The 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 25th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Ivan Mauger became the first rider to win the title in three consecutive years, his five ride 15 point maximum took him to third in the all time list behind Ove Fundin and Barry Briggs. The Poles Paweł Waloszek and Antoni Woryna took silver and bronze respectively in their home nation at the Olympic Stadium.[7]
The format of the Championship changed again for the 1970 event. This time the Polish riders were allowed six places in the World Final to be held in Poland. All other nations had to go through the European Final route to provide the remaining 10 riders for the World Final.
Qualification results.[8][9]
Swedish qualifying
- Top 8 in each heat to Swedish semi-finals
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British/Commonwealth qualifying
- Top 32 to British semi-finals
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Venue |
Winner |
2nd |
3rd |
25 April | Brandon Stadium, Coventry | Nigel Boocock | Bruce Cribb | Peter Vandenberg |
25 April | King's Lynn Stadium, King's Lynn | Ronnie Moore | Wayne Briggs | Terry Betts |
25 April | Hyde Road, Manchester | Chris Pusey | Tommy Roper | Cyril Maidment |
27 April | Brough Park, Newcastle | Barry Briggs | Jim Airey | Rick Timmo |
27 April | County Ground Stadium, Exeter | Ivan Mauger | Bob Kilby | Martin Ashby |
28 April | West Ham Stadium, London | Ivan Mauger | Bob Kilby | Charlie Monk |
28 April | Leicester Stadium, Leicester | Ray Wilson | John Boulger | Graham Plant |
29 April | Wimborne Road, Poole | Trevor Hedge | Pete Smith | Gordon Guasco |
30 April | Wimbledon Stadium, London | Eric Boocock | Ronnie Moore | Trevor Hedge |
30 April | Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield | Jim Airey | Les Sharpe | Nigel Boocock |
30 April | Oxford Stadium, Oxford | Jim McMillan | John Boulger | Tony Clarke |
1 May | Monmore Green, Wolverhampton | Nigel Boocock | Martin Ashby | Norman Hunter |
1 May | Hackney Wick Stadium, London | Barry Briggs | Ronnie Moore | Jimmy Gooch |
1 May | Hampden Park, Glasgow | Charlie Monk | Colin McKee | Jim McMillan |
1 May | Somerton Park, Newport | Bill Andrew | Norman Strachan | Jim Airey |
2 May | Abbey Stadium, Swindon | Barry Briggs | Bob Kilby | Ray Wilson |
2 May | The Shay, Halifax | Arnold Haley | Les Sharpe | Eric Boocock |
2 May | Dudley Wood Stadium, Dudley | Colin Pratt | Bob Andrews | Jack Biggs |
13 May | Brandon Stadium, Coventry | Nigel Boocock | Ken McKinlay | Rick France |
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Norwegian qualifying
Pos. | Rider | Points |
1 | Reidar Eide | 15 |
2 | Oyvind S. Berg | 14 |
3 | Edgar Stangeland | 12 |
4 | Per Aulie | 12 |
5 | Dag Lövaas | 11 |
6 | Einar Egedius | 8 |
7 | Nils Otto Haraldsen | 7 |
8 | Jon Hovind | 7 |
9 | Hans Olav Schia | 6 |
10 | Kjell Ttomas Skjäveland | 5 |
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Finnish qualifying (top 7)
Pos. | Rider | Points | Total |
1 | Kalevi Lahtinen | 8+8 | 16 |
2 | Matti Olin | 6+6 | 12 |
3 | Timo Laine | 4+1 | 5 |
4 | Jorma Taipale | 0+4 | 4 |
5 | Olavi Turunen | 1+3 | 4 |
6 | Reima Lohkovuori | 2+2 | 4 |
7 | Jouko Naskali | 3+0 | 3 |
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Swedish semi-finals
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Continental qualifying
- Top 32 to Continental semi-finals
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British/Commonwealth semi-finals
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Continental semi-finals
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British/Commonwealth Final
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Nordic Final
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m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •
t - exclusion for touching the tapes •
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e - retired or mechanical failure •
f - fell •
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British Nordic Final
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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
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gate B |
gate C |
gate D - outside |
Continental Final
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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
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gate D - outside |
European Final
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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
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gate B |
gate C |
gate D - outside |
Polish qualifying
- 6 seeded to World Final
- 1 Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno, 14 Jun; 2 Hasiok, Świętochłowice, 16 June; 3 Rybnik Municipal Stadium, 26 Jun; 4 Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium, 3 Jul,; 5 Stadion żużlowy Gorzów, 10 Jul; 6 Stadion Kolejarz, Opole, 31 Jul; 7 Olympic Stadium, Wrocław, 7 Aug; 8 Stadion Wybrzeże, Gdańsk, 9 Aug
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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 |
Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). A History of the World Speedway Championship. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2402-5