1980 Individual Speedway World Championship

1980 Individual Speedway World Championship
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The 1980 Individual Speedway World Championship.

With 1979 World Champion Ivan Mauger failing to qualify for a World Final for the first time since 1965, and Ole Olsen only qualifying as a reserve, the 1980 World Final at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden was seen as an open final with a number of potential winners. Michael Lee, Bruce Penhall, Dave Jessup and Billy Sanders considered the favourites with Jan Andersson (the only Swedish rider in the World Final), John Davis, Hans Nielsen, Zenon Plech, Intercontinental Final winner Chris Morton and 1976 World Champion Peter Collins all expected to challenge.

Twenty-two-year-old English ace Lee who had only finished 7th in the Intercontinental Final at White City, won his only World Championship with 14 points from his 5 rides. Dave Jessup finished second after defeating Billy Sanders in a runoff when both riders finished on 12 points to give England a 1-2 finish in a World Final.

Michael Lee became only the fourth rider from Great Britain to win Motorcycle speedway's ultimate individual prize, joining Welshman Freddie Williams (1950), and fellow Englishman Peter Craven (1955 and 1962) and Peter Collins (1976) as a Speedway World Champion.

British Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
8 April	Milton Keynes	Mike Lanham	Robert Hollinworth	David Kennett
9 April	Nottingham	Dave Perks	Dave Morton	Paul Woods
11 April	Peterborough	Andy Hines	Nicky Allott	Nigel Flatman
11 April	Ellesmere Port	Peter Prisloo	Derek Richardson	David Gagen
13 April	Rye House	Malvin Taylor	Bob Garrad	Ian Clark
27 April	Halifax	Mike Lanham	Kevin Hawkins	Dave Morton
Semi-Finals
21 May	Poole	Peter Collins	Gordon Kennett	Kevin Jolly
22 May	Sheffield	Dave Jessup	Chris Morton	Dave Morton
Final
4 June	Coventry	Dave Jessup	Michael Lee	Phil Collins	result

British Final

June 4, 1980
Coventry, Brandon Stadium
First 10 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Dave Jessup	(3,3,3,3,3)	15
2	Michael Lee	(3,3,3,3,2)	14
3	Phil Collins	(1,2,2,3,3)	11
4	Peter Collins	(3,3,0,3,1)	10
5	Gordon Kennett	(2,2,2,2,2)	10
6	John Louis	(3,1,3,1,1)	9
7	John Davis	(X,2,1,2,3)	8
8	Chris Morton	(0,1,1,2,3)	7
9	Melvyn Taylor	(2,1,X,2,2)	7
10	Reg Wilson	(2,2,1,1,0)	6+3
11	Bobby Beaton	(0,1,3,0,2)	6+2
12	Ian Cartwright	(1,0,2,1,1)	5
13	Dave Morton	(1,3,0,0,0)	4
14	Kevin Jolly	(2,0,1,0,1)	4
15	Peter Prinsloo	(2,1,0,1,0)	4
16	Mike Lanham	(0,0,0,0,0)	0

Swedish Qualification

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Semi-Finals
4 May	Malilla	Tommy Johansson	Tommy Nilsson	Conny Samuelsson
4 May	Gislaved	Anders Michanek	Bo Wirebrand	Hans Danielsson
8 May	Linköping	Bernt Persson	Richard Hellsen	Borje Klingberg
Final
20 May	Norrköping	Jan Andersson	Richard Hellsen	Tommy Johansson

Swedish Final

May 20, 1980
Norrköping
Winner to World Final, riders 2-5 to Nordic 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
	(13) Jan Andersson	13				2	3							3		2					3		13	1
	(15) Rickard Hellsen	12				3			3			3						X	3				12	2
	(2) Tommy Johansson	12	2					3				2				3				2			12	3
4	(8) Anders Michanek	11		3						3			2			1			2				11	4
5	(14) Bernt Persson	11				1		2					3		2							3	11	5
6	(9) Bengt Jansson	10			1		2						1					3		3			10	6
7	(11) Tommy Nilsson	9			2				2		3					0						2	9	7
8	(16) Borje Klingberg	7				0				1	2						3			1			7	8
9	(1) Hans Danielsson	7	1				1				1				3				1				7	9
10	(10) Rolf Sundberg	6			3			X						1			2		0				6	10
11	(6) Per-Ove Gundmundsson	6		2				1			0							1			2		6	11
12	(4) Bo Wirebrand	5	3							0				2				X				-	5	12
13	(7) Conny Samuelsson	3		1					1					0	1					0			3	13
14	(12) Lillebror Johansson	2			0					2		E			-						-		2	14
15	(5) Bengt Gustavsson	1		0			0					1					0					0	1	15
16	(3) Jan Eriksson	0	E						F				F				-				-		0	16
R1	(R1) Karl-Erik Claesson	4													0			2			1	1	4	R1
R2	(R2) Uno Johansson	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

