1989 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1989 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 44th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3] It was the second time the championship was held in West Germany after previously being held in Norden in 1983.[4]
The World Final was held at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. Hans Nielsen made up for his 1988 run-off defeat to Erik Gundersen by scoring a 15-point maximum to take his third World Championship.[5] Nielsen joined fellow Danes Ole Olsen and Erik Gundersen as a three time speedway world champion.[6]
Simon Wigg from England finished second with the slick, 400 metres (440 yards) track suiting his long track style. Wigg defeated fellow Englishman Jeremy Doncaster in a run-off for second and third places.[7] In what would prove to be his last World Final before his career ending crash in the World Team Cup Final at the Odsal Stadium in England just two weeks later, Erik Gundersen finished in fourth place. His chances of an outright second-place finish (after having finished second behind Nielsen in Heat 4) ended when his bike's engine seized while leading heat 9 causing him to not finish the race. In a sad twist, it was also seized engine in Heat 1 of the World Team Cup Final that would cause Gundersen's career ending crash.
Australian rider Troy Butler had a lucky passage to the World Final. After being seeded to the Commonwealth Final, he finished eighth to qualify for the Overseas Final. He then finished tenth in the Overseas Final to be the first reserve for the Intercontinental Final. He then got a start in the Intercontinental Final at Bradford when Overseas champion Sam Ermolenko injured his back in a horrific Long track motorcycle racing crash and was forced to withdraw (the American would be out for over 6 months). Butler would finish twelfth in the IC Final to become a reserve for the World Final where he once again came in as an injury replacement when Dane Jan O. Pedersen was forced to pull out. The 1986 Australian Champion ultimately finished twelfth in Munich, finishing with 4 points (two second places) from his 5 rides.
First round[edit]
British qualification[edit]
- Top 32 riders to British semi-finals
Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
---|---|---|---|---|
8 April | Arena Essex Raceway, Purfleet | Andy Buck | Martin Goodwin | Neville Tatum |
8 April | Loomer Road Stadium, Chesterton | Louis Carr | Nigel Crabtree | Graham Jones |
13 April | Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough | Les Collins | Sean Wilson | Mark Courtney |
Second Round[edit]
Austrian Final[edit]
Pos. | Rider | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | Heinrich Schatzer | 40 |
2 | Walter Nebel | 36 |
3 | Robert Funk | 35 |
4 | Andreas Bossner | 33 |
5 | Thomas Stadler | 33 |
6 | Toni Pilotto | 32 |
7 | Siegfried Eder | 31 |
8 | Christian Hochtl | 21 |
9 | Anton Wannasek | 7 |
10 | Manfred Trisko | 6 |
11 | Paul Ager | 4 |
12 | Josef Faching | 2 |
13 | Thaddaus Walach | 2 |
14 | Hans Kogler | 2 |
15 | Erich Hackl | 1 |
16 | Rainer Selb | 1 |
17 | Franz Penz | 0 |
West German Final[edit]
- 2 October 1988
- Holsteinring, Brokstedt
- Riders progress to Continental qualification 1989
Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Klaus Lausch | 3,3,3,3,2 | 14+3 |
