1970 Individual Speedway World Championship

The 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 25th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Ivan Mauger became the first rider to win the title in three consecutive years, his five ride 15 point maximum took him to third in the all time list behind Ove Fundin and Barry Briggs. The Poles Paweł Waloszek and Antoni Woryna took silver and bronze respectively in their home nation at the Olympic Stadium.[7]

Format changes

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The format of the Championship changed again for the 1970 event. This time the Polish riders were allowed six places in the World Final to be held in Poland. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 10 riders for the World Final.

First round

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Qualification results.[8][9]

Swedish qualifying

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  • Top 8 in each heat to Swedish semi-finals

British/Commonwealth qualifying

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  • Top 32 to British semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
25 April Brandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Bruce Cribb Peter Vandenberg
25 April King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn Ronnie Moore Wayne Briggs Terry Betts
25 April Hyde Road, Manchester Chris Pusey Tommy Roper Cyril Maidment
27 April Brough Park, Newcastle Barry Briggs Jim Airey Rick Timmo
27 April County Ground Stadium, Exeter Ivan Mauger Bob Kilby Martin Ashby
28 April West Ham Stadium, London Ivan Mauger Bob Kilby Charlie Monk
28 April Leicester Stadium, Leicester Ray Wilson John Boulger Graham Plant
29 April Wimborne Road, Poole Trevor Hedge Pete Smith Gordon Guasco
30 April Wimbledon Stadium, London Eric Boocock Ronnie Moore Trevor Hedge
30 April Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Jim Airey Les Sharpe Nigel Boocock
30 April Oxford Stadium, Oxford Jim McMillan John Boulger Tony Clarke
1 May Monmore Green, Wolverhampton Nigel Boocock Martin Ashby Norman Hunter
1 May Hackney Wick Stadium, London Barry Briggs Ronnie Moore Jimmy Gooch
1 May Hampden Park, Glasgow Charlie Monk Colin McKee Jim McMillan
1 May Somerton Park, Newport Bill Andrew Norman Strachan Jim Airey
2 May Abbey Stadium, Swindon Barry Briggs Bob Kilby Ray Wilson
2 May The Shay, Halifax Arnold Haley Les Sharpe Eric Boocock
2 May Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley Colin Pratt Bob Andrews Jack Biggs
13 May Brandon Stadium, Coventry Nigel Boocock Ken McKinlay Rick France

Second round

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Norwegian qualifying

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Reidar Eide 15
2 Oyvind S. Berg 14
3 Edgar Stangeland 12
4 Per Aulie 12
5 Dag Lövaas 11
6 Einar Egedius 8
7 Nils Otto Haraldsen 7
8 Jon Hovind 7
9 Hans Olav Schia 6
10 Kjell Ttomas Skjäveland 5

Finnish qualifying (top 7)

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Pos. Rider Points Total
1 Kalevi Lahtinen 8+8 16
2 Matti Olin 6+6 12
3 Timo Laine 4+1 5
4 Jorma Taipale 0+4 4
5 Olavi Turunen 1+3 4
6 Reima Lohkovuori 2+2 4
7 Jouko Naskali 3+0 3

Swedish semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Sören Sjösten 14
2 Anders Michanek 14
3 Olle Nygren 14
4 Bengt Larsson 12
5 Per-Olof Söderman 10
6 Käll Haage 10
7 Lars Jansson 10
8 Leif Enecrona 9
9 Conny Samuelsson 9
10 Sven-Inge Svensson 5
11 Karl-Erik Claesson 5
12 Rolf Johansson 4
13 Sigvard Johansson 4
14 Hans Johansson 3
15 Åke Andersson 1
16 Bo Magnusson 0
17 Egon Stengarn (res) 0
Pos. Rider Points
1 Ove Fundin 14
2 Göte Nordin 14
3 Bengt Brannefors 13
4 Bengt Jansson 12
5 Bo Josefsson 10
6 Therje Henriksson 9
7 Bernt Persson 9
8 Jan Simensen 9
9 Bengt Svensson 6
10 Christer Löfqvist 6
11 Tommy Bergqvist 5
12 Runo Wedin 5
13 Sven Sigurd 3
14 Tommy Johansson 3
15 Per-Åke Gerhardsson (res) 2
16 Lennart Michanek 1
17 Bengt Andersson 1

