samorodov 9 9 Marian Kaiser 8 10 Vladimir Sokolov 7 11 Jan Mucha 6 12 Peter Leibing 4 13 Antonín Šváb Sr. 4 14 Luboš Tomíček Sr. 3 15 Jan Holub I 3 16 Hans Jürgen Fritz 0

22 May Rybnik Municipal Stadium, Rybnik Top 8 to Continental final Pos. Rider Points 1 Andrzej Pogorzelski 14 2 Joachim Maj 12 3 Pavel Mares 12 4 Pawel Waloszek 10 5 Andrzej Wyglenda 10 6 Stanislav Kubicek 9 7 Jaroslav Volf 8 8 Igor Plechanov 8 9 Jerzy Trzeszkowski 10 Zbigniew Podlecki 11 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 12 Farid Szajnurov 13 Bohumír Bartoněk 14 Manfred Poschenreider 15 Vaclav Prusa 16 Vladimir Kornev

Fourth round

Swedish Qualifying

24 April, Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla Top 8 to Swedish final Pos. Rider Points 1 Per Olof Söderman 15 2 Karl-Erik Andersson 13 3 Olle Nygren 13 4 Bengt Brannefors 10 5 Bo Josefsson 10 6 Gunnar Malmqvist 8 7 Willy Friberg 7 8 Bengt Larsson 9 Bo Magnusson 6 10 Therje Henriksson 6 11 Sune Stark 5 12 Jan Simensen 5 13 Bengt Svensson 5 14 Conny Samuelsson 4 15 Arne Hansson 3 16 Sven Sigurd 1

1 May, Gamla Speedway Track, Visby Top 8 to Swedish final Pos. Rider Points 1 Leif Enecrona 14 2 Göte Nordin 15 3 Leif Larsson 11 4 Torbjörn Harrysson 10 5 Arne Carlsson 10 6 Björn Knutson 9 7 Bengt Jansson 9 8 Kurt Westlund 8 9 Bernt Persson 7 10 Anders Michanek 7 11 Nils Ringström 5 12 Hasse Holmqvist 4 13 Yngve Nilsson 3 14 Ryno Westergren 3 15 Sture Lindblom 2 16 Per-Åke Gerhardsson 2 17 Leif Söderberg 1 18 Lars Jansson 1

Continental Final

• 25 June 1966
• Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slany
• First 9 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) Andrzej Pogorzelski	12				3		3					1		2							3	12	1
	(12) Antoni Woryna	11			2					3		2			3						1		11	2
	(13) Konstanty Pociejkewicz	11				2	2							3		2					2		11	3
4	(11) Marian Kaiser	10			0				3		2					3						2	10	4
5	(2) Edmund Migoś	10	3					2				3				0				2			10	5
6	(1) Igor Plechanov	10	2				3				1				1				3				10	6
7	(9) Pawel Waloszek	10			3		1						2					3		1			10	7
8	(7) Stanisław Tkocz	9		3					1					2	0					3			9	8	3
9	(6) Pavel Mares	9		2				1			3							X			3		9	9	2
10	(8) Marian Rose	9		1						2			3			1			2				9	10
11	(3) Viktor Trofimov	5	1						2				0				2				0		5	11
12	(16) Joachim Maj	4				0				1	0						3			0			4	12
13	(10) Andrzej Wyglenda	3			1			F						1			1		0				3	13
14	(4) Stanislav Kubíček	2	0							0				0				2				0	2	14
15	(5) Boris Samorodov	2		0			0					1					0					1	2	15
16	(15) Gennady Kurilenko	1				1			0			0						0	0				1	16
R1	(R1) Jaroslav Volf	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

British/Commonwealth/Scandinavian Final

• 14 July 1966
• Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
• First 7 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) Barry Briggs	15				3		3					3		3							3	15	1
	(11) Ivan Mauger	13			3				3		3					3						1	13	2
	(8) Nigel Boocock	12		3						3			2			1			3				12	3
4	(13) Sverre Harrfeldt	10				E	3							2		2					3		10	4
5	(12) George Hunter	10			2					2		3			1						2		10	5
6	(7) Ken McKinlay	10		1					1					3	2					3			10	6
7	(15) Colin Pratt	10				2			2			2						3	1				10	7
8	(5) Mike Broadbank	9		2			1					1					3					2	9	8
9	(6) Brian Brett	6		0				2			1							2			1		6	9
10	(4) Kalevi Lahtinen	6	2							1				1				1				1	6	10
11	(3) Ole Olsen	5	3						F				0				2				0		5	11
12	(2) Torbjörn Nygaard	3	1					1				0				1				0			3	12
13	(16) Nils Paulsen	3				1				0	0						E			2			3	13
14	(9) Jonny Faafeng	2			1		0						1					0		0			2	14
15	(10) Paul Wissing	1			0			0						0			1		E				1	15
16	(1) Börge Christiansen	0	F				-				-				-				-				0	16
R1	(R1) Eric Boocock	0					2				2				0				2				0	R1
R2	(R2) Gordon Guasco	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