2 | Tommy Dunker | 3,3,2,3,3 | 14+2 |
3 | Karl Maier | 2,2,3,3,2 | 12 |
4 | Gerd Riss | E,3,3,2,3 | 11 |
5 | Carsten Pelzmann | 3,2,2,2,1 | 10 |
6 | Andre Pollehn | 2,1,2,2,1 | 8 |
7 | Klaus Freundorfer | 1,3,3,F,- | 7 |
8 | Peter Schrock | 0,2,0,2,3 | 7 |
9 | Peter Hehlert | 3,0,1,1,2 | 7 |
10 | Andreas Rahn | 1,0,1,1,3 | 6 |
11 | Andreas Marynowski | 1,2,2,F,- | 5 |
12 | Andreas Schapfl | 2,1,1,E,0 | 4 |
13 | Hans Faltermeier | 2,0,0,F,1 | 3 |
14 | Michael Domes | 1,F,0,0,2 | 3 |
15 | Alois Bachhuber | 0,1,1,1,0 | 3 |
16 | Egon Muller | F,-,-,-,- | 0 |
R1 | Bernhard Osterlocher | 1,0,3,1,1 | 6 |
Hungarian Final[edit]
Pos. | Rider | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | Zoltán Adorján | 56 |
2 | Antal Kocso | 49 |
3 | Róbert Nagy | 47 |
4 | Zoltan Hajdu | 47 |
5 | József Petrikovics | 46 |
6 | Sándor Tihanyi | 45 |
7 | Robert Csilik | 38 |
8 | Sandor Ujhelyi | 30 |
9 | Janoš Sereš | 30 |
10 | Janoš Bologh | 28 |
11 | Andraš Kovacs | 26 |
12 | Sandor Kabai | 19 |
13 | Atilla Kovacs | 15 |
14 | Laszlo Bodi | 12 |
Yugoslavian Final[edit]
Pos. | Rider | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | Zvonko Pavlič | 110 |
2 | Artur Horvat | 96 |
3 | Gregor Pintar | 83 |
4 | Franc Kalin | 79 |
5 | Kreso Omerzel | 78 |
6 | Martin Peterca | 76 |
7 | Darko Tominač | 70 |
8 | Zdravko Tominač | 62 |
9 | Andrej Matjašeč | 57 |
10 | Lazar Csaba | 54 |
11 | Goran Hoblaj | 54 |
12 | Igor Hauptman | 33 |
13 | Rudi Spitaler | 27 |
14 | Zelkjo Feher | 23 |
15 | Drago Dolinšek | 22 |
16 | Josip Lehki | 10 |
17 | Mitja Pungašič] | 8 |
18 | Niko Klavzar | 6 |
19 | Gorazd Vinšek | 1 |
Czechoslovakian Final[edit]
- Riders progress to Continental qualification 1989
- 6 rounds
Pos. | Rider | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | Roman Matoušek | 76 |
2 | Antonín Kasper Jr. | 72 |
3 | Zdenek Schneiderwind | 68 |
4 | Lubomir Jedek | 63 |
5 | Petr Vandirek | 54 |
6 | Bohumil Brhel | 53 |
7 | Stanislav Urban | 53 |
8 | Pavel Karnas | 39 |
9 | Josef Fejfar | 38 |
10 | Jan Schinagl | 35 |
11 | Jan Holub II | 26 |
12 | Zdeněk Tesař | 26 |
13 | Borivoj Hadek | 25 |
14 | Jiri Svoboda | 23 |
15 | Vladimir Kalina | 21 |
16 | Jindrich Dominik | 16 |
17 | Vaclav Milik, Sr. | 10 |
18 | Ladislav Hradecky | 10 |
19 | Karel Prusa | 10 |
Soviet Union Final[edit]
- 2 October 1988
- Rivne Speedway Stadium, Rivne
- Rriders progress to Continental Qualification 1989
Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Vladimir Trofimov | 3,3,3,3,3 | 15 |
2 | Rif Saitgareev | 3,3,3,2,3 | 14 |
3 | Rinat Mardanshin | 3,2,2,3,2 | 12 |
4 | Mikhail Starostin | 2,2,2,3,2 | 11 |
5 | Pavel Chernov | 2,1,3,2,2 | 10 |
6 | Igor Dubinin | E,3,2,3,1 | 9 |
7 | Flyur Kalimullin | 3,0,0,1,3 | 7 |
8 | Igor Zverev | 1,E,3,2,1 | 7 |
9 | Arkady Kononec | 1,0,1,1,3 | 6 |
10 | Andrej Korzhevoy | 1,3,1,0,1 | 6 |
11 | Oleg Volokhov | 1,2,1,0,2 | 6 |
12 | Valery Sokolov | 2,2,F,1,1 | 6 |
13 | Grigory Kharchenko | 0,1,1,2,0 | 4 |
14 | Aleksandr Pawlov | 2,F,0,1,- | 3 |
15 | Fjodor Zakharov | 0,T,2,0,- | 2 |
16 | Ruslan Koval | ns |
Nederlands/Belgium Final[edit]
Pos. | Rider | Scores | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Henk Steman | 24+22+20+24 | 90 |
2 | Rene Elzinga | 21+21+24+23 | 89 |
3 | Robert Jan Munnecom | 19+24+23+22 | 88 |
4 | Peter Seur | 17+19+22+20 | 78 |
5 | Ron Koppe | 20+20+19+19 | 78 |