Continental qualifying

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  • Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
Date Venue Winner 2nd 3rd
9 May   Meissen Speedway Stadium, Meissen   Jan Holub I   Valery Gordeev   Peter Liebing
10 May   Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc   Václav Verner   Jaroslav Volf   Viktor Trofimov
10 May   Liebenauer Stadium, Graz   Vladimir Gordeev   Zdenek Majstr   Jochen Dinse
10 May   Igralište na Kajzerici, Zagreb   Pavel Mares   Boris Cehanovich   Jürgen Hehlert

British/Commonwealth semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1   Ivan Mauger 15
2   Ronnie Moore 14
3   Howard Cole 12
4   Nigel Boocock 10
5   Trevor Hedge 10
6   Terry Betts 10
7   Jim Airey 9
8   Arnie Haley 9
9   Bob Kilby 8
10   Reg Luckhurst 5
11   George Hunter 4
12   Bill Andrew (res) 4
13   Wayne Briggs 3
14   Cyril Maidment 2
15   John Dews 2
16   Rick Timmo 2
17   Jack Biggs 1
18   Gordon Guasco 2
  • 21 May
Pos. Rider Points
1   Barry Briggs 13
2   Jim McMillan 11
3   Ray Wilson 11
4   Roy Trigg 10
5   Charlie Monk 10
6   Chris Pusey 10
7   John Boulger 9
8   Martin Ashby 9
9   Bob Andrews 8
10   Tommy Roper 8
11   Les Sharpe 7
12   Ken McKinlay 4
13   Eric Boocock 3
14   Tony Clarke 3
15   Colin MCKee 2
16   Colin Pratt 2

Third round

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Continental semi-finals

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Pos. Rider Points
1   Valerij Klementiev 15
2   Vladimir Smirnov 11
3   Yury Dubinin 10
4   Viktor Trofimov 10
5   Jiří Štancl 10
6   Hans Jürgen Fritz 9
7   Nikołaj Aksenov 9
8   Grigory Khlinovsky 9
9   Antonín Šváb Sr. 8
10   Václav Verner 8
11   Jaroslav Volf 5
12   Viktor Pavlov 5
13   Jan Holub I 5
14   Hans Martens 2
15   Peter Liebing 1
16   Pal Perenyi 0
Pos. Rider Points
1   Gennadij Kurilenko 14
2   Valerij Gordeev 12
3   Vladimir Kononovich 11
4   Viktor Kalmykov 11
5   Zdeněk Majstr 10
6   Jürgen Hehlert 10
7   Dieter Tetzlaff 10
8   Boris Cehanovich 9
9   Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 7
10   Gerhard Uhlenbrock 6
11   Josef Bössner 5
12   Jochen Dinse 4
13   Miloslav Verner 4
14   Jurij Lambotskij 1
15   Pavel Mareš dns
16   Frantisek Ledecky dns

British/Commonwealth Final

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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   (13) Ivan Mauger 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
2   (4) Ronnie Moore 13 3 3 2 2 3 13 2
3   (3) Roy Trigg 12+3 1 3 3 3 2 12 3
4   (2) Arnold Haley 12+2 2 3 3 2 2 12 4
5   (6) Barry Briggs 10 3 0 3 3 1 10 5
6   (16) Trevor Hedge 9 3 1 2 2 1 9 6
7   (7) Jim Airey 8 0 1 1 3 3 8 7
8   (14) John Boulger 8 1 2 1 2 2 8 8
9   (11) Nigel Boocock 7 3 2 0 1 1 7 9
10   (12) Chris Pusey 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 10
11   (1) Charlie Monk 5 0 2 1 1 1 5 11
12   (8) Martin Ashby 5 1 0 2 0 2 5 12
13   (10) Ray Wilson 5 0 1 0 1 3 5 13
14   (5) Howard Cole 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 14
15   (9) Terry Betts 2 1 1 0 0 X 2 15
16   (15) Jim McMillan 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 16
  (17) Bob Kilby 0 0
  (18) Tommy Roper 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