Fifth round

Swedish Final

• Top 6 to World final

Date	Venue	Winner	2nd	3rd
31 May	Ryavallen, Borås	Bengt Brannefors	Björn Knutson	Karl-Erik Andersson
1 June	Ryd Motorstadion, Linköping	Björn Knutson	Per-Olof Söderman	Torbjörn Harrysson
2 June	Ullevi, Göteborg	Björn Knutson	Torbjörn Harrysson	Leif Larsson

Pos. Rider Points 1 Björn Knutson 41 2 Torbjörn Harrysson 35 3 Leif Enecrona 33 4 Leif Larsson 33 5 Per Olof Söderman 32 6 Göte Nordin 31 7 Bengt Brannefors 27 8 Olle Nygren 26 9 Gunnar Malmqvist 25

Pos. Rider Points 10 Bernt Persson 18 11 Karl-Erik Andersson 14 12 Bengt Larsson 13 13 Therje Henriksson 7 14 Bo Josefsson 5 15 Bengt Jansson 4 16 Willy Friberg 4 17 Kurt Westlund 4 18 Arne Carlsson 3

European Final

• 3 September 1966
• Wembley Stadium, London
• 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
	(14) Ivan Mauger	14				2		3					3		3							3	14	1
	(16) Barry Briggs	13				3				2	3						3			2			13	2
	(12) Antoni Woryna	11			1					3		3			2						2		11	3
4	(11) Sverre Harrfeldt	10			2				3		1					3						1	10	4
5	(1) Nigel Boocock	10	2				2				2				1				3				10	5
6	(5) Igor Plechanov	10		1			3					2					2					2	10	6
7	(10) Mike Broadbank	9			3			2						2			1		1				9	7
8	(13) Stanisław Tkocz	8				F	1							3		1					3		8	8
9	(15) Andrzej Pogorzelski	8				1			2			1						2	2				8	9
10	(8) Marian Kaiser	7		3						E			2			2			0				7	10
11	(6) Ken McKinlay	6		2				1			0							3			0		6	11
12	(3) Konstanty Pociejkewicz	5	3						F				1				0				1		5	12
13	(2) Edmund Migoś	4	1					0				0				0				3			4	13
14	(7) Brian Brett	3		0					1					1	0					1			3	14
15	(4) George Hunter	2	0							1				0				1				E	2	15
16	(9) Colin Pratt	0			0		0						E					0		0			0	16
R1	(R1) Pawel Waloszek	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

• 23 September 1966
• Ullevi, Göteborg ^[12]

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
	(16) Barry Briggs	15				3				3	3						3			3			15	1
	(11) Sverre Harrfeldt	14			3				3		2					3						3	14	2
	(1) Antoni Woryna	13	3				3				1				3				3				13	3
4	(9) Ivan Mauger	11			2		1						3					3		2			11	4
5	(4) Torbjörn Harrysson	10	2							2				2				2				2	10	5
6	(7) Göte Nordin	9		3					2					3	F					1			9	6
7	(14) Leif Enecrona	8				2		1					2		2							1	8	7
8	(13) Igor Plechanov	8				1	2							1		2					2		8	8
9	(2) Stanisław Tkocz	7	1					3				2				1				0			7	9
10	(3) Björn Knutson	5	E						1				1				E				3		5	10
11	(12) Marian Kaiser	5			0					0		3			1						1		5	11
12	(6) Andrzej Pogorzelski	5		2				2			0							1			0		5	12
13	(8) Mike Broadbank	4		1						1			0			0			2				4	13
14	(10) Leif Larsson	3			1			0						0			2		0				3	14
15	(15) Nigel Boocock	2				0			0			1						0	1				2	15
16	(5) Per Olof Söderman	1		0			X					0					1					0	1	16
R1	(R1) Ken McKinlay	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Bengt Brannefors	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

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