1981 British Speedway Championship

1981 British Speedway Championship

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The 1981 British Speedway Championship was the 21st edition of the British Speedway Championship. ^[1] The Final took place on 3 June at Brandon in Coventry, England. The Championship was won by Steve Bastable, who beat Kenny Carter and John Louis in a run-off for the title. The top eight riders qualified for the next stage of the World Championship, the 1981 Overseas Final. ^[2]

British Final

• 3 June 1981
• Brandon Stadium, Coventry ^[3]

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) Steve Bastable	13	2						3				3				3				2		13	1	3
	(2) Kenny Carter	13	3					2				3				2				3			13	2	2
	(5) John Louis	13		3			3					2					2					3	13	3	1
4	(4) Les Collins	12	1							3				3				3				2	12	4
5	(10) Chris Morton	10			3			3						2			1		1				10	5
6	(6) Dave Jessup	9		2				1			1							2			3		9	6
7	(16) Michael Lee	8				3				1	3						0			1			8	7
8	(15) Ian Cartwright	7				2			0			1						1	3				7	8
9	(13) Malcolm Simmons	6				0	2							1		3					0		6	9	3
10	(11) Eric Broadbelt	6			0				2		2					1						1	6	10	2
11	(9) Phil Collins	6			2		0						2					0		2			6	11	1
12	(7) Melvyn Taylor	5		1					1					0	3					0			5	12
13	(1) John Davis	5	-				1				0				2				2				5	13
14	(12) Gordon Kennett	5			1					2		0			1						1		5	14
15	(14) Kevin Smith	2				1		0					1		0							0	2	15
16	(8) Kevin Jolly	0		0						0			0			0			0				0	16
R1	(R1) Keith White	0	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 Under 21 final

Rob Lightfoot won the British Speedway Under 21 Championship. The final was held at Kingsmead Stadium on 4 July. ^[4]

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Rob Lightfoot	14
2	Peter Carr	13
3	Neil Evitts	11
4	Martin Hewlett	10
5	Charlie McKinna	10
6	Dennis Mallett	10
7	Simon Wigg	9
8	Andy Hibbs	7
9	Wayne Jackson	7
10	Martin Dixon	6
11	Paul Evitts	5
12	Paul Stead	5
13	Jamie Luckhurst	4
14	Andy Buck	3
15	Dave Mullett (res)	3
16	Peter Tarrant	2
17	Rob Tilbury (res)	1
18	Nigel Sparshott	0

See also

• British Speedway Championship
• 1981 Individual Speedway World Championship

References

1. "British Final Roll of Honour". BSPA.
2. "1981". Speedway.org. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
3. "1981 British Final Result". History of Speedway (In Polish).
4. "British Under-21 Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 7 May 2023.