Motorcycle speedway world championship season
The 1963 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 18th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Ove Fundin extended his record by winning a fourth world crown. Fellow Sweden Björn Knutson finished second and Barry Briggs took the bronze medal.[7]
First round
Qualification results.[8][9]
Swedish qualifying
- Top 16 to Nordic qualifying
Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
28 April | Vetlanda Motorstadion, Vetlanda | Björn Knutson | Ove Fundin | Per Tage Svensson |
1 May | Gamla Speedway Track, Visby | Rune Sörmander | Ove Fundin | Willihard Thorsson |
5 May | Gamla Motorstadion, Målilla | Per Olof Söderman | Arne Carlsson | Göran Norlén |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | 13 | Bengt Brannefors | 13 | 14 | Åke Andersson | 13 | 15 | Kjell Svensson | 13 | 16 | Göte Nordin | 13 | 17 | Inge Gustafsson | 13 | 18 | Curt Eldh | 13 | 19 | Per-Åke Lundgren | 9 | 20 | Evert Andersson | 9 | 21 | Bengt Jansson | 9 | 22 | Thorvald Karlsson | 8 | 23 | Curt Nyqvist | 2 | 24 | Göran Carlsson | 0 | |
Norwegian qualifying Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Sverre Harrfeldt | 15 | 2 | Aage Hansen | 14 | 3 | Jon Odegaard | 12 | 4 | Tore Svaleng | 11 | 5 | Per Jakob Aulie | 10 | 6 | Svein Johansen | 9 | 7 | Rolf Westerberg | 9 | 8 | Bjarne Sorenby | 6 | 9 | Reidar Eide | 5 | 10 | Oystein Mellerud | 5 | 11 | Reidar Larsen | 4 | 12 | Reidar Bakken | 4 | 13 | Johnny Faafeng | 3 | 14 | Egil H. Kruke | 1 | | Finnish qualifying Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Timo Laine | 15 | 2 | Kalevi Lahtinen | 14 | 3 | Esko Koponen | 13 | 4 | Olavi Turunen | 12 | 5 | Martti Assinen | 11 | 6 | Antero Salasto | 10 | 7 | Yrjo Vuori | 7 | 8 | Keijo Sarubin | 6 | 9 | Seppo Virtanen | 6 | 10 | Osmo Hokkanen | 5 | 11 | Kari Ala Sippola | 5 | |
British & Commonwealth Provincial qualifying
- Top 16 riders to British Provincial final
Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
10 June | Brough Park, Newcastle upon Tyne | Ivan Mauger | Brian Craven | Brian Brett |
10 June | County Ground Stadium, Exeter | Len Silver | Peter Vandenberg | Ross Gilbertson |
11 June | Cornish Stadium, St Austell | George Hunter | John Hart | John Dews |
11 June | New Cross Stadium, London | Ivor Brown | Reg Luckhurst | Wayne Briggs |
11 June | Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton | Charlie Monk | Graham Warren | Chris Julian |
12 June | Wimborne Road, Poole | Brian Brett | Ross Gilbertson | Reg Luckhurst |
12 June | Hackney Wick Stadium, London | Norman Hunter | Trevor Hedge | Colin Pratt |
13 June | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield | Jack Kitchen | Graham Warren | Clive Featherby |
13 June | Cleveland Park, Middlesbrough | Peter Vandenberg | Eric Boothroyd | Eric Boocock |
14 June | Monmore Green, Wolverhampton | Ivan Mauger | George Hunter | Maury Mattingley |
15 June | Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley | Ivor Brown | Maury Mattingley | Cliff Cox |
15 June | Sun Street Stadium, Hanley | Jack Kitchen | Colin Pratt | Peter Jarman |
15 June | Rayleigh Weir Stadium, Rayleigh | Clive Featherby | Ken Adams | Tommy Roper |
15 June | Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh | Doug Templeton | Jimmy Squibb | Wayne Briggs |
Continental qualifying
- Top 32 to Continental semi-final
Second round
Nordic qualification
British Provincial final
- 22 June, Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh
- Top 9 riders to British national league round[10]
Continental semi-finals
| 3 June Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv - Top 8 to Continental final
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Third round
British & Commonwealth national league round
- Top 16 to British & Commonwealth finals
Nordic Final
Continental Final
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
British & Commonwealth Finals
Three events with the top 8 accumulated scorers going through to World Final.[11]
European Final
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 |
World Final
- 24 September 1963
Wembley Stadium, London[12]
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 8 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Fundin champ again". The People. 15 September 1963. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1963 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "1963 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Mauger the top points scorer". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 23 June 1963. Retrieved 25 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Coventry pair in Speedway Final". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 27 July 1963. Retrieved 8 July 2021 – 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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