6 | Rikus Gorter | 18+14+17+21 | 70 |
7 | Ron Van Dam | 15+17+18+17 | 67 |
8 | Rob Steman | 22+18+21+ns | 61 |
9 | Fokke Van Der Walle | 16+13+14+15 | 58 |
10 | Henk Bangma | 8+15+16+18 | 57 |
11 | Patrick Pino | 14+11+15+16 | 56 |
12 | John Lispet | 13+12+13+9 | 47 |
13 | Henny Kroeze | 23+23+ns+ns | 46 |
14 | Rias Kazemeier | 9+10+11+10 | 40 |
15 | Gerard Kok | 10+ns+12+12 | 34 |
16 | Harry Kuipers | 6+8+8+11 | 33 |
17 | Hilbert Tel | ns+7+10+13 | 30 |
18 | Rene Van Merkenstein | 7+9+9+2 | 27 |
19 | Mans Kok | 3+6+ns+7 | 16 |
20 | Wil Stroes | ns+16+ns+ns | 16 |
21 | Jim Groen | ns+ns+7+8 | 15 |
22 | Rob Dolman | ns+ns+ns+14 | 14 |
23 | Jan Dijkema | 12+ns+ns+ns | 12 |
24 | Chris Slager | 11+ns+ns+ns | 11 |
25 | Roy Wervaard | 5+5+ns+ns | 10 |
26 | Herman Hulseboch | ns+ns+5+4 | 9 |
27 | Han Hendriks | 4+4+ns+ns | 8 |
28 | Jan Tjassing | ns+ns+3+1 | 4 |
29 | Martinus Bikema | +ns+ns+ns+6 | 6 |
30 | Jacco Valentejn | +ns+ns+ns+5 | 5 |
31 | Michel Bolt | ns+ns+ns+3 | 3 |
Australian qualification[edit]
Date | Championship | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 Nov '88 | Northern Territory | Tennant Creek Speedway | Jamie Fagg | Glen Baxter | Robbie War |
26 Dec '88 | Victorian | Olympic Park, Mildura | Leigh Adams | Phil Crump | Nigel Alderton |
21 Dec '88 | New South Wales | Liverpool City Raceway, Green Valley | Stephen Davies | Craig Boyce | Tony Primmer |
23 Dec '88 | South Australian | North Arm Speedway, Gillman | Craig Hodgson | Mark Fiora | Shane Parker |
12 Nov '88 | Queensland | Rockhampton Showground | Troy Butler | Steve Regeling | Mark Pearce |
25 Nov '88 | Western Australian | Claremont Speedway, Perth | Glenn Doyle | Andy Smith+ | Glyn Taylor |
+ Rode as a guest
British semi-finals[edit]
|
|
Third round[edit]
Continental preliminary round[edit]
- Riders progress to Continental quarter-finals
Date | Venue | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
---|---|---|---|---|
22 April | Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium | Piotr Świst | Jacek Gomólski | Václav Milík Sr. |
23 April | Slaný Speedway Stadium, Slaný | Stanislav Urban | Andrzej Marynowski | Bohumil Brhel |
22 April | Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc | Jozsef Petrikovics | Robert Csillik | Janos Seres |
7 May | Matija Gubec Stadium, Krško | Antoni Skupień | Zdenek Tesar | Jan Schinagl |
Swedish qualification[edit]
- Top 8 in each heat to Swedish final
|
|
British Final[edit]
- 21 May
- Brandon Stadium, Coventry
- First 10 to Commonwealth final plus 1 reserve
Australian Final[edit]
New Zealand Final[edit]
Fourth Round[edit]Continental quarter-finals[edit]
American Final[edit]
Commonwealth Final[edit]
*Darren Wilson replaced Larry Ross. Swedish Final[edit]
Norway Final[edit]
Finland Final[edit]
Danish Final[edit]
Fifth Round[edit]Continental semi-finals[edit]
Nordic Final[edit]
Overseas Final[edit]
* Rick Miller replaced Shawn Moran. Bobby Schwartz came in as the reserve rider Sixth Round[edit]Continental Final[edit]
Intercontinental Final[edit]
*Troy Butler replaced the injured Sam Ermolenko. Martin Dugard came in as the reserve rider. World Final[edit]
* Troy Butler replaced the injured Jan O. Pedersen. Andy Grahame came in as the reserve rider. Classification[edit]
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
References[edit]
|