Motorcycle speedway world championship season
The 1967 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 22nd edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
At Wembley in front of a 70,000 crowd Ove Fundin won a record fifth title, one year after Barry Briggs had equalled his record in 1966. Fellow Swede Bengt Jansson took silver and New Zealander Ivan Mauger took bronze, improving on his fourth place position the previous year.[7]
The format of the Championship changed for the 1967 event. It reverted back to the 1965 system whereby riders from the European Final and British/Commonwealth Final would qualify for the World Final to be held at Wembley Stadium in London. However the European Final would now see 10 riders qualifying for the final.
First round
Qualification results.[8][9]
Norwegian qualifying - 23 October 1966
Krohnsminde, Bergen - Top 6 to Nordic qualification 1967
Pos. | Rider | Points | 1 | Sverre Harrfeldt | 15 | 2 | Reidar Eide | 13 | 3 | Per J. Aulie | 12 | 4 | Aage Hansen | 11 | 5 | Oyvind S. Berg | 11 | 6 | Johnny Faafeng | 9 | 7 | Knut Syrrist | 9 | 8 | Svein Svendsrud | 8 | 9 | Sven Tollefsen | 7 | 10 | Arne N. Larsen | 4 | 11 | Jan Terje Gravningen | 4 | 12 | Hans R. Gaarder | 4 | 13 | Ole Todnem | 3 | 14 | Tore Christensen | 2 | 15 | Kjell Gimre | 0 | 16 | Helge Langli | 0 | | Finnish qualifying Pos. | Rider | Points | Total | 1 | Olavi Turunen | 15+10 | 10+ | 2 | Matti Olin | 13+11 | 10+ | 3 | Kalevi Lahtinen | 9+15 | 9+ | 4 | Esko Koponen | 6+13 | 6 + | 5 | Heikki Kaprali | 12+9 | 4+ | 6 | Jouko Naskali | 11+10 | 4+ | 7 | Timo Laine | 7+11 | 3+ | 8 | Jorma Taipale | 10+3 | 2+ | 9 | Timo Sinkkonen | 8+6 | 0 | 10 | Reima Kohkovuori | 5+8 | 0 | 11 | Reijo Tolviander | 4+7 | 0 | 12 | Matti Myllyntausta | 7+0 | 0 | 13 | Keijo Reima | -+7 | 0 | 14 | Esko Mantila | 4+0 | 0 | 15 | Kauko Reima | -+4 | 0 | 16 | Matti Sylväsalo | -+2 | 0 | 17 | Pekka Peltonen | 1+0 | 0 | 18 | Matti Ackmann | 0+1 | 0 | |
+Points awarded for top six only (8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1)
Swedish Qualifying
Continental qualifying
- Top 32 to continental semi-finals
Second round
British qualifying
- Top 32 to British semi-finals
Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
12 May | Somerton Park, Newport | Eric Boocock | Roy Trigg | Ray Wilson |
12 May | Hackney Wick Stadium, London | Ivan Mauger | Colin Pratt | Malcolm Brown |
12 May | King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn | Terry Betts | Reg Luckhurst | Dave Younghusband |
13 May | Old Meadowbank, Edinburgh | George Hunter | Ray Wilson | Bert Harkins |
13 May | Abbey Stadium, Swindon | Charlie Monk | Martin Ashby | Geoff Mudge |
13 May | Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley | Ivor Brown | Chris Julian | Norman Hunter |
15 May | County Ground Stadium, Exeter | Nigel Boocock | Eric Boocock | Martin Ashby |
16 May | West Ham Stadium, London | Rick France | Reg Luckhurst | Ken McKinlay |
17 May | Wimborne Road, Poole | Ronnie Genz | Geoff Mudge | Barry Briggs |
18 May | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield | Nigel Boocock | John Dews | Martin Ashby |
18 May | Oxford Stadium, Oxford | Roy Trigg | Eddie Reeves | Peter Moore |
18 May | Wimbledon Stadium, London | Reg Luckhurst | Trevor Hedge | Dave Younghusband |
19 May | Monmore Green, Wolverhampton | Ken McKinlay | Barry Briggs | Jim Airey |
19 May | White City, Glasgow | Charlie Monk | Bob Kilby | Maury Mattingley |
20 May | Hyde Road, Manchester | Ronnie Genz | Cyril Maidment | Colin Pratt |
20 May | Brandon Stadium, Coventry | Nigel Boocock | Rick France | Alf Wells |
20 May | The Shay, Halifax | Dave Younghusband | Eric Boocock | Ken McKinlay |
22 May | Brough Park, Newcastle | Ivan Mauger | George Hunter | Bob Kilby |
23 May | Long Eaton Stadium, Long Eaton | Ray Wilson | Bert Harkins | Tommy Roper |
Nordic qualification
Continental semi-finals
- 21 May
Trud Stadium, Balakovo - Top 8 to Continental final
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Third round
British/Commonwealth semi-finals
Nordic 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 |
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 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 |
European Final
- 27 August 1967
Olympic Stadium, Wrocław - First 10 to World Final plus 1 reserve
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
- 16 September 1967
Wembley Stadium, London[10]
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 9 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD FINALS 1936-1994" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "HISTORY SPEEDWAY and LONGTRACK". Speedway.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX". British Speedway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "World title for Fundin". The Times. 18 September 1967. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via Gale Primary Sources.
- ^ "1967 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "1967 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5
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