1957 Individual Speedway World Championship

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The 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 12th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The event was sponsored by the Sunday Dispatch and the attendance was 51,000. New Zealander Barry Briggs won the title after a ride off against defending champion Ove Fundin after the pair tied on 14 points after five rides each. In the ride off Fundin took the lead before Briggs forced his way to the front and with a lap to go Fundin lost control and crashed into the safety fence. Briggs duly won the £500 first prize with Fundin bruised but collecting £200. Peter Craven won the bronze and £100 after another ride off for third place.[7]

Nordic Final[]

  • 7 June 1957
  • Norway Oslo
  • First 8 to European final
Pos. Rider Points
1 Norway Aage Hansen 14
2 Sweden Per Olof Söderman 13
3 Sweden Rune Sörmander 12
4 Sweden Dan Forsberg 11
5 Norway Nils Paulsen 11
6 Sweden Olle Nygren 10
7 Norway Reidar Kristoffersen 10
8 Norway Rolf Westerberg 7
9 Sweden Bert Lindarw 7
10 Denmark Arne Pander 7
11 Sweden 6
12 Sweden 5
13 Sweden Ole Andersson 3
14 Sweden Sune Karlsson 2
15 Finland 2
16 Finland 0
17 Sweden dnr
18 Sweden dnr

Continental Final[]

  • 23 June 1957
  • Austria Vienna
  • First 8 to European Final
Pos. Rider Points
1 West Germany Josef Hofmeister 15
2 West Germany 12
3 Poland Stanisław Tkocz 11
4 Sweden 10
5 Sweden Joel Jansson 10
6 Austria Josef Kamper 10
7 Poland Florian Kapała 10
8 Poland Marian Kaiser 9
9 Poland 8
10 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Volf 7
11 Poland Joachim Maj 5
12 Czechoslovakia 5
13 Poland Tadeusz Teodorowicz 4
14 Austria 2
15 Czechoslovakia Rudolf Havelka 1
16 Austria 0
17 Poland 0
18 Poland dnr
19 Finland dnr

British/Commonwealth Round[]

First qualifying final[]

Pos. Rider Total Notes
1 England Peter Craven 13 Qualified for World final
2 New Zealand Ron Johnston 13 Qualified for World final
3 Wales Ian Williams 12 Qualified for World final
4 Australia Aub Lawson 12 Qualified for World final
5 England Ron How 11 Qualified for World final
6 England Brian Crutcher 10
7 England Ken Middleditch 10
8 England Billy Bales 9
9 England 7
10 England 6
11 England 5
12 New Zealand 5
13 England 3
14 England Arthur Forrest 3
15 England Cyril Maidment 1
16 England Ronnie Genz 1
17 England Eric French 0

Second qualifying final[]

Pos. Rider Total Notes
1 England Bob Roger 14 Qualified for World final
2 Scotland Ken McKinlay 14 Qualified for World final
3 New Zealand Barry Briggs 13 Qualified for World final
4 England George White 12 Qualified for World final
5 Australia Jack Geran 11 Qualified for World final
6 Australia Jack Biggs 10 Reserve for World final
7 England Alf Hagon 9
8 Australia Neil Street 7
9 England Ron Mountford 7
10 England Eric Boothroyd 6
11 England Dick Bradley 5
12 England Phil Clarke 5
13 England Jim Lightfoot 4
14 Australia Peter Moore 3
15 England 2
16 England Mike Broadbanks 0

European Final[]

Pos. Rider Total Notes
1 Sweden Rune Sörmander 14 Qualified for World final
2 Sweden Per Olof Söderman 13 Qualified for World final
3 West Germany Josef Hofmeister 12 Qualified for World final
4 Sweden Olle Nygren 11 Qualified for World final
5 Norway Aage Hansen 11 Qualified for World final
6 Sweden Dan Forsberg 9 Reserve for World final
7 Norway Rolf Westerberg 9
8 Poland Stanisław Tkocz 7
9 Austria Josef Kamper 6
10 Poland Florian Kapała 6
11 Austria 5
12 Poland Marian Kaiser 4
13 Sweden Joel Jansson 3
14 Norway Nils Paulsen 3
15 Norway Reidar Kristoffersen 2
16 Sweden 2
17 Sweden Bert Lindarw 2
  • Note: Olle Nygren injured and replaced by Dan Forsberg in final

World final[]

Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total
1 New Zealand Barry Briggs (3,2,3,3,3) 14+3
2 Sweden Ove Fundin (3,3,2,3,3) 14+2
3 England Peter Craven (2,1,3,2,3) 11+3
4 Australia Aub Lawson (3,3,1,2,2) 11+2
5 Sweden Rune Sörmander (1,3,3,1,3) 11+1
6 New Zealand Ron Johnston (3,2,1,1,2) 9
7 Scotland Ken McKinlay (0,0,3,3,2) 8
8 England Bob Roger (2,1,2,2,1) 8
9 Sweden Per Olof Söderman (1,2,0,3,1) 7
10 Australia Jack Geran (1,3,1,1,1) 7
11 England Ron How (1,2,2,0,2) 7
12 Norway Aage Hansen (0,0,2,2,0) 4
13 England George White (2,1,0,1,0) 4
14 Wales Ian Williams (2,0,1,0,0) 3
15 Sweden Dan Forsberg (0,1,0,0,1) 2
16 West Germany Josef Hofmeister (0,0,0,0,0) 0
R1 Australia Jack Biggs did not ride -
R2 Norway Rolf Westerberg did not ride -

Classification[]

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
1 New Zealand (10) Barry Briggs 14+3 3 2 3 3 3 14 1
2 Sweden (4) Ove Fundin 14+2 3 3 2 3 3 14 2
3 England (2) Peter Craven 11+3 2 1 3 2 3 11 3
4 Australia (5) Aub Lawson 11+2 3 3 1 2 2 11 4
5 Sweden (3) Rune Sörmander 11+1 1 1 3 1 3 9 5
6 New Zealand (13) Ron Johnston 9 3 2 1 1 2 9 6
7 Scotland (1) Ken McKinlay 8 0 0 3 3 2 8 7
8 England (15) Bob Roger 8 2 1 2 2 1 8 8
9 Sweden (11) Per Olof Söderman 7 1 2 0 3 1 7 9
10 Australia (6) Jack Geran 7 1 3 1 1 1 7 10
11 England (13) Ron How 7 1 2 2 0 2 7 11
12 Norway (14) Aage Hansen 4 0 0 2 2 0 4 12
13 England (12) George White 4 2 1 0 1 0 4 13
14 Wales (8) Ian Williams 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 14
15 Sweden (9) Dan Forsberg 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 15
16 Germany (7) Josef Hofmeister 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Norway (17) Rolf Westerberg 0 0
Australia (18) Jack Biggs 0 0
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

References[]

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  2. ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  6. ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Speedway ace crashes in Final battle". Weekly Dispatch London. 22 September 1957. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "1957". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  9. ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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