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

New Zealand Final

2 February 1980
Aucland
First 8 to Austral-Asian Final

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Larry Ross	3,3,2,3,3	14
2	David Bargh	3,3,3,3,2	14
3	Tony Briggs	2,3,2,2,3	12
4	Graeme Stapleton	3,2,3,2,1	11
5	Mitch Shirra	1,3,1,3,3	11
6	Wayne Brown	3,2,3,3,-	11
7	Mike Fullerton	2,1,1,2,3	9
8	Colin Tucker	2,0,2,1,2	7
9	Roger Wright	1,2,3,1,0	7
10	Max Brown	0,2,2,1,1	6
11	Neil Abrahams	2,1,0,0,2	5
12	Greg Joynt	1,1,1,2,x	5
13	Colin Farquharson	1,F,0,0,2	3
14	Greame Beardsley	0,F,1,-,-	1
15	Paul Fewings	F,1,F,-,-	1
16	James Moore	E,0,-,-,-	0
R1	William Aulsfold	0,0,1,1	2
R2	Roger Pauling	0,0	0

Intercontinental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
American Final
16 November 1979	Anaheim	Bruce Penhall	Scott Autrey	Dennis Sigalos
Austral-Asian Final
16 February	Christchurch	Billy Sanders	John Titman	Larry Ross
Danish Final
6 May	Fredericia	Bo Petersen	Preben Eriksen	Bent Rasmussen
Norwegian Final
18 May	Skien	Reidar Eide	Audun Ove Olsen	Rolf Gramstad
Scandinavian Final
15 June	Skien	Hans Nielsen	Ole Olsen	Finn Thomsen
Commonwealth Final
5 July	Wimbledon	Dave Jessup	John Louis	Ivan Mauger
Intercontinental Final
3 August	White City	Chris Morton	Bruce Penhall	Billy Sanders

American Final

November 16, 1979
Anaheim, Anaheim Stadium
First 2 to Intercontinental Final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Bruce Penhall	14
2	Scott Autrey	13+3
3	Dennis Sigalos	13+2
4	Ron Preston	13+1
5	Shawn Moran	10
6	Gene Woods	10
7	John Cook	9
8	Mike Faria	7
9	Bobby Schwartz	5
10	Alan Christian	5
11	Denny Pyeatt	5
12	Duane Yarrow	5
13	Brad Oxley	4
14	John Santona	4
15	Dan McNeill	3
16	Kelly Moran	1
17	Larry Kosta	0

Austral-Asian Final

February 2, 1980
Christchurch, Ruapuna Speedway
First 5 to Commonwealth Final plus 1 reserve
Ivan Mauger seeded to Commonwealth 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
	(10) Billy Sanders	15			3			3						3			3		3				15	1
	(1) John Titman	13	3				3				2				3				2				13	2
	(16) Larry Ross	12				3				3	3						2			1			12	3
4	(2) Mitch Shirra	12	2					2				3				3				2			12	4
5	(4) Phil Crump	11	1							2				2				3				3	11	5	3
6	(7) Tony Briggs	11		2					3					1	2					3			11	6	2
7	(6) Mike Farrell	10		3				1			1							2			3		10	7
8	(14) Phil Herne	8				2		0					3		1							2	8	8
9	(3) Steve Koppe	7	0						2				2				1				2		7	9
10	(11) Glyn Taylor	5			2				1		0					2						0	5	10
11	(5) Gleen McDonald	5		0			2					2					0					1	5	11
12	(15) Graeme Stapleton	3				1			0			0						1	1				3	12
13	(13) Keith Wright	2				0	1							0		0					1		2	13
14	(9) David Bargh	2			1		0						1					0		0			2	14
15	(8) Mike Fullerton	2		1						0			0			1			0				2	15
16	(12) Wayne Brown	1			0					1		0			0						0		1	16
R1	(R1) Roger Wright	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Max Brown	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