Nordic Final

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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
    (7) Göte Nordin 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
    (2) Sören Sjösten 12 3 3 3 1 2 12 2
    (12) Anders Michanek 11 3 1 2 2 3 11 3
4   (13) Bengt Larsson 10 1 3 2 3 1 10 4
5   (3) Reidar Eide 10 2 2 3 1 2 10 5
6   (5) Ove Fundin 9 2 E 1 3 3 9 6
7   (16) Ole Olsen 9 3 T 3 2 1 9 7
8   (11) Bengt Jansson 9 2 1 2 2 2 9 8
9   (8) Øyvind Berg 8 1 2 2 0 3 8 9
10   (4) Odd Fossengen 7 1 3 1 1 1 7 10
11   (6) Bengt Brannefors 6 0 2 1 3 0 6 11
12   (15) Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 6 2 0 0 2 2 6 12
13   (1) Niels Weis Sorensen 3 F 2 0 1 0 3 13
14   (9) Dag Lovaas 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 14
15   (14) Olle Nygren 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 15
16   (10) Matti Olin 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
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

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British Nordic Final

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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
    (2) Sören Sjösten 14 3 3 2 3 3 14 1
    (13) Ole Olsen 13 2 3 3 2 3 13 2
    (14) Barry Briggs 12 3 2 1 3 3 12 3
4   (11) Ronnie Moore 11 3 3 3 0 2 11 4
5   (3) Ivan Mauger 10 0 2 3 3 2 10 5
6   (5) Jim Airey 10 3 1 3 2 1 10 6
7   (1) Bengt Jansson 10 2 2 2 1 3 10 7
8   (4) Anders Michanek 9 1 3 2 3 0 9 8
9   (9) Ove Fundin 7 1 0 2 2 2 7 9
10   (7) Trevor Hedge 6 1 1 1 2 1 6 10
11   (12) John Boulger 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 11
12   (16) Arnold Haley 4 0 2 1 1 0 4 12
13   (8) Göte Nordin 4 2 1 0 1 E 4 13
14   (10) Reidar Eide 3 F 1 0 0 2 3 14
15   (15) Roy Trigg 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 15
16   (6) Bengt Larsson 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 16
R1   (R1) Nigel Boocock 0 0 R1
R2   (R2) Øyvind Berg 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

Continental Final

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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
    (9) Hans Jürgen Fritz 10 2 3 3 2 10 1
    (10) Valeri Klementiev 9 3 2 1 3 9 2
    (7) Zdenek Majstr 8 2 3 3 0 8 3
4   (15) Yury Dubinin 8 3 0 2 3 8 4
5   (1) Gennady Kurilenko 8 2 1 3 2 8 5
6   (2) Vladimir Kononovich 7 3 1 0 3 7 6
7   (12) Vladimir Gordeev 6 0 0 3 3 6 7
8   (16) Viktor Kalmykov 6 0 3 1 2 6 8
9   (5) Jiri Stancl 6 3 2 1 0 6 9
10   (11) Grigory Khlinovsky 6 1 2 2 1 6 10
11   (14) Dieter Tetzlaff 6 2 3 0 1 6 11
12   (8) Jürgen Hehlert 5 0 1 2 2 5 12
13   (13) Boris Cehanovich 4 1 0 2 1 4 13
14   (6) Nikolay Aksenov 1 1 0 0 0 1 14
15   (4) Nikolay Smirnov 0 F - - - 0 15
16   (3) Viktor Trofimov 0 F - - - 0 16
R1   (R1) Antonín Šváb Sr. 4 1 1 1 1 4 R1
R2   (R2) Gabdrakhman Kadyrov 3 0 2 0 1 3 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

