1966 Swedish speedway season

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1966 Swedish speedway season
  1965
1967  

The 1966 Swedish speedway season was the 1966 season of motorcycle speedway in Sweden. [1] [2]

Contents

Individual

Individual Championship

The 1966 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship final was held on 7 October in Stockholm. Ove Fundin won the Swedish Championship for the sixth time. [3] [4]

The final ended with five riders tied on 12 points, Fundin won the race-off. [5]

Pos.RiderClubTotal
1 Ove Fundin Kaparna12+x+3
2 Sören Sjösten Vargarna12+1+2
3 Bengt Jansson Getingarna12+2+1
4 Göte Nordin Getingarna12+3+0
5 Leif Enecrona Gamarna12+0+x
6 Leif Larsson Getingarna11
7 Björn Knutson Vargarna10
8 Hans Holmqvist (res)Taxarna7
9 Per-Olof Söderman Vargarna6
10 Karl-Erik Andersson Kaparna6
11 Bernt Persson Vargarna4
12 Bengt Svensson Örnarna4
13 Torbjörn Harrysson Vargarna4
14 Bo Magnusson Kaparna3
15 Gunnar Malmqvist Njudungarna2
16 Åke Andersson Njudungarna2
17 Bengt Brannefors Kaparna1

Junior Championship

Winner - Egon Stengarn [6] [7]

Team

Team Championship

Getingarna continued their recent domination by winning division 1 again and being declared the winners of the Swedish Speedway Team Championship for the fourth consecutive season. The Getingarna team contained Göte Nordin, Leif Larsson, Bengt Jansson and Arne Carlsson. [8] [9]

The league consisted of 14 teams (down from 19) resulting in only three divisions. Njudungarna won the second division and Indianerna won the third division. [10] [11]

See also

References

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  2. "Speedway riders, history and results". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 85. ISBN   0-86215-017-5.
  4. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN   0-09-141751-1.
  5. "Swedish Individual Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. "Swedish Speedway Junior Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. "Individual Swedish Junior Championships". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  8. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  9. "Swedish Bauhaus Elite League". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  10. "Vargarna 1966". formula2.se. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  11. "1966". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 March 2023.