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Danish Final

May 4, 1980
Fredericia
First 6 to Scandinavian final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Bo Petersen	15
2	Preben Eriksen	13
3	Bent Rasmussen	12+3
4	Finn Rune Jensen	12+2
5	Finn Thomsen	10
6	Michael Lohman	8
7	Alf Busk	8
8	Jens Henry Nielsen	7
9	Lars Vinding	6
10	Arne Cruse	6
11	Gunnar Hansen	6
12	Finn Lundahl	5
13	Steen Mastrup	5
14	Hans Cristiansen	3
15	Svend Lund	3
16	Gunnar Svendsen	1

Norwegian Final

May 18, 1980
Skien
First 3 to Scandinavian final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Reidar Eide	14
2	Audun Ove Olsen	13
3	Rolf Gramstad	12+3
4	Dag Haaland	12+2
5	Trond Skretting	10
6	Terje Tollefsen	8
7	Sigvart Pedersen	7
8	Kjell Gimre	7
9	Jon Hovind	6
10	Roy Otto	6
11	Jorn Haugvaldstad	6
12	Toralf Holen	6
13	Asgeir Bjerga	4
14	Geir Aasland	4
15	Rolf Havirstad	2
16	Dagvinn Jorgensen	2

Scandinavian Final

June 15, 1980
Skien
First 5 to World final

Pos.	Rider	Total
1	Hans Nielsen	15
2	Ole Olsen	14
3	Finn Thomsen	13
4	Bent Rasmussen	12
5	Kai Niemi	10
6	Ila Teromaa	8
7	Bo Petersen	8
8	Hans Danielsson	7
9	Tommy Johansson	7
10	Preben Eriksen	6
11	Rolf Gramstad	5
12	Bernt Persson	5
13	Veijo Tyoriniemi	4
14	Audun Ove Olsen	2
15	Reidar Eide	1
16	Bengt Jansson	0

Commonwealth Final

June 29, 1980
London, Wimbledon Stadium
First 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
	(2) Dave Jessup	14	3					2				3				3				3			14	1
	(14) John Louis	13				2		3					2		3							3	13	2
	(3) Ivan Mauger	12	2						3				1				3				3		12	3
4	(8) John Davis	11		1						2			3			2			3				11	4
5	(9) Billy Sanders	10			3		3						0					3		1			10	5
6	(4) Chris Morton	11	0							3				3				3				2	11	6
7	(5) Michael Lee	9		3			2					2					1					1	9	7
8	(7) Mitch Shirra	9		2					2					1	2					2			9	8
9	(10) Peter Collins	7			1			0						3			2		1				7	9
10	(15) Gordon Kennett	6				3			1			1						1	0				6	10	3
11	(1) Larry Ross	6	1				1				1				1				2				6	11	E
12	(12) Phil Collins	5			2					1		0			0						2		5	12
13	(6) John Titman	4		0				1			3							0			E		4	13
14	(11) Mervyn Taylor	3			F				0		2					1						0	3	14
15	(13) Phil Crump	2				1	0							0		0					1		2	15
16	(16) Reg Wilson	0				0				0	0						0			0			0	16
R1	(R1) Phil Herne	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Bobby Beaton	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

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Intercontinental Final

August 3, 1980
London, White City Stadium
First 10 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
	(1) Chris Morton	12	2				1				3				3				3				12	1	3
	(5) Bruce Penhall	12		3			3					1					3					2	12	2	2
	(15) Billy Sanders	11				1			3			3						2	2				11	3	3
4	(3) Kai Niemi	11	3						2				2				1				3		11	4	2
5	(16) Finn Thomsen	10				2				2	1						2			3			10	5
6	(8) Dave Jessup	9		2						3			0			3			1				9	6
7	(13) Michael Lee	9				3	0							3		1					2		9	7
8	(9) John Davis	9			1		2						3					1		2			9	8
9	(4) Hans Nielsen	8	1							1				X				3				3	8	9
10	(2) Peter Collins	7	0					3				2				2				0			7	10
11	(7) Ole Olsen	6		1					1					2	1					1			6	11
12	(11) Scott Autrey	6			3				0		2					E						1	6	12
13	(14) Ivan Mauger	5				0		2					1		2							0	5	13
14	(12) John Louis	3			2					0		0			0						1		3	14
15	(6) Mitch Shirra	1		0				1			0							0			0		1	15
16	(10) Bent Leif Rasmussen	0			0			0						F			-		-				0	16
R1	(R1) Gordon Kennett	0															0						0	R1
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