Fifth round

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European Final

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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
    (4) Ivan Mauger 14 2 3 3 3 3 14 1
    (1) Vladimir Gordeev 11 3 0 3 2 3 11 2
    (10) Gennady Kurilenko 11 1 3 2 3 2 11 3
4   (12) Sören Sjösten 11 2 2 3 3 1 11 4
5   (5) Ole Olsen 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 5
6   (11) Barry Briggs 10 3 3 1 3 0 10 6
7   (3) Anders Michanek 9 0 2 3 1 3 9 7
8   (2) Valeri Klementiev 8 1 2 1 1 3 8 8
9   (15) Trevor Hedge 6 3 0 0 2 1 6 9
10   (13) Yury Dubinin 6 2 2 0 2 0 6 10
11   (7) Ronnie Moore 5 3 1 1 F - 5 11
12   (6) Hans Jürgen Fritz 5 0 1 2 0 2 5 12
13   (14) Vladimir Kononovich 5 1 0 2 1 1 5 13
14   (9) Viktor Kalmykov 5 0 1 1 1 2 5 14
15   (8) Jim Airey 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 15
16   (16) Zdenek Majstr 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
R1   (R1) Bengt Jansson 0 0 R1
R2   (R2) Yury Lombockiy 0 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

Polish qualifying

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Pos. Rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1   Jan Mucha 6 14 12 13 12 8 6 13 72
2   Pawel Waloszek 9 12 11 6 12 11 12 13 71
3   Andrzej Wyglenda 8 12 9 14 14 5 10 9 68
4   Antoni Woryna 9 5 14 10 8 12 10 5 63
5   Henryk Glucklich 12 9 3 9 9 6 12 7 58
6   Jerzy Szczakiel 11 12 8 11 6 7 3 ns 58
7   Zygfryd Friedek 7 7 9 7 10 12 11 ns 56
8   Jozef Jarmula 6 11 10 8 6 6 ns 13 54
9   Stanislaw Kasa 10 4 8 9 8 7 7 6 49
10   Edmund Migoś 7 4 5 9 7 9 11 1 48
11   Zygmunt Pytko 7 3 8 3 ns 7 10 +0 38
12   Stanislaw Skowron 6 4 5 3 0 11 6 ns 35
13   Henryk Żyto 8 8 4 5 ns 5 0 4 34
14   Jerzy Trzeszkowski 0 7 7 0 5 ns ns 12 31
15   Piotr Bruzda 7 2 2 1 7 5 3 5 29
16   Stanisław Tkocz 5 4 5 9 3 ns ns ns 26
17   Zbigniew Podlecki ns ns ns ns ns 2 5 11 18
18   Jerzy Gryt ns ns ns ns ns 6 5 ns 11
19   Wiktor Waloszek ns ns ns ns ns ns 3 7 10
20   Jerzy Padewski ns ns ns ns 8 ns ns ns 8
21   Leszek Marsz ns ns ns ns ns ns ns 8 8

World Final

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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
    (10) Ivan Mauger 15 3 3 3 3 3 15 1
    (16) Paweł Waloszek 14 3 3 3 2 3 14 2
    (1) Antoni Woryna 13 3 3 2 3 2 13 3
4   (15) Sören Sjösten 9 2 3 1 3 0 9 4
5   (2) Henryk Glücklich 9 2 2 3 2 0 9 5
6   (13) Valeri Klementiev 8 0 1 1 3 3 8 6
7   (11) Barry Briggs 7 2 1 0 1 3 7 7
8   (14) Andrzej Wyglenda 7 1 0 3 2 1 7 8
9   (4) Anders Michanek 7 0 1 2 2 2 7 9
10   (7) Ole Olsen 6 3 2 0 E 1 6 10
11   (9) Jan Mucha 6 1 2 0 1 2 6 11
12   (3) Hans Jürgen Fritz 5 1 0 1 1 2 5 12
13   (6) Vladimir Gordeev 5 2 1 1 0 1 5 13
14   (12) Gennady Kurilenko 2 F 2 F - - 2 14
15   (8) Zygfryd Friedek 2 F 0 2 F - 2 15
16   (5) Trevor Hedge 0 E E F R - 0 16
R1   (R1) Edmund Migoś 4 2 1 1 F 0 4 R1
R2   (R2) Jerzy Szczakiel 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

References

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  7. ^ "Champion Ivan makes History". Newcastle Journal. 7 September 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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