1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship

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1971 World Pairs Championship
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The 1971 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the second FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship.[1][2][3][4] The final took place on 11 July 1971 in Rybnik, Poland. The championship was won by Poland (maximum 30 points) who beat New Zealand (25 points) and Sweden (22 points).[5][6]

Semifinal 1

  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Matija Gubec Stadium, Krsko
  • 20 May
Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  Czechoslovakia (? pts) Václav Verner ?
Pavel Mareš ?
2nd  Yugoslavia (? pts) Ivan Molan ?
Draško Oršic ?
3rd  Austria (23 pts) Gunther Walla 16
Josef Haider 7
4 ? (? pts) ? ?
? ?
5 ? (? pts) ? ?
? ?
6 ? (? pts) ? ?
? ?
7 ? (? pts) ? ?
? ?

Semifinal 2

  • England Leicester Stadium, Leicester
  • 20 June
Pos. Team Rider Points
1st  New Zealand (24 pts) Ivan Mauger 16
Barry Briggs 8
2nd  Sweden (22 pts) Anders Michanek 16
Sören Sjösten 6
3rd  Scotland (20 pts) George Hunter 11
Jim McMillan 9
4  England (19 pts) Ray Wilson 13
Martin Ashby 6
5  Australia (17 pts) John Boulger 10
Jim Airey 7
6  Norway (13 pts) Reidar Eide 11
Øyvind S. Berg 2
7  Denmark (11 pts) Ole Olsen 10
Bent Nørregaard-Jensen 1

World final

Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1  Poland 30 10 20 30
(1) Andrzej Wyglenda 15 3 3 2 2 2 3
(2) Jerzy Szczakiel 15 2 2 3 3 3 2
2  New Zealand 25 10 19 25
(9) Ivan Mauger 12 3 2 1 3 0 3
(10) Barry Briggs 13 2 3 3 2 1 2
3  Sweden 22 6 13 22
(13) Anders Michanek 13 N 2 2 3 3 3
(14) Bernt Persson 9 1 3 0 2 2 1
4  Czechoslovakia 17 6 12 17
(3) Václav Verner 9 0 3 2 1 1 2
(4) Pavel Mareš 8 1 2 3 0 2 0
5  Scotland 16 2 8 16
(11) Jim McMillan 11 1 0 1 3 3 3
(12) George Hunter 5 0 1 N 2 0 2
6  Yugoslavia 10 6 8 10
(5) Ivan Molan 5 3 N 0 1 N 1
(6) Drasco Orsic 5 2 1 1 0 1 0
7  Austria 6 2 4 6
(7) Josef Haider 4 0 1 0 1 1 1
(8) Meinz Zimmerman 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
Placing Pair / Rider Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 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

Notes:

Two Poles Antoni Woryna (No. 15) and Jan Mucha (No. 16) were track reserves, but they did not start.

See also

References

  1. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  2. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 99. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  3. ^ "World Pairs Championship 1968-1993". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ^ Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  5. ^ "Zapomniane turnieje: Mistrzostwa Świata Par (część 1)" (in Polish). SportoweFakty.pl. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Finał Mistrzostw Świata Par 1971" (in Polish). rLach.republika.pl. Archived from the original on 23 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
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