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Continental Round

Date	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
Preliminary Round
19 April	Landshut	Egon Muller	Waldemar Bacik	Edward Jancarz
20 April	Bydgoszcz	Zdeněk Kudrna	Jerzy Rembas	Marek Ziarnik
20 April	Treviso	Milan Špinka	Vaclav Verner	Herbert Szerecz
20 April	Žarnovica	Petr Ondrašík	Jan Hadek	Petr Kučera
Quarter-Finals
3 May	Slany	Mikhail Starostin	Jiří Štancl	Jan Verner
4 May	Prelog	Henny Kroeze	Vaclav Verner	Milan Špinka
4 May	Wiener Neustadt	Zdeněk Kudrna	Jerzy Rembas	Piotr Pyszny
Semi-Finals
25 May	Norden	Jiří Štancl	Edward Jancarz	Petr Ondrašík
27 May	Targovishte	Zdeněk Kudrna	Vaclav Verner	Aleš Dryml, Sr.
Final
27 July	Lonigo	Zenon Plech	Jiří Štancl	Aleš Dryml, Sr.

Continental Final

July 27, 1980
Lonigo, Pista Speedway
First 5 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
	(16) Zenon Plech	14				3				3	3						3			2			14	1	3
	(13) Jiří Štancl	14				2	3							3		3					3		14	2	2
	(7) Aleš Dryml, Sr.	12		1					3					2	3					3			12	3
4	(1) Egon Müller	11	3				1				2				2				3				11	4
5	(5) Petr Ondrašík	11		2			2					2					2					3	11	5
6	(6) Vaclav Verner	9		3				1			1							2			2		9	6
7	(4) Michail Starostin	7	2							2				F				3				E	7	7
8	(8) Jerzy Rembas	7		X						1			3			1			2				7	8
9	(14) Georg Hack	7				1		2					2		F							2	7	9
10	(11) Milan Spinka	6			3				2		0					0						1	6	10
11	(10) Zdeněk Kudrna	6			X			3						1			1		1				6	11
12	(2) Andrzej Huszcza	6	F					E				3				2				1			6	12
13	(3) Andrew Curworth	3	1						0				1				0				1		3	13
14	(12) Wojciech Zabialowicz	2			1					0		0			1						F		2	14
15	(15) Nikolay Kornev	2				0			1			1						E	F				2	15
16	(9) Edward Jancarz	0			F		-						-					-					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

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

World Final

5 September 1980
Göteborg, Ullevi^[1]
Referee: () Torrie Kittlesen
Attendance: 35,000 (approx)

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) Michael Lee	14			2		3						3					3		3			14	1
	(10) Dave Jessup	12			3			2						2			2		3				12	2	3
	(13) Billy Sanders	12				3	1							3		2					3		12	3	2
4	(5) Jan Andersson	11		3			0					2					3					3	11	4
5	(1) Bruce Penhall	9	3				2				1				1				2				9	5
6	(2) John Davis	9	2					1				1				3				2			9	6
7	(11) Peter Collins	8			1				3		3					1						0	8	7
8	(12) Kai Niemi	8			0					1		3			2						2		8	8
9	(7) Chris Morton	8		2					1					1	3					1			8	9
10	(14) Finn Thomsen	7				2		3					1		0							1	7	10
11	(4) Hans Nielsen	7	1							2				0				2				2	7	11
12	(8) Aleš Dryml, Sr.	5		0						3			2			0			0				5	12
13	(15) Jiří Štancl	5				1			2			0						1	1				5	13
14	(6) Egon Muller	4		1				0			2							E			1		4	14
15	(16) Zenon Plech	1				E				0	0						1			0			1	15
16	(3) Petr Ondrašík	0	0						0				0				0				0		0	16
R1	(R1) Ole Olsen	0																					0	R1
R2	(R2) Vaclav Verner	0																					0	R2
R3	(R3) Hans Danielsson	0																					0	R3
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

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

References

↑ Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5

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