1986 Individual Speedway World Championship

1986 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship was the fourth and so far last to be held at the Silesian Stadium in Poland.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
8 April	Milton Keynes	Malcolm Simmons	Barry Thomas	Andy Campbell
9 April	Wimbledon	Dave Jessup	Andrew Silver	Roger Johns
Quarter-Finals
13 April	Berwick	Paul Thorp	Rob Grant	Paul Stead
13 April	Boston	Doug Wyer	Les Collins	Andy Hines
15 April	Poole	Steve Schoefield	Neil Middleditch	Eric Monagham
27 April	King's Lynn	Andy Campbell	Steve Schofield	Les Collins
Semi-Finals
11 May	Swindon	Alan Grahame	Phil Collins	Richard Knight
18 May	Bradford	Simon Wigg	Jeremy Doncaster	Neil Evitts
Final
1 June	Coventry	Neil Evitts	Phil Collins	Jeremy Doncaster

British Final

• June 1, 1986
• GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• Top 9 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

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	22
	(13) Neil Evitts	14				3	3							2		3					3		14	1
	(2) Phil Collins	13	2					3				3				2				3			13	2
	(15) Jeremy Doncaster	10				0			3			2						2	3				10	3		3
4	(3) Marvyn Cox	10	1						1				3				3				2		10	4		2
5	(9) Chris Morton	10			2		2						2					3		1			10	5		1
6	(7) Malcolm Simmons	9		1					2					3	3					0			9	6
7	(10) Richard Knight	8			1			2						1			2		2				8	7	3
8	(1) Paul Thorp	8	3				1				3				T				1				8	8	2
9	(8) Kelvin Tatum	8		3						3			1			1			0				8	9	1
10	(16) Louis Carr	8				1				2	2						1			2			8	10	F
11	(14) Simon Wigg	7				2		E					0		2							3	7	11
12	(11) Andy Smith	5			3				0		0					F						2	5	12
13	(5) Andrew Silver	3		2			0					0					0					1	3	13
14	(6) Carl Blackbird	3		0				1			1							0			1		3	14
15	(4) Simon Cross	2	0							1				E				1				0	2	15
16	(12) John Davis	2			E					0		1			1						T		2	16
R1	(R1) Neil Middleditch	0																					0	R1
R1	(R1) Dave Clark	0													0								0	R1
TR	(TR) Mike Bacon	0																			0		0	TR
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	22

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

Swedish Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
1 May	Gislaved	Tommy Nilsson	Per Jonsson	Patrik Karlsson
9 May	Karlstad	Tony Olsson	Jimmy Nilsen	Mikael Blixt
Final
21 May	Eskilstuna	Tommy Nilsson	Kenneth Nyström	Roland Dannö
22 May	Nassjo	Mikael Blixt	Tommy Nilsson	Jimmy Nilsen
23 May	Kumla	Tommy Nilsson	Jimmy Nilsen	Kenneth Nyström

Swedish Final

• May 21, 22 & 23
• SWE Eskilstuna, Nassjo & Kumla
• First 4 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
• Jan Andersson seeded to Nordic Final

Pos.	Rider	Scores	Total
1	Tommy Nilsson	14+13+12	39
2	Jimmy Nilsen	10+13+11	34
3	Mikael Blixt	8+14+9	31
4	Erik Stenlund	9+11+10	30
5	Kenneth Nyström	11+6+11	28
6	Conny Ivarsson	10+9+8	27
7	Per Jonsson	5+13+8	26
8	Tony Olsson	6+10+8	24
9	Roland Dannö	11+5+8	24
10	Dennis Löfqvist	10+6+5	21
11	Christer Rohlén	6+4+9	19
12	Mikael Teurnberg	6+3+6	15
13	Uno Johansson	5+6+3	14
14	Tommy Lindgren	7+2+5	14
15	Patrik Karlsson	1+4+6	11
16	Anders Kling	0+1+0	1

Australian Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Queensland Championship
December 1985	Poineer Park Speedway	John Titman	Troy Butler	Steve Regeling
New South Wales Championship
December 1985	Newcastle Motordrome	Stephen Davies	Chris Watson	?
Northern Territory Championship
December 1985	Arunga Park Speedway	Brent Nott	David Jackson	?
Victorian Championship
December 1985	Olympic Park Speedway	Phil Crump	John McNeil	?
South Australian Championship
December 1985	North Arm Speedway	Steve Baker	Mark Fiora	?
Western Australian Championship
December 1985	Claremont Speedway	Mick McKeon	Glyn Taylor	Dave Cheshire
Australian Championship
January 11 1986	Poineer Park Speedway	Troy Butler	John Titman	Allan Rivett

Australian Final

• January 11, 1986
• Ayr, Poineer Park Speedway
• Top 4 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

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	22
	(6) Troy Butler	13		2				3			3							3			2		13	1
	(2) John Titman	12	3					2				3				3				1			12	2
	(13) Allan Rivett	11				3	3							2		2					1		11	3
4	(12) Steve Regeling	10			2					3		2			E						3		10	4	3
5	(7) Steve Baker	10		3					0					3	2					2			10	5	2
6	(11) David Jackson	9			1				2		2					1						3	9	6
7	(9) Chris Watson	8			0		2						3					2		1			8	7
8	(1) Stephen Davies	8	2				1				1				1				3				8	8
9	(15) John McNeil	8				2			1			1						2	2				8	9
10	(3) Glyn Taylor	7	0						3				2				2				0		7	10
11	(14) Mark Fiora	7				1		1					0		3							2	7	11
12	(10) Phil Crump	6			3			E						E			3		E				6	12
13	(4) Dave Cheshire	4	1							2				1				0				0	4	13
14	(5) Brent Nott	3		1			0					0					1					1	3	14
15	(8) Ray Palmer	1		0						E			1			0			0				1	15
16	(16) Dale Watson	1				0				1	F						F			0			1	16
R1	(R1) Peter Chrisopher	1																	1				1	R1
R2	(R2) Craig Dennan	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	21	22

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

Intercontinental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
New Zealand Final
25 January	Gisborne	David Bargh	Larry Ross	Mitch Shirra
Danish Final
8 May	Fjelsted	Hans Nielsen	Erik Gundersen	Bo Petersen
Commonwealth Final
8 June	Manchester	Jeremy Doncaster	Kelvin Tatum	Chris Morton
American Final
21 June	Long Beach	Shawn Moran	Lance King	Sam Ermolenko
Overseas Final
29 June	Coventry	Sam Ermolenko	Jeremy Doncaster	Neil Evitts
Nordic Final
4 July	Kumla	Hans Nielsen	Jimmy Nilsen	Jan O. Pedersen
Interconintental Final
20 July	Bradford	Erik Gundersen	Hans Nielsen	Tommy Knudsen

New Zealand Final

• January 25, 1986
• NZL Gisborne, Gisborne Speedway
• Top 3 to Commonwealth Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	David Bargh	14+3
2	Larry Ross	14+2
3	Mitch Shirra	12+3
4	Mike Fullerton	12+2
5	Kym Mauger	11
6	Chris Martin	9
7	Trevor Cjapman	9
8	Craig Monk	7
9	Peter Nightingale	6
10	Spencer Timmo	5
11	Mike Hollows	5
12	Craig Blackett	4
13	Craig Wilkkie	4
14	Lee Chappell	3
15	Steve Brown	3
16	Jamie Martin	1

Danish Final

• May 8, 1986
• DEN Fjelsted, Hele Fyns Speedway Center
• Top 5 to Nordic Final plus 1 reserve
• Tommy Knudsen seeded to Nordic Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	14
2	Erik Gundersen	13+3
3	Bo Petersen	13+2
4	Jan O. Pedersen	12
5	John Jørgensen	12
6	Sam Nikolaisen	7
7	Soren Sorensen	7
8	Knud Eskildsen	7
9	Bjorn Rasmusen	7
10	Peter Glanz	5
11	Tommy Knudsen	5
12	Peter Ravn	5
13	Fleming Pedersen	4
14	Kurt Hansen	4
15	Preben Eriksen	3
16	Jens Jensen	0

Commonwealth Final

• June 8, 1986
• GBR Manchester, Belle Vue Stadium
• Top 11 to the Overseas Final plus 1 reserve

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
	(16) Jeremy Doncaster	14				3				2	3						3			3			14	1
	(15) Kelvin Tatum	12				2			3			3						1	3				12	2
	(5) Chris Morton	11		2			3					1					2					3	11	3
4	(4) Steve Baker	9	1							1				3				3				1	9	4
5	(13) Neil Evitts	9				1	1							1		3					3		9	5
6	(8) Richard Knight	9		3						0			2			2			2				9	6
7	(14) Larry Ross	8				0		0					3		3							2	8	7
8	(6) Phil Crump	8		1				3			X							2			2		8	8
9	(2) Marvyn Cox	8	3					1				2				1				1			8	9
10	(9) Paul Thorp	8			3		2						1					0		2			8	10
11	(1) Mitch Shirra	7	2				0				2				2				1				7	11
12	(12) David Bargh	6			1					3		F			1						1		6	12
13	(10) Phil Collins	5			2			2						0			1		0				5	13
14	(7) Malcolm Simmons	3		0					1					2	0					0			3	14
15	(11) Steve Regeling	3			0				2		1					E						0	3	15
16	(3) Allan Rivett	0	0						0				0				E				0		0	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

American Final

• June 21, 1986
• USA Long Beach, Veterans Memorial Stadium
• Top 5 to the Overseas Final

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	22
	(12) Shawn Moran	14			3					3		3			3						2		14	1
	(10) Lance King	13			1			3						3			3		3				13	2	3
	(11) Sam Ermolenko	13			2				2		3					3						3	13	3	2
4	(3) Bobby Schwartz	13	3						3				2				2				3		13	4	1
5	(4) Kelly Moran	11	2							2				2				3				2	11	5
6	(16) Rick Miller	9				2				1	2						1			3			9	6
7	(1) Alan Christian	8	1				3				1				1				2				8	7
8	(14) Keith Christo	8				1		2					3		2							0	8	8
9	(5) Mike Faria	7		2			2					2					0					1	7	9
10	(6) Steve Lucerno	5		3				1			0							1			0		5	10
11	(15) John Cook	6				3			0			0						2	1				6	11
12	(7) Bobby Ott	3		0					1					0	0					2			3	12
13	(13) Robert Pfetzing	3				0	0							1		2					0		3	13
14	(2) Brad Oxley	2	0					0				1				1				0			2	14
15	(8) Shawn McConnell	2		1						0			1			0			0				2	15
16	(9) Ed Castro	2			0		1						0					0		1			2	16
R1	(R1) Mark Dwyer	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Keith Hanson	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	21	22

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

Overseas Final

• June 19, 1986
• GBR Coventry, Brandon Stadium
• Top 9 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

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) Sam Ermolenko	14		3					3					3	3					2			14	1
	(4) Jeremy Doncaster	12	3							3				1				2				3	12	2
	(14) Neil Evitts	11				3		2					3		2							1	11	3
4	(1) Marvyn Cox	10	1				3				3				1				2				10	4
5	(2) Chris Morton	10	2					3				2				2				1			10	5
6	(8) Mitch Shirra	9		0						2			1			3			3				9	6
7	(12) Kelvin Tatum	9			2					1		3			X						3		9	7
8	(15) Kelly Moran	8				2			2			1						3	0				8	8
9	(5) Steve Baker	7		2			2					0					3					0	7	9
10	(13) Paul Thorp	6				1	1							2		1					1		6	10
11	(10) Phil Crump	5			3			1						0			F		1				5	11
12	(11) Bobby Schwartz	5			1				0		2					0						2	5	12
13	(3) Larry Ross	5	0						1				2				E				2		5	13
14	(6) Malcolm Simmons	2		1				0			1							0			0		2	14
15	(9) Lance King	1			0		0						0					1		0			1	15
16	(16) Shawn Moran	0				F				-	-						-			-			0	16
R1	(R1) Rick Miller	5								0							2			3			5	R1
R2	(R2) Steve Regeling	0									F												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	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

Nordic Final

• July 4, 1986
• SWE Kumla, Kumla Speedway
• Top 7 to Intercontinental Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	14
2	Jimmy Nilsen	13
3	Jan O. Pedersen	11
4	Erik Gundersen	10
5	Jan Andersson	10
6	Tommy Knudsen	10
7	Tommy Nilsson	9
8	Bo Pedersen	9
9	Kai Niemi	9
10	John Jørgensen	8
11	Erik Stenlund	6
12	Einar Kyllingstad	3
13	Ari Koponen	3
14	Mikael Blixt	2
15	Juha Moksunen	2
16	Ingvar Skogland	0
Res	Kenneth Nyström	1

Interconinental Final

• July 20, 1986
• GBR Bradford, Odsal Stadium
• Top 11 to World Final plus 1 reserve

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
	(9) Erik Gundersen	15			3		3						3					3		3			15	1
	(14) Hans Nielsen	14				3		3					2		3							3	14	2
	(4) Tommy Knudsen	12	2							3				3				2				2	12	3
4	(5) Neil Evitts	11		3			1					3					3					1	11	4
5	(1) Kelvin Tatum	8	3				0				2				0				3				8	5
6	(2) Sam Ermolenko	8	1					1				2				3				1			8	6
7	(8) Jimmy Nilsen	8		2						2			1			2			1				8	7
8	(3) Mitch Shirra	7	0						3				0				2				2		7	8
9	(13) Chris Morton	7				0	2							1		1					3		7	9
10	(6) Jan O. Pedersen	7		0				2			3							1			1		7	10
11	(15) Marvyn Cox	6				1			2			1						0	2				6	11	3
12	(7) Jan Andersson	6		1					0					2	1					2			6	12	2
13	(12) Paul Thorp	4			1					1		E			2						0		4	13
14	(16) Jeremy Doncaster	3				2				0	0						1			0			3	14
15	(10) Steve Baker	2			2			X						0			0		0				2	15
16	(11) Tommy Nilsson	1			0				1		0					0						0	1	16
R1	(R1) Phil Crump	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) John Jørgensen	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	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

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
11 May	Abensberg	Roman Matoušek	Heinz Huber	Erich Shafferer
11 May	Targovishte	Valery Gordeev	Armando Dal Chiele	Ladislav Hradecky
11 May	Ljubljana	Zenon Plech	Rinat Mardanshin	Zbignew Blazejczak
11 May	Miskolc	Petr Kucera	Gianni Famari	Joszef Petrikovics
Quarter-Finals
24 May	Bydgoszcz	Wojciech Zabialowicz	Grzegorz Dzikowski	Rif Saitgareyev
25 May	Prague	Viktor Kuznetsow	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	Petr Vandirek
26 May	Amsterdam	Roman Matoušek	Roman Jankowski	Armando Castagna
29 May	Olching	Heinrich Schatzer	Joszef Petrikovics	Mihkail Starostin
Semi-Finals
8 June	Lonigo	Armando Castagna	Stanislav Urban	Roman Matoušek
8 June	Landshut	Viktor Kuznetsow	Georg Hack	Mikhail Starostin
Final
20 July	Wiener Neustadt	Viktor Kuznetsow	Antonín Kasper, Jr.	Armando Castagna

Continental Final

• July 20, 1986
• AUT Wiener Neustadt, ÖAMTC Zweigverein
• Top 4 to World Final plus 1 reserve
• Ryszard Dolomisiewicz (Poland) seeded to World Final

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	22
	(7) Viktor Kuznetsow	13		3					2					3	3					2			13	1		3
	(15) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	13				3			3			1						3	3				13	2		2
	(12) Armando Castagna	12			3					3		3			1						2		12	3
4	(2) Karl Maier	11	1					3				2				2				3			11	4	3
5	(11) Petr Vandirek	11			2				1		2					3						3	11	5	2
6	(6) Ryszard Dolomisiewicz	8		2				2			1							0			3		8	6
7	(5) Stanislav Urban	7		1			3					0					3					0	7	7
8	(8) Roman Matoušek	7		X						2			3			X			2				7	8
9	(9) Valery Gordeev	7			1		1						2					2		1			7	9
10	(3) Nikolai Manev	6	2						E				1				2				1		6	10
11	(13) Wojciech Zabialowicz	6				2	2							1		1					0		6	11
12	(16) Klaus Lausch	5				0				1	3						1			0			5	12
13	(4) Mikhail Starostin	5	0							E				2				1				2	5	13
14	(14) Georg Hack	4				1		E					0		2							1	4	14
15	(1) Heinrich Schatzer	3	3				F				-				-				-				3	15
16	(10) Maciej Jaworek	1			0			1						0			0		0				1	16
R1	(R1) Zoltan Adorjan	0									0												0	R1
R2	(R2) Lubomir Jedek	1													0				1				1	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	21	22

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

• August 30, 1986
• POL Chorzów, Silesian Stadium

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
	(5) Hans Nielsen	14		2			3					3					3					3	14	1
	(11) Jan O. Pedersen	13			3				3		2					3						2	13	2
	(12) Kelvin Tatum	12			2					2		2			3						3		12	3
4	(1) Jimmy Nilsen	11	3				1				3				2				2				11	4
5	(10) Tommy Knudsen	10			1			3						3			X		3				10	5
6	(13) Viktor Kuznetsow	10				3	2							2		2					1		10	6
7	(6) Sam Ermolenko	9		1				2			1							3			2		9	7
8	(4) Neil Evitts	8	2							3				1				1				1	8	8
9	(16) Chris Morton	8				2				1	0						2			3			8	9
10	(8) Erik Gundersen	7		3						0			3			1			E				7	10
11	(15) Ryszard Dolomisiewicz	6				1			2			0						2	1				6	11
12	(14) Marvyn Cox	3				0		1					2		0							0	3	12
13	(2) Karl Maier	3	0					0				1				0				2			3	13
14	(3) Armando Castagna	2	1						1				0				F				-		2	14
15	(9) Antonín Kasper, Jr.	2			0		0						1					0		1			2	15
16	(7) Mitch Shirra	1		0					0					0	1					0			1	16
R1	(R1) Jan Andersson	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Petr Vandirek	1															1				0		1	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	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