12th edition of the World motorcycle speedway championship
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]
Qualifying
Qualification started in 1956.[8][9]
Stage 1
Norwegian qualification - 21 October 1956
- Geiteryggen Speedwaybane, Skien
- Top 8 to Nordic qualification 1957
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Aage Hansen | 15 | 2 | Rolf Westerberg | 14 | 3 | Reidar Kristoffersen | 13 | 4 | Nils Paulsen | 12 | 5 | Erling Simonsen | 11 | 6 | Odd Johansen | 10 | 7 | Arne Kristiansen | 9 | 8 | Roger Steen | 9 | 9 | Gunnar Dyrseth | 7 | 10 | Oddbjorn Blaasmo | 5 | 11 | Thorbjorn Nygaard | 4 | | Finnish qualification - 7 October 1956
- Turku Hippodrome, Turku
- Top 8 to Nordic qualification 1957
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Antti Pajari | 15 | 2 | Simo Ylanen | 14 | 3 | Kauko Jousanen | 12 | 4 | Reino Niemi | 10 | 5 | Pekka Tenko | 9 | 6 | Raimo Kivinen | 8 | 7 | Erkki Ala Sippola | 8 | 8 | Timo Laine | 8 | 9 | Paavo Mikkola | 7 | 10 | Kalevi Lahtinen | 7 | 11 | Rauno Aaltonen | 6 | 12 | Heikki Sorii | 4 | 13 | Aulis Tuominen | 3 | 14 | Valle Seliverstov | 3 | 15 | Jorma Rihkajarvi | 2 | 16 | Nils Staaf | 2 | 17 | Orvo Ahlqvist | 1 | |
Swedish qualification
- 10 May 1957
- Hammarby IP, Stockholm
- Top 6 to Nordic qualification
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Stage 2
Nordic qualification
Continental round
Stage 3
Nordic Final | Continental Final |
British & Commonwealth qualifying
- Top 32 qualify for British & Commonwealth semi-final.[10]
Stage 4
British/Commonwealth semi-final
- 24 August 1958
- Hyde Road, Manchester
- First 5 to World final
| - 24 August 1958
- Brandon Stadium, Coventry
- First 5 to World final plus 1 reserve
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European Final
- Note: Olle Nygren injured and replaced by Dan Forsberg in final
World final
- 21 September 1957
- Wembley Stadium, London[11]
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
1 | Barry Briggs | (3,2,3,3,3) | 14+3 |
2 | Ove Fundin | (3,3,2,3,3) | 14+2 |
3 | Peter Craven | (2,1,3,2,3) | 11+3 |
4 | Aub Lawson | (3,3,1,2,2) | 11+2 |
5 | Rune Sörmander | (1,3,3,1,3) | 11+1 |
6 | Ron Johnston | (3,2,1,1,2) | 9 |
7 | Ken McKinlay | (0,0,3,3,2) | 8 |
8 | Bob Roger | (2,1,2,2,1) | 8 |
9 | Per Olof Söderman | (1,2,0,3,1) | 7 |
10 | Jack Geran | (1,3,1,1,1) | 7 |
11 | Ron How | (1,2,2,0,2) | 7 |
12 | Aage Hansen | (0,0,2,2,0) | 4 |
13 | George White | (2,1,0,1,0) | 4 |
14 | Ian Williams | (2,0,1,0,0) | 3 |
15 | Dan Forsberg | (0,1,0,0,1) | 2 |
16 | Josef Hofmeister | (0,0,0,0,0) | 0 |
R1 | Jack Biggs | did not ride | - |
R2 | Rolf Westerberg | did not ride | - |
Classification
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
- ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
- ^ "World Championship 1936-1994". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL – RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway ace crashes in Final battle". Weekly Dispatch London. 22 September 1957. Retrieved 6 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1957 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "1957 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Hunters beaten". Leicester Evening Mail. 1 July 1957. Retrieved 